Caregivers. We are all caregivers. As humans we care for one another, or we should. Most especially, we care for those close to us.
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If you or anyone in your family plans on growing older, you must read bestselling author Dr. Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
It’s full of amazing wisdom, thought-provoking ideas, shocking statistics, heartwrenching stories and down-to-earth information about aging and dying with grace and dignity.
I absolutely love it!
I also love the idea of life being a stairway to heaven…
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If you plan on growing older or anyone in your family does, you must read bestselling author Dr. Atul Gawande’s new book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
A real eye-opener!
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My understanding of Alzheimer’s disease has been transformed since 2005, and I still learn new things every day.
Through my reading, research and personal experience I have been introduced to better ways of helping people who live with dementia and their partners lead their best lives until the end.
I highly recommend these three books for caregivers, potential caregivers and anyone who is interested in gaining a new, more humane understanding of the disease and how we and others can live with it with less stress and more joy.
The video speaks for itself. It is a testament to that which lives inside until our last breath…
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Former caregiver and author Martha Stettinius and I dive back into the growing tidal wave of information and perspectives on Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving with six more top reads in the memoir category (the first seven are here).
Tanya Ward Goodman, 2013
Stettinius: With exquisite detail, honesty and humor, Goodman describes her struggle to come to terms with her father’s early-onset Alzheimer’s. I highly recommend this book for any reader, not just those who have a loved one with dementia. To read my full review of this book, click here.
There’s a growing tidal wave of information and perspectives on Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving – some of it useful and interesting, some not so much!
Former caregiver and author Martha Stettinius and I share some of our “top reads” in the memoir category.
Gail Sheehy, 2010
Me: I inhaled Sheehy’s earlier Passages and Pathfinders and am in the process of doing the same with this part memoir, part how-to-make-the-experience-more-joyful book on caregiving. Sheehy lost her husband to cancer; this book is about the journey through their last chapter together. Lots of stories, loads of tips, easy to read. My copy is already full of underlines, tick marks and notes in the margins… Continue reading “7 Alzheimers Dementia Memoirs Worth Reading”
I loved Martha Stettinius’ book Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter’s Memoir from the very first page.
(And NO! she hasn’t paid me to say that. I call it like I see it, and this book is a great read for anyone who has been, is now, or soon will be caring for someone with Alzheimers dementia.
Even those who have been through the journey to the end will get something from the book.)
Inside the Dementia Epidemic is honest, heartfelt and touching without being depressing, saccharin or soppy.
That’s important when your primary audience comprises caregivers, many of whom deal with more than enough heart wrenching every day.
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