Under the bridge backwards
Subtitle: My marriage, my family, and Alzheimer's
By: Barbara Blanch Roy
Publisher: 7T Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: St. Paul, Minneosta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780989194204
Subjects: Marriage; Family; Alzheimer's disease; Patients; Family relationships; Biography; Anecdotes; Care; Married people; Caregivers; Maladie d'Alzheimer; Relations familiales; Biographies; Soins; Couples mariés; Aidants naturels; Families
Description: A human story of a marriage and a family coming to terms with frailty and loss, this memoir gives friends and others who want to help a caregiver what they have long wished for: a place to start. Barbara Roy writes, "Every caregiver's story is highly personal and different. Telling mine has allowed me to come clean, to tell the truth as I know it, to remember the caregiving experience tenderly and fearlessly, to savor the happy surprises, to wonder at the difficult ones, and to give thanks that I made it through the trials."--Book back cover.
Table of contents: title: Tying knots; title: Letting go; title: Smelling trouble; title: Getting help; title: Maintaining friendships; title: Breaking away; title: Preserving Phil's story; title: Falling apart; title: Making the decision; title: Staying afloat; title: Speaking out; title: Overdoing; title: Examining marriage; title: Accepting change; title: Enriching my life; title: Looking back; title: Loving; title: Pulling teeth; title: Saying good-bye; title: Celebrating and grieving; title: Grieving and carrying on; title: Being me.