Description
One who is Forgotten
One in eight over the age of sixty-five and one in three over the age of eighty will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. In her memoir, author Joan Sutton narrates a moving account of her years as caregiver to her husband, noting that "Alzheimer's is a disease of the brain that is paid for with the currency of the heart."
A member of the board of overseers of The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, she stresses the need to develop more effective treatment for the eight million Americans currently diagnosed with this incurable disease, pointing out that for every patient there is a large circle of others also affected.
Sutton offers practical advice for the care of the caregiver and the patient, and shares the pain that came as she watched pieces of her husband's self disappear. Following his death, after what Nancy Reagan described as "the long goodbye", she writes candidly about coping with her new status as a widow and the aching loneliness of the heart that is the price paid for having known a great love.
All profits from the sale of this book will benefit The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation/Canada.
Cover design by John R. Lewis
Author: Joan Sutton
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 05/02/2014
Pages: 140
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.33d
ISBN13: 9781491731611
ISBN10: 1491731613
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Health & Fitness | Diseases & Conditions | Alzheimer's & Dementia
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