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Book Reviews of Slow Dancing With a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's

Slow Dancing With a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's
Slow Dancing With a Stranger Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's
Author: Meryl Comer
ISBN-13: 9780062130822
ISBN-10: 006213082X
Publication Date: 9/2/2014
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: HarperOne
Book Type: Hardcover
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Threewheeler avatar reviewed Slow Dancing With a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's on + 29 more book reviews
For those of us who thought that we knew enough about Alzheimers's, we were wrong. The courage, dedication and heartbreak of this account will make you cry. And, you will never turn a blind eye again.
reviewed Slow Dancing With a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's on + 31 more book reviews
Excellent perspective from a caregiver's point of view.
Will be using it as a part of a resource library. Not
reposting.
reviewed Slow Dancing With a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's on + 271 more book reviews
A stark and honest tale of a horrendous life caring for Alzhiemer's patients. It wasn't enough to take care of her husband for nearly 20 years, but eventually her own mother as well, both of them simultaneously. Both were loud and combative. In the case of her husband, he was at first physically strong, but demented enough to attack without provocation or warning. She lived in fear of him. Then her picky, critical mother moved in. Feeding, bathing, diapering 24/7 with the help from two nurses. Not something most people could or would ever want to endure. She is medically and politically active to get help with the disease before the current generation of aging Baby Boomers collapses into Alzheimer's helplessness. Sad, but enlightening reading. D.