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Diagnosed with dementia in 1997, my husband, Jim, lived at home during his illness and died there in January 2006. I wish this story were fiction, but it is not. Dignifying Dementia is both a love story and an attempt to reach out to others who are living through or who will live through a similar tragedy. It is written in the hope that others might benefit from what I learned as the caregiver of a dementia victim. Only then will Jim{u2019}s cruel affliction serve some purpose, because it might help others feel less lonely, bewildered, angry or frustrated than I did, shorten the dreadful learning curve, or encourage others to ask more questions and make fewer assumptions. And because it might remind members of the health care industry {u2013} from physicians to orderlies, from agency administrators to certified nursing assistants {u2013} that dementia victims and their loved ones are human beings who deserve respect, kindness, empathy and patience, so often lost in our fast-paced society. The diagnostic process I describe was painful and disappointing; perhaps someone else{u2019}s caregiving experience might be easier. Caring for Jim was exhausting; perhaps someone else{u2019}s mig

Author

Elizabeth Tierney

Publisher

Oak Tree Press (Ireland)

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781904887713

Subjects

Memoir, Self Help, Family & Relationships

Rating

3.9 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13