The listing, WHEN YOUR PARENT BECOMES YOUR CHILD. A journey of faith through my mother's Dementia. By:KEN ABRAHAM has ended.
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Dementia is one of the worlds fastest growing illnesses. Without a major medical breakthrough, the estimated 24 million people living with some form of the disease could easily jump as high as 84 million by the year 2040. It is rapidly becoming everyone's problem.
When your parent becomes your child tells the story of one family who reluctantly began to recognize and then deal with the common issues found in caring for their elderly loved one. memory loss, physical decline, personal hygiene, dangers of driving and living alone, aberrant behavior, and uncharacteristic attitudes.
As he chronicles his own mom's degenerative condition. New york times best- selling writer Ken Abraham not only educates but offers inspiration to help readers cope with and manage their family circumstances.
Wit humor and spiritual reminders of god's command to our parents. Abraham encourages readers, helping them shoulder the additional, often difficult responsibilities. And though patients will not recover this side of heaven. he suggests many practical things that families can do to make the experience safer, kinder and more endurable for everyone involved.
Helping our loved ones live out their remaining years in diginity is a rewarding and enriching experience for our families and for the peoples whose lives they have affected.