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Author Hershberger, Robert, 1936- author.

Title Diary of an Alzheimer's caregiver / Robert Hershberger
Published West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2022]

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Contents Cover -- diary of an ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVER -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. First Year of the Journey -- 2. Second Year of the Journey -- 3. Third Year of the Journey -- 4. Fourth Year of the Journey -- 5. Fifth Year of the Journey -- 6. About Deanna -- About the Author
Summary "One year shy of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, Dee Hershberger was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Her husband, Bob, serving as her primary caregiver, kept a journal the following four and a half years. Diary of an Alzheimer's Caregiver provides an unflinchingly honest and heartbreaking account of what the couple went through. During the first two and a half years, Dee gradually lost short-term memory but maintained most physical and social abilities. Over the last two years she lost these abilities, most words, and long-term memory. She also became incontinent, suffered from undetected illnesses, and experienced psychotic episodes and uncontrollable, violent behavior. This is a brutally raw look at what it is like to lose a loved one to Alzheimer's, including what the disease does to the patient and the effects it has on loved ones and caregivers. This personal view into caring for a spouse with Alzheimer's will help readers understand the physical, emotional, and financial consequences of the disease, as well as provide support, advice, and hope to anyone in the same situation"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 25, 2022)
Subject Hershberger, Robert -- Diaries
Hershberger, Robert -- Mental health
SUBJECT Hershberger, Robert -- Mental health
Hershberger, Robert -- Diaries
Subject Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care -- Diaries
Caregivers -- Diaries
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care.
Caregivers.
Mental health.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Diaries.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021058545
ISBN 1612497365
9781612497358
1612497357
9781612497365