Gone mad
Subtitle: dementia, family treachery, and legal insanity : a true story
By: by Carol Pendergrass
Publisher: WestBow Press; Westbow Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781449702144; 9781449702168; 9781449702151
Subjects: Lewy body dementia; Family relationships; Mental health; Marriage; Patients
Description: Carol Pendergrass's husband of eighteen years was swiftly sinking into the depths of Lewy body dementia. He experiences hallucinations, delusions, and psychosis. As she becomes lost within his madness, his adult children take him from their home and wage a terrifying war against her. Taking possession of their assets, her husband's family files numerous lawsuits against her, including a civil suit, claiming that she not only caused her husband's illness but that she attempted to kill him. In this gut wrenching memoir, Carol describes her husband's demential openly and honestly. As she faces the onslaught of lawsuits, false accusations, separations, and great personal loss, she refuses to give up her rightful places beside her husband, and fights to maintain their love, honor, and dignity. --