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I’m offering a copy of A Glass Full of Tears, Dementia Day-By-Day by June Lund Shiplett as a giveaway here at Alzheimer’s Notes as part of the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival.
In this book, June Lund Shiplett shares the journal she kept during her husband Charlie’s encounter with multi-infarct dementia and the challenges she faced as his caregiver.  This is a particularly good book for a spouse caregiver since so many books are written from the child caregiver point of view, as mine was.
June Lund Shiplett is the author of numerous romance novels and is known to many readers of this genre.  Sometimes we don’t …read more

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 Liz Lewis wrote a post recently about Alzheimer’s and its effect on a couple’s marriage when one is diagnosed with this disease.  She referred to an informative article at CNN.
An excellent book, written from a wife’s viewpoint, about caring for her husband who developed multi-infarct dementia, is A Glass Full of Tears: Dementia Day-By-Day.  Written by novelist June Lund Shiplett, this personal diary account gives you insight into what happens to a marriage when this or similar disease strikes one of the partners.
You’ll realize you’re not alone as you read June’s day-by-day account.
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen