{"product_id":"enduring-a-story-of-love-dementia-and-lessons-learned-paperback","title":"Enduring: A Story of Love, Dementia, and Lessons Learned - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonna Larkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne wife's story of caring for her husband with dementia-and the lessons for caregivers she learned along the way.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of her husband, author Donna Larkin realized that she-and the other women in her dementia caregivers' support group-had accumulated invaluable strategies and tools that might be helpful for others recently finding themselves in a similar situation. In \u003cem\u003eEnduring: A Story of Love, Dementia, and Lessons Learned\u003c\/em\u003e, Larkin shares a chronology of her husband's Alzheimer's disease and her caregiving approaches, including those gleaned from her support-group friends and experts she met along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn honest, loving, and unflinching portrait of caregiving, \u003cem\u003eEnduring \u003c\/em\u003edraws on nine years' worth of notes, emails, and journal pages written while full-time caregiving at home and while later helping to transition her husband into a memory-care facility. A chronicle of the couple's journey from diagnosis to passing, her stories-with vulnerability, straight talk, and good humor-uniquely illustrate what it means to be a full-time caregiver for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Larkin and her husband faced down the realities of his condition, a problem-solving approach kept her focused on finding solutions where possible-while her heart kept her focused on the man she knew her husband to be and the love they still shared in the face of many obstacles. For anyone struggling with the realities of a loved one's battle with dementia, \u003cem\u003eEnduring\u003c\/em\u003e is a reminder that you are not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748162535712,"sku":"9798988952503","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c888a9926485a8fbda83af62226ddc34.webp?v=1779905515","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/enduring-a-story-of-love-dementia-and-lessons-learned-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}