{"product_id":"the-silver-lining-of-alzheimers-one-sons-journey-into-the-mystery-paperback","title":"The Silver Lining of Alzheimer's: One Son's Journey into the Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliezer Sobel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author's mother endured a \u003cstrong\u003e20-year journey with Alzheimer's disease\u003c\/strong\u003e, and he and his wife Shari played a critical role in the last six years of managing her at-home care until she died at 95. They simultaneously cared for his father who had been his mom's chief caregiver until the age of 90, when he fell backward down a stairwell, landed on his head, and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. He entered a state of dementia quite suddenly, and Eliezer and Shari moved into his parent's house-his childhood home-that very night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGradually, over time, he discovered that in addition to the obvious tragic and sometimes violent stages of the disease progression, \u003cstrong\u003ethere were simultaneously many moments of genuine joy, laughter and deep healing \u003c\/strong\u003ethat occurred for him and his family. At one point he actually found himself being \u003cstrong\u003egrateful to Alzheimer's \u003c\/strong\u003efor restoring the mother-son love that had been mostly strained for much of his adult life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir of those caregiving years is an attempt to provide a balance to all the sad and often horrific accounts of Alzheimer's that are available in abundance, by instead sharing the \"silver lining\" he discovered that \u003cstrong\u003erecast his whole experience in a positive light, \u003c\/strong\u003e and he hopes to share that possibility and opportunity with others, while not sugarcoating the many difficult trials they also endured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unique perspective presented in this work will provide other caregivers dealing with an Alzheimer's or dementia patient with a quite new and unique reframing of the whole experience-the \"silver lining\"-that the author hopes will lighten their load.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52469849030963,"sku":"9780997121735","price":42.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/paeP76yrxB9780997121735.webp?v=1759405997","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-silver-lining-of-alzheimers-one-sons-journey-into-the-mystery-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}