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Authors: Sue Mathews Petrovski
ISBN-13: 9781557533029, ISBN-10: 1557533024
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Sue Mathews Petrovski

Book Synopsis

A Return Journey is truly the author’s travels into the world of Alzheimer’s. Drawing on her correspondence and conversations with other caregivers, Petrovski provides a unique look at the environment of Alzheimer’s—the afflicted, the affected, the afterthoughts. In the end, she talks of the true survivors left behind to deal with the disease's aftermath—the caregivers. Petrovski describes how caregivers traverse the successes and failures of their journey until they eventually find the best route on the rocky path of helping human beings in the throes of diminishing selfhood. Offering caregivers hope, support, and a sense of oneness, A Return Journey demonstrates that as painful as it is to watch a loved one vanish bit by bit, there is grace and wisdom to be found on the way.

Table of Contents

Pt. 1Caring and Caregiving
Introduction of Part One: An Explanation of A Return Journey3
1The Enormity of It All9
2My Mother's Story23
3The Most Hurtful Things40
4Developing a Caregiver's Mindset54
5Day by Day with the Stranger69
6A Few Extra Moments, Please87
7Tales of Laughter and Love99
8Guilty Decisions108
9With Every Goodbye We Learn121
Pt. 2A Caregiver Sampler
Introduction to Part Two: What's it Like to Be ...?135
10Children in the Family137
11The Smudged Years146
12Faith, Hope, and Love156
Epilogue169
Notes175
Appendices177
Resources185

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