The stages of Grace
By: Connie Ruben, Kate O'Neill
Contributors: O'Neill, Kate, author
Publisher: Xlibris LLC
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Bloomington, Indiana]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781499053463; 9781499053470; 9781499053456
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Patients; Biography; Family relationships; Care; Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers
Description: Connie Ruben fell in love with her future mother-in-law, Grace, the day they met. The two women established a relationship and formed a strong bond. Connie recounts her journey with Grace through Alzheimer's disease, sharing the challenges of being a caregiver while also having a job and family, the emotional cost of helping a loved one through the many different stages of the disease, and how joy manifests at unexpected moments.
Table of contents: title: Grace finds me; title: The temptation of hindsight; title: The gift of insight; title: The struggle for adaptability; title: The need for negotiation; title: The value of fallibility; title: The pleasure of acceptance; title: Living in the present.