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No One Tells You This
True Stories of Caring for a Loved One with Dementia
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Even with today’s medical advancements, family and friends are taking on the role of caregiver for their loved ones more than ever. When her mother was diagnosed with dementia, author Beth Oakley, along with her mother’s partner, made the same...
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Nothing Forgotten
Where Love Lingers
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At some time in our life we will feel the sadness of cognitive impairment or memory loss. It may be our own or that of someone we love. We need stories to shape our sadness in heart-healing ways. This is one of those stories. In it we follow "the...
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The Crow Jacket
Navigating the Challenges of Dementia
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Dementia presents a complex and uncertain journey, leaving both the diagnosed individual and their loved ones questioning what lies ahead. How can one prepare? What steps can family and caregivers take to cope? In this poignant and timely book,...
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She's Still My Mom
Navigating Your Loved One's Journey with Alzheimer's
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Memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s—diagnoses that generate anxiety, fear, worry, and a host of other crippling emotions. These diseases are widespread, and the numbers of afflicted are escalating at an ever-increasing pace. It is not an...
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Michael's Memories
A Journey of Hope, Healing, Awareness, and Resilience. Includes "Care partner's guide, practical insights and toolkit for Ageing and Living Well with Dementia”.
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Living with or supporting someone with dementia is a profoundly personal and emotional journey, as author Agnes Chinelo knows well, and it is essential to have good advice and support along the way. Written from the dual perspective of being a...
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Laughter, Learning and Gratitude on a Journey with Alzheimer's
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This is a book about Alzheimer’s that is funny, positive and heartfelt. The author Marlene Loney documented the twelve year journey with her mother in short stories and ultimately reframed the tragedy of Alzheimer’s into a positive life changing...
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Stone Cold Tea
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In Stone Cold Tea, a beautifully rendered creative non-fiction memoir, Winn Bray Rathbun takes us from early childhood in small-town Welland, Ontario, where she was the youngest in a working-class family of six, to her growing awareness much...
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Managing Parkinson's
My Sixteen Year Journey
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You must be joking! What is Parkinson’s disease? Why is this happening to me? What caused this to happen? In January 2007, at the age of sixty-one, fit and active educator Vic Peterson is completely rocked by the news that the tremor in his right...
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The Nana Elaine Chronicles
Our Journey with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
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If you are, were, or might ever be a caregiver, the Nana Elaine Chronicles was written for you. In it, Jodi Walsh shares the highs and lows of being a caregiver for her grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, as her nana moves from living in...
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Determined to Get a Life
The Story Doesn't End with Dementia
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In this candid story, this author asks one of life’s essential questions: How do we go on when our hearts are broken? Book One of Determined to Get a Life tells the story of Ken and his wife Lesley, her journey through dementia and eventual...
