Mom's Ok, She Just Forgets: The Alzheimer's Journey from Denial to Acceptance

by Evelyn D. Mclay and Ellen P. Young

- "Dad only drives to the grocery store."- "A support group? I don't need one."- "My husband is not ready for day care."- "Nursing home placement? Never "These and similar expressions of denial are often heard in families struggling with the difficult challenges of Alzheimer's or dementia in a loved one. Denial may seem to be an acceptable coping mechanism when faced with a disease that has no cure. But in fact the failure to accept reality can work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591024692
• ISBN13: 9781591024699
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"