Measure of the Heart Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's

by Geist, Mary Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780446699709
• ISBN10: 0446699705
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-06
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

These are all questions Mary Ellen Geist had to answer as her father's Alzheimer's worsened and her mother couldn't care for him by herself. In 2005, Geist left her job as a radio news anchor and returned home to Michigan to help her parents. She chose to live her life by what was for her a different set of priorities: She chose to be guided by her heart.

Author Biography

Mary Ellen Geist currently reports for Michigan Public Radio. She was the afternoon anchor at WCBS Radio in New York, which is the flagship station of CBS Radio and CBS News. She was heard everyday by an average of two million people. Prior to that she was the morning anchor at KGO Radio station in San Francisco, and a reporter in Los Angeles for almost 20 years before that.


www.maryellengeist.com

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Prologue One More Year	p. 1
Introduction Daughter, Where Are You?	p. 5
Missing Moments	p. 9
The Big Decline	p. 24
A Rainbow Might Appear	p. 38
Alzheimer's Chicken	p. 52
Swoonboy	p. 67
Hospital Hell and Healing	p. 86
Helping Hands	p. 107
Whistling in the Dark	p. 114
The Caregivers	p. 134
The Rituals of Denial	p. 146
The Daughter Track	p. 155
Where to Turn	p. 174
When is it Time?	p. 181
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	p. 199
The Next Step	p. 204
The Pear Trees	p. 209
Resources	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 221
Acknowledgments	p. 223
About the Author	p. 225
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