The Slow Goodbye, Moving Through the Stages of Dementia

By Karen Vergakes

These are short blog's written by a daughter and granddaughter, for their beloved grandmother and mother. Together, they make hard choices for Nana, while she moves through the stages of dementia. Some of the blogs are very personal, but they are written from the heart. We hope that others that are faced with this struggle, too, can find some comfort and know that they are not alone. Excerpt: I have found https: //www.alzconnected.org/ discussion board to have a wealth of knowledge, and have joined the caregiver's forum. I have a few post from my blogs there. We have some great conversions. This is one post from a post I made that put a smile on my face, and reminded me that I am not alone. Even if the others commenters and I do not know each other, we can help each other. "This is such a timely post for me as well - thank you for sharing. I've been holding on to the signed DNR form, afraid to give it to my mom's new assisted living facility, because the weight of making that kind of decision for another person, feels too great. I will turn the form in today because I know in my heart that my mom wouldn't want any extraordinary measures to be taken. We watched it happen to my grandmother who also had Alzheimer's and we all said never again. This is the supportive nudge that I needed to do the right thing."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1790481023
• ISBN13: 9781790481026
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"