Voices of Alzheimers's

VOICES of ALZHEIMER'S
Courage, Humor, Hope, and Love
in the Face of Dementia
by BETSY PETERSON

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I can't wait to share this book with others. People need to hear our voices. The book will make many lives easier, and better understanding will help with the fear.

Chip Gerber, retired social worker, person with Alzheimer's disease

I couldn’t put it down. This is real people expressing real feelings. Some quotations gave me the comfort of, “Wow, somebody else feels that way”, and others helped me recognize differences from our own experience. And it will help our friends understand what it’s like—there are things we just can’t tell them ourselves.

Joie Gerrish, wife of a person with Alzheimer's disease

These are the voices of the true experts--the patients and families living with Alzheimer's. They teach us.

Barbara Hawley Maxam, social worker and support group leader for memory disorders unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

Betsy Peterson sees Alzheimer’s as both a teacher and a thief. She allows us to experience Alzheimer’s as holding the potential for both growth and loss, spiritual healing and devastating illness. It’s this sense of honoring both the small joys and the despair that makes this book realistic and comforting.

Marsha Mirkin, clinical psychologist and author of "Women Who Danced By The Sea", daughter of two parents with Alzheimer's disease

This book, with its many comments from people with dementia as well as family members, gives us a much larger picture than we can get from our professional contacts with those living with Alzheimer's or a similar illness. These personal stories convey the impact of the disease, as it progresses, but also demonstrate how much the illness--and the response--varies from individual to individual.

Monte J. Levinson, MD
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Presbyterian Homes, Evanston, Illinois

This book, suitable for the anxious with short attention spans, belongs in every waiting room of every primary care doctor, every neurologist or psychiatrist or geriatrician.

James Santiago Grisolia, MD, Neurologist

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