Wednesday, June 18, 2014

An Unintended Journey: A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia

by Janet Yagoda Shagam
Hennepin County Library paperback 377 pages + glossary, index, etc.
genre: non-fiction, self-help

Louise read about 100 pages and said it was good. I flipped through it before returning it to the library (maximum renewals used . . . ) and it looked interesting. I grabbed a shot of page 364 where it talks about "confabulation" - this is one I wish I had read a year ago! We figured out not to worry too much about logic / correcting my mom, but this info helps to make it more understandable. I feel sad about all the times she said she was stupid . . . just because the dementia was affecting her memory. My mom was a sharp person!

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