A Story of a Marriage Through Dementia and Beyond: Love in a Whirlwind, Richardson Laurel
Автор: Sinclair Ali Название: Dementia Diary: A love story to the end ISBN: 191633962X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781916339620 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Ali Sinclair's first book is a love story: the tale of how she met Bob at a time when she was married with two small children. It tells of how, while trying to help Bob when he was suffering from a bout of depression, they found in each other someone who 'spoke the same language' the language of a longing for freedom, for mountains and the great outdoors but also a desire to look beneath the surface and try to understand deeper philosophical matters such as the meaning life and death.
Dementia Diary tells of how Ali Sinclair's love and life together with her partner was increasingly tried and tested by his growing vascular dementia: the difficulties, the occasional triumphs and frequent failures in the face of this illness affecting physical and mental health. It tells of the difficulties and practicalities of finding help so that she could still carry on working and spending time with her children until it was no longer possible.
A number of fascinating stories intertwined with Ali Sinclair's poems often encapsulate her humour, her feelings and the frustrations around the daily struggles of living with someone with dementia.
Dementia Diary is a very honest and personal story. In telling her story, Ali Sinclair hopes to help others who are going through a similar experience.
Описание: The reader embarks on a journey through the factual neuroscience of dementia into an exploration of the metaphysical spirituality the soul travels during dementia progression. Included are practical tips on care, first person narratives, and exercises designed to enable the reader to step into the shoes of a person with dementia.
Описание: A Story of a Marriage Through Dementia and Beyond is the extraordinary, unflinching account from sociologist Laurel Richardson of her love and caregiving through the last period of her husband Ernest Lockridge's life - from his transient amnesia to his death from Lewy Body Dementia. Focusing on the lived experience of the caregiver through the loved one’s journey from mild cognitive impairment to death, the book gives the reader the experience of what the medical diagnoses mean and what has led up to the loss. It shows the complex, nuanced lives of a couple both living with the worst effects of a disease like Lewy Body Dementia, while maintaining, sometimes with hope and laughter, their loving connection nourished through a 40-year marriage.Dementia is a ‘silver tsunami’ - the third leading cause of death amongst senior populations. Richardson’s beautifully written book gives on-the-ground emotional support to those already in service as caregivers and helps prepare others for such service. Hospices, book clubs, and medical and allied professionals will find this book extraordinarily valuable. Weaving in autoethnographic and sociological methods and scholarship, as well as a list of reading and further resources for caregivers and scholars, this book will also appeal to courses in a wide range of disciplines and fields, including health communication, nursing and allied health, courses covering death and dying, end-of-life, and illness care, and, of course, scholars pursuing autoethnography, creative non-fiction, and qualitative methods.
Sherita's 83 year old father was diabetic, blind, and had 2 strokes. Her 75 year old mother had spent years dedicating herself to taking care of him and had done a fantastic job. A matter of fact, according to Dr. Chelsea, their primary care physician, he was an ideal patient. His blood pressure and his A1c was good and he was strong, even though he had to use a cane or a walker. But Sherita's mom Roxanne, began to feel a little overwhelmed caring for her husband, the responsibilities of their home, and her part-time job working in Sherita's office. So Sherita and her husband Carl thought it was a great idea for her parents to come and move in with them giving her mother some assistance caring for her dad. But little did she know that the real medical challenge was not her father, but with her mother, who they discovered later after her parents had moved in, was suffering with Alzheimer's Disease.
This is a true story of a family's ten (10) year journey through the various stages of Alzheimer's. It is a story of the difficulties a woman experiences as she watches the disease progress through her mother's mind from the mild, to the moderate to the severe stages of Alzheimer's. It is a story of how she attempts to find her way through a maze of caring for her mother and the difficulties of managing the potholes of her own life, all at the same time. It is a story of attempting to make the right decisions and discovering when she's in over her head. It is a story of her learning when to let go because she is no longer capable of doing it all herself due to the degree of the illness. If you are a family member, a caregiver, or a friend of someone who is caring for an Alzheimer's patient, you will love this book. It is a story of even though mistakes and wrong decisions are made, you begin to understand that "Love Covers A Multitude Of Sins."
Описание: This book gathers revised and selected contributions to the 5th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2021, organized online on January 18-28, 2021, from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada.
