A Life Stolen: My Father's Journey Through Alzheimer's
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00LB7ZKZQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Life Stolen is the gripping account of a father and daughter’s devastating, but inspiring journey through Alzheimer’s. May the many tears in this journey be the fortitude that helps others deal with the adversity from this overwhelming disease.. It’s an inside look into the day-to-day challenges facing not only the patient, but also the caregivers. The disease changed him every day until he was a stranger. It is based on actual events depicted exactly as they happened while travelling the heartbreaking and harrowing road through this horrific illness. Its purpose is to give guidance and insight to others caring for loved ones with this terrible affliction, whether it is in providing helpful information, feelings of support or simply words of encouragement. For many years, her father exhibited signs of dementia, eventually becoming too significant to ignore. Everything culminated during an incident one night, after which her father was taken away, never to return to his home again. Most importantly, the hope is that it will make the road for others an easier one to travel. Then, it stole his life.Through the initial days at home to hospital stays, living in a memory care unit, rehab stints and eventually hospice care, this book reveals many of the struggles
. Vanessa put her career on hold to raise her three sons and eventually became the primary caregiver for both of her parents. She grew up in Hialeah, Florida and later moved to Pensacola, where she met and married her husband. Vanessa Luther is the author of A Life Stolen: My Father's Journey Through Alzheimer's and Blind Eye. After graduating from the University of West Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she worked as a Consu
"Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Exceptional. Exceptional! This book should be read by everyone, we don't know what life has in store for us and Vanessa Luther wrote this story of her father's journey through Alzheimer's with such insight that it is nothing more then a testimony of love and caring during this devastating time in their lives. I have known three people that passed from this disease and also witnessed it in a convalescent hospital where I worked. Vanessa Luther writes exceptionally about her struggle with all of the many factors she had to deal with, not to mention caring for her mother and sons during this time. Thank you for sharing this story, I fell in love with your father,. "Nice story but not helpful information." according to Pamelaaos. This was a good book in that the author tells in detail about her struggle with her dad with alzheimers, but there was (for me) too much detail about her family life that got a bit repetitive. I was looking for more helpful information in dealing with the disease itself. The book Alzheimer 's Daughter by Jean Lee was much more helpful. It was a nice family story but not what I was hoping for.
About the Author Vanessa Luther is the author of A Life Stolen: My Father's Journey Through Alzheimer's and Blind Eye. Vanessa put her career on hold to raise her three sons and eventually became the primary caregiver for both of her parents. After graduating from the University of West Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she worked as a Consulting Software Engineer for 17 years. She grew up in Hialeah, Florida and later moved to Pensacola, where she met and married her husband. She currently lives in Lawrenceville, Georgia with her husband and three sons.