An Iceberg in Paradise - Nancy Avery Dafoe

An Iceberg in Paradise

A Passage through Alzheimer's
Buch | Softcover
190 Seiten
2015
Excelsior Editions (Verlag)
978-1-4384-5544-0 (ISBN)
33,60 inkl. MwSt
Offers a healing and insightful examination of the issues involved in Alzheimer’s for family and caregivers.<
In this evocative memoir, Nancy Avery Dafoe shares the heart-wrenching experience of caring for her ailing mother as she struggled, and ultimately lost her battle, with Alzheimer's disease. Weaving poetry throughout, Dafoe tells her family's story in the hope of helping those who are navigating the murky waters of Alzheimer's. She presents different approaches and practical advice for dealing with the difficult life transition that occurs when parents become ill. At its center, An Iceberg in Paradise is not only a tribute to love in the face of loss but also an exploration of memory, our human connections, and holding on until there is nothing left to hold.

Nancy Avery Dafoe is a writer and English educator. She is the author of Breaking Open the Box: A Guide for Creative Techniques to Improve Academic Writing and Generate Critical Thinking and Writing Creatively: A Guided Journal to Using Literary Devices. She lives in Homer, New York.

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Ralph Hesse
Acknowledgments
A Note on the Title
Introduction: After the Fall

1. Uncertainty

2. Why Now? Why My Family?

3. Secrets

4. Mistaken Identities

5. Early Signs and Symptoms

6. You Look Like Your Mother

7. There’s a Tornado in My Head

8. Helping the Doctor

9. Icebergs in Paradise

10. Managing at Home

11. What Would She Have Chosen?

12. Did You See The Notebook?

13. What Not to Say

14. Managing in a Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility

15. Collecting Memories

16. Her Legacy

17. Shadows

Appendix A: Turning to the Web
Appendix B: Texts on the Subject

Index of Poems
Notes
About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.4.2015
Reihe/Serie Excelsior Editions
Zusatzinfo Total Illustrations: 5
Verlagsort Albany, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 227 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Trennung / Trauer
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Geriatrie
Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege
ISBN-10 1-4384-5544-5 / 1438455445
ISBN-13 978-1-4384-5544-0 / 9781438455440
Zustand Neuware
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