The Man In the Mirror and Other Strangers
Description
The Man in the Mirror and Other Strangers is a personal memoir of a wife's journey into caregiving as she looks after her beloved husband, the love of her life, who gets diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. It's a heartbreaking love story of complications and a guide for the tired, stressed out, and overwhelmed caregivers of Alzheimer's and beyond who can no longer take care of themselves - or have forgotten how to.
Whether you are a new caregiver or old, supporting a victim of Alzheimer's or any other disease, this book will hopefully give you the strength and courage to deal with your complicated feelings, raw emotions, and hard days.
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Table of Contents
Praise for 'The Man in the Mirror' .
Dedication. i
Foreword - An Alzheimer's Reading List ii
Introduction. iii
Victim, Not Patient 6
Senility or Alzheimer's - What's the Difference?. 8
Alzheimer's vs. Other Types of Dementia. 12
The 'Yardman' 17
The Sharp Turn Downward. 22
The Evolution - A Wife to a Caregiver. 27
Dealing with the Storm.. 31
Our Treasures. 36
Caregiver Rule 1. 42
The Bond Between the Victim and the Caregiver. 48
My Husband's Keeper. 51
Finding a New Normal 54
Broken Pieces of a Favorite Vase. 57
Going Through the Holidays. 60
5 Caregiver Rules. 63
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy...... 68
A Life that's Mourned. 72
Attrition. 76
My Shrinking World. 78
Questions that No Book can Answer. 83
Strangers in Our House?. 85
A Drastic Change Imminent 89
I Have to Let You Go...... 92
A Cold Wind Blows. 94
You've Got A Friend In Me. 96
The Two of Us. 99
The Things We Do for Love. 103
Was He Okay Out There?. 106
Why Him?. 110
Limitations and Fears. 112
The Big Band 40's. 114
Savor the Good Moments. 116
My Last Moments With Him.. 119
The Aftermath. 125
I Miss You...... 129
Ode of the Broken Heart 131
I Smile Because It Happened. 134
Pictures of Al and Me. 139
About the Author. 143
