For Everyone. . .caregiver, family, friends of AZ patients

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Feather Forestwalker - 05 Dec 2004 07:10 GMT

Eleanor Cooney, author of "Death In Slow Motion," outlines the year and
a half she lived with her mother who has Alzheimer's.

I met with Elly very briefly last night in the grocery store - she lives
in the same area I do, and we have crossed paths more than once since
the book party I attended several years ago at her former Mendocino haunt.

She told me that Death In Slow Motion has a website, so I checked it
out. Eclectic, raw, and brutally honest, I must say that Elly's book has
helped me tremendously in dealing with my client who has Early Onset
Alzheimer's.

I highly recommend it. I found it at our local Alzheimer's Resource
Center Library:

http://www.deathinslowmotion.com

Hope this helps all the caregivers out there!

Feather

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Rose - 07 Dec 2004 02:55 GMT

>Subject: For Everyone. . .caregiver, family, friends of AZ patients
>From: Feather Forestwalker feather@NOSPAM.net
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>in the same area I do, and we have crossed paths more than once since
>the book party I attended several years ago at her former Mendocino haunt.

How do most family members feel about books like this? I've never read these
memoir type books, especially when they have sad titles, because I am afraid
they will just make me feel worse. Am I wrong?

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Evelyn Ruut - 07 Dec 2004 03:16 GMT

> >Subject: For Everyone. . .caregiver, family, friends of AZ patients
>>From: Feather Forestwalker feather@NOSPAM.net
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> the
> elites. I call you my base." -- President George W. Bush

hi rose,

i would imagine that the books function in a way like newsgroups do, in
making us feel less alone in the experience of caregiving.

oddly enough, though i always take great interest in hearing fom others
about their loved ones and their experiences here, i haven't bought any of
the books on alzheimers other than the 36 hour day, which we picked up early
on. i don't know exactly why that is....

maybe it is as you say, they might engender sad feelings...... but i have
nothing against such books.

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Evelyn

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turkey in the straw - 08 Dec 2004 05:04 GMT

Rose,
I guess I feel the same.This title alone bugs me.But i am sure it
could be of great help to others.Barb

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Songbird - 08 Dec 2004 17:45 GMT

I went to the website and wasn't impressed. It seemed more self-promotional
than anything else. Might be an interesting memoir, but it didn't look like
the type of thing that would edify or encourage a caregiver.

Songbird

> Rose,
> I guess I feel the same.This title alone bugs me.But i am sure it
> could be of great help to others.Barb

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Feather Forestwalker - 09 Dec 2004 04:04 GMT

> I went to the website and wasn't impressed. It seemed more self-promotional
> than anything else. Might be an interesting memoir, but it didn't look like
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>> I guess I feel the same.This title alone bugs me.But i am sure it
>>could be of great help to others.Barb

I hestitated for a long time before reading it.

I came away encouraged and refreshed, knowing that here was someone who
has been through it and came out on the other side. . .yes, her mom's
still in the home, but they did handle it as best they could, under the
circumstances.

As I said, it's raw, unapologetic, though filled with grief and angst;
it's 100% honest, and I find that in itself refreshing.

Feather

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