Author: Susan Straley
Publisher: Susan Straley
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 1733546553
ISBN 13: 978-1733546553
What would you do if you learned that your spouse or partner has progressive dementia?
At Sixty-two, Susan Straley was in a panic. Her husband of almost 40 years has been diagnosed with progressive dementia.
She feel their plans for a fun retirement life were now squashed. Not only that, as an independent woman she didn’t want to be a caregiver! And she worried about their retirement savings… what if George needed long-term-care?
What she really wanted to do was run away. George tearfully begs her to wait until their 40th wedding anniversary, only a few months away. So Susan takes off on a last-hurrah road trip with George and their recumbent trikes in tow.
Their story is told in open and honest letters to family and friends, sprinkled with warmth, humor, angst and incontinence. Readers will find themselves traveling along with Susan and George, delighting in their experiences. Alzheimer’s Trippin’ powerfully captures the resistance, the joys, and the adjustments of one strong woman on the journey from diagnosis to discovery.
Publisher: Susan Straley
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 1733546553
ISBN 13: 978-1733546553
What would you do if you learned that your spouse or partner has progressive dementia?
At Sixty-two, Susan Straley was in a panic. Her husband of almost 40 years has been diagnosed with progressive dementia.
She feel their plans for a fun retirement life were now squashed. Not only that, as an independent woman she didn’t want to be a caregiver! And she worried about their retirement savings… what if George needed long-term-care?
What she really wanted to do was run away. George tearfully begs her to wait until their 40th wedding anniversary, only a few months away. So Susan takes off on a last-hurrah road trip with George and their recumbent trikes in tow.
Their story is told in open and honest letters to family and friends, sprinkled with warmth, humor, angst and incontinence. Readers will find themselves traveling along with Susan and George, delighting in their experiences. Alzheimer’s Trippin’ powerfully captures the resistance, the joys, and the adjustments of one strong woman on the journey from diagnosis to discovery.