Being my mom's mom
Subtitle: a journey through dementia from a daughter's perspective
By: by Loretta Anne Woodard Veney
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: West Conshohocken, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780741482105
Subjects: Senile dementia; Patients; Home care; Family relationships; Caregivers; Handbooks, manuals; Biography; Biography & autobiography; Medical; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Disease & Health Issues
Description: Being My Mom's Mom invites readers on my personal journey before and after the onset of my Mom's dementia. Personal vignettes highlight the heartache and humor in this life-changing disease. I offer strategies from real experience for building the best care team for loved ones, increasing one's capacity for patience, and making the most of every day. I confirm the difficulty of acknowledging when its time to become the parent of a parent. I also offer hope that loving relationships with dementia sufferers can continue, even in the realization that the past is forgotten, and the future is the present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 171).
Table of contents: title: Our pre-dementia life; title: It was the little things at first; title: It is what it is; title: Just do it!; title: Patience is a virtue; title: Keep hope and humor alive; title: Heartbreak; title: Take great care; title: Dying in secret; title: Mom's best quest.