The Long Road Called Goodbye
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.85 (750 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1881871347 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is a story of love, loyalty, perservance, strength, and dignity. The Long Road Called Goodbye makes a major contribution to the care of AD patients and their families. Part clinical case study, part family journal, The Long Road Called Goodbye is a powerful and moving account of one family's thirteen-year struggle with Alzheimer's. The book will be of interest to professionals who work with Alzheimer's patients, including physicians, staff at care-giving facilities, and state agencies, as well as to families who struggle with this disease.. This engaging informative book is a closly documented clinical study that reads like a novel, filled with all the fellings, crises, and conflicts experienced by patient and family
A Customer said Support & Hope for Families & Friends of Alzheimers Patients. The Long Road Called Goodbye is a chronicle of the progress of Alzheimer's in the life of an elderly woman. I must admit I had a hard time putting the book down and read it in only two days. This book was invaluable to me, because my mother also has also been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. About five years ago I was certain something was wrong with my mother. When I tried to discuss it with my siblings they acted as if I was off my rocker! My siblings couldn't see it. How Alzh. Sharing the Road Cindy L. Cooper This book is full of real life; so enjoyable to read; the kind you do not want to put down until you are done--and I didn't. Then it leaves you with thinking and feeling about the very important things in life around us, like those we love and care for every day.I cried and I laughed throughout the entire book, and at the end I felt as though I had somehow shared part of the authors road with her for a brief time. She was so vulnerable with all that she walked through in he. Absolute must for anyone dealing with Alzheimer's Disease A very informative book written without the medicinal coldness of medical terminology. A truly real life journey of a beloved family member and the family through the anguish, confusion, sorrow, and most of all the challenges faced with the oncoming and changing stages of Alzheimer's Disease. As a spouse of an Alzheimer's victim, I wish this book had been available 6 years ago, It would have helped even more than it has today. The author has given us all a new insight and a
Akin holds a B.A. From then until the end of her mother's life, she charted the course of this disease.. When her mother first received a tentative diagnosis of Alzheimer's, the author became the family researcher and began a case study. Charlotte A. from the University of Washington in sociology and a Master's degree in Educational
They laughed, ried, learned, grew, fell apart, got themselves back together again and continued on the journey of the truly long goodbye." . "The book is indeed informative, insightful, tender, descriptive, revealing and at times happy and sad