| The Caregiver Contributor(s): Alterra, Aaron (Author), Kleinman, Arthur (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0801474345 ISBN-13: 9780801474347 Publisher: ILR Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: When Aaron Alterra's wife, Stella, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, she was an active, vibrant, eighty-year-old preparing for a cello performance. Becoming Stella's primary caregiver, Alterra engaged in a crash course of self-education to prepare for that changing role and decided to write a self-help book for others. An accomplished fiction writer, Alterra found himself writing a memoir instead -- the story of his continuing journey with Stella and the life they now lead. What he has produced is captivating for the general reader, and helpful to anyone facing the prospect of sharing Alterra's fate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain) - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Later Years - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Alzheimer's & Dementia |
| Dewey: 616.831 |
| LCCN: 2007033207 |
| Series: Culture and Politics of Health Care Work |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.52" W x 8.54" (0.60 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aaron and Stella Alterra had been married for more than sixty years when Aaron began to notice puzzling lapses in his wife's memory. Innocuous at first, they became more severe and more alarming. After a series of appointments and tests, the Alterras were informed that Stella was one of the more than 4.5 million Americans with Alzheimer's disease.Combining medical research on the disease and often-painful anecdotes of memory loss, deteriorating motor functions, personality shifts, support-group and daycare experiences, and drug trials, Alterra chronicles his transformation from husband to caregiver after his wife's diagnosis.More than a chronology of one family's experience of Alzheimer's disease, The Caregiver is an intelligent, beautifully reflective testimony to how family members turned caregivers become the ultimate advocates for their loved ones in the face of a disease with no cure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alterra, Aaron: - Aaron Alterra is a pseudonym for E. S. Goldman, an award-winning fiction writer who publishes frequently in the Atlantic; he has published a novel and two volumes of short stories and lives on Cape Cod. |