From our readers of “An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party”
“I bought one copy of your book and am so impressed that I am now buying ten copies so that I may have copies available to family members of persons with dementia, and am also going to give copies to the geriatric psych unit, of which I am the medical director, and to the two long term care facilities, of which I am the medical director. Thank you for writing such an uplifting and positive account of relating with individuals with dementia!”
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“Insight on how to open our minds and hearts to the person who is suffering from the disease is invaluable.”
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“My future visits (to my husband) will be more meaningful because of your explanations.”
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“I was struck with the thrill of the Flow, which is always there, waiting for us to pay attention. ~ Your prose flows naturally in a friendly, unpretentious style. ~ Yours is a lovely book of great warmth and I will be returning to it.”
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“The urgency and poignancy and intimate connection revealed between the two of you caught me by surprise. ~ Your writing is so alive I felt like it was happening in the moment. ~ Thanks for showing how to honor our elders, speak to those in altered states and follow the end of life/separation process.”
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“My father died of Alzheimer’s and reading your book was very comforting.”
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“The presentation of your self-reflection during your time with Stan’s dad, and while reviewing the video is very insightful and honest. Stan’s self-disclosure about his own edges, hesitations and moving closer and farther from his father are rare in their frankness and simplicity.”
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“Absolutely fascinating! I was captured by it… very emotional content . . . it is a common mistake to forget the humanity of these situations . . . that’s what you’re retaining the humanity of it.”
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“I have always been afraid I would get Alzheimer’s … like the scary aunt we visited when I was a child. Reading your book was the first time in my life I haven’t been afraid of it . . . and if I get it, I want Thyra to take care of me.”
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“I think the message you are putting out is that Alzheimer’s patients are all there . . . Stanley’s the man here.”
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“Alzheimers is going to teach us a lot!”
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“We the readers can empathize with each of you . . . the anguish and ecstacy you experience trying to stay in relationship to the man who is in and out of remote states”
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“I laughed and cried through the whole book.”
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“The more I think about it the more I realize that Stanley really knew how to live.”
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