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Diary of an Alzheimer's caregiver / Robert Hershberger.

by Hershberger, Robert, 1936- author.

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West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2022]

Hershberger, Robert, 1936- -- Diaries.

Hershberger, Robert, 1936- -- Mental health.

Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care -- Diaries.

Caregivers -- Diaries.

Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Biography.

9781612497341 (paperback)

1612497349 (paperback)

x, 184 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"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.

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