Review: So helpful when dealing with such a painful disease.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2013
Now that the shock from a diagnosis of dementia for my father has gotten a little easier, I went looking for educational information and ran across this little e-book.  I'm not sure what I was expecting to find since I am new to this, but the amount of information it gives in all the different areas is very helpful.  Right now I am focused on creating a timeline for the disease so we can be prepared as possible during each stage.  Although the doctor gave us a general idea of how long until the worst times come, I don't remember much of that conversation.  This book gives the different stages from early onset all the way through and the average length of time we have in each stage before he gets worse.  While it is a scary disease and we will deal with a lot of suffering, just having the information on what is happening and what comes next makes it a little easier to think about the coming years.  On the practical side, it offers many suggestions for safe-proofing the home that we may not have thought of until too late.  Very grateful I ran across this book to help manage a very painful time in our lives.