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$19.95
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#29234
(ISBN 978-1-932529-23-4)
288 pages
7 ½" x 9 ¼" papercover
©2007

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Alzheimer's from the Inside Out
By Richard Taylor, Ph.D. |
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Award
Winner
2007
Book of the Year (Consumer Health) from American
Journal of Nursing
National Mature Media Award (2007 Bronze Award
Winner)
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"Dr. Taylor’s words shed light on a very dark experience and the reader is led out of the darkness by his frankness, his humor, and most of all his spirit “alive within me.” His penetrating and pleading comments related to care giving cause the reader to take a deep breath, pause, and move forward with much greater insight into the complexity of these emotional relationships. Are these innovative words asking too much of the reader? I think not. We have been shielded too long from the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease; these fresh words compel us to shed our misperceptions and enter into the world of those who command our attention. Through Dr. Taylor’s beautiful language and poignant reflections, we approach some clarity about the long neglected and misunderstood phenomenological experience of those living with Alzheimer’s disease."
Naomi D. Nelson, Ph.D., Psychologist, Baylor College of Medicine
"This is not an ordinary book. It is an extraordinary collection of anecdotes, ruminations, insights, comparisons, literary allusion and blinding insights. Be prepared to be challenged. Be prepared to reflect on your own human failings and joy at not having Alzheimer's disease. But most importantly, be prepared to read this book."
Dementia Journal (UK)
"Such a personal telling of a tale . . . Part Eric Berne, part Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond, part the final movement of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, this work moves one to tears."
-David O. Staats, M.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Doody's Review Service
"How poignant [these
essays] are in expressing life with AD. [This] is a perspective I had
not heard before and the insight is invaluable to me as a caregiver for
my dad."
Molly G., family caregiver
"After
reading this book I have come to the conclusion that this is perhaps the
most important book in the field of dementia care ever written
Dr. Taylor writes with passion and humor about a wide range of topics
that capture the experience of living with a diagnosis of "probable
Alzheimer's disease"
These poignant essays come from the heart
and the soul of a sensitive and intellectually gifted man who has become
a national champion and advocate for the millions of people living with
this disease."
-Linda L. Buettner, Ph.D., CTRS, FGSA, Professor of Health Science,
Florida Gulf Coast University
"[These
essays] have given me lots of insight as to what goes on inside my mom’s
mind. It’s hard being on the outside trying to figure out what’s
going on inside."
Debra K.,
family caregiver
"Among
the millions with this cruel disease, Richard is rare in that his preserved
memory, language, and thinking skills made possible these essays about
his experience of the disease. He offers valuable insights to family and
professional caregivers seeking to uphold the dignity of all people living
with the disease. A debt of gratitude is owed to him, his wife, and his
family for refusing to go gentle into that good night."
-Daniel Kuhn, M.S.W., author of Alzheimer's Early Stages
"Richard
is our canary in the coal mine. He is chirping, trilling, humming. His
advancement through life’s thickets lead him inside, around, and
back. His questions, yearnings, satisfactions, regrets, challenges, humor,
and provocations are warnings we all must head."
Laura S., caregiver
"Written
with sensitivity, humor, and passion, Alzheimer's from the Inside Out
describes the author's sometimes bumpy, but always insightful, journey
with Alzheimer's disease. Telling his stories in a series of informative
vignettes, Richard challenges us all to be more authentic and work to
make life better for persons with dementia--not tomorrow, but today!"
-Virginia Bell, M.S.W., co-author, The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care
"I thought
I understood what life was like for my Alzheimer's-affected parents-until
Richard's story enlightened me with insight into an unimaginable world.
Every family with an elderly loved one, and every medical professional
who works with elders, should read this gripping and marvelous book!"
-Jacqueline Marcell, author of Elder Rage and host of Coping
with Caregiving radio program
"Extraordinary,
brilliantly insightful, inspirational, courageous, thought-provoking--there
is no end to the positive descriptors that can be attached to this amazing
book by Richard Taylor. Alzheimer's from the Inside Out is not only a
must read for persons with Alzheimer's and their personal and professional
care partners, it is, plain and simple, a must-read book."
-Carol Bowlby Sifton, family caregiver, clinical dementia consultant,
editor of Alzheimer's Care Quarterly, and author of Navigating
the Alzheimer's Journey
© 2009-2010 Health Professions Press
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