One who Forgets and
One who is Forgotten
One in eight over the age of sixty-five and one in three over
the age of eighty will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. In
her memoir, author Joan Sutton narrates a moving account of her
years as caregiver to her husband, noting that "Alzheimer's is a
disease of the brain that is paid for with the currency of the
heart."
A member of the board of overseers of The Alzheimer's Drug
Discovery Foundation, she stresses the need to develop more
effective treatment for the eight million Americans currently
diagnosed with this incurable disease, pointing out that for every
patient there is a large circle of others also affected.
Sutton offers practical advice for the care of the caregiver and
the patient, and shares the pain that came as she watched pieces of
her husband's self disappear. Following his death, after what Nancy
Reagan described as "the long goodbye," she writes candidly about
coping with her new status as a widow and the aching loneliness of
the heart that is the price paid for having known a great love.
All profits from the sale of this book will benefit The
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation/Canada.
Cover design by John R. Lewis
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