The Silver Lining of Alzheimer's - Sobel, Eliezer
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The author's mother endured a 20-year journey with Alzheimer's disease, and he and his wife Shari played a critical role in the last six years of managing her at-home care until she died at 95. They simultaneously cared for his father who had been his mom's chief caregiver until the age of 90, when he fell backward down a stairwell, landed on his head, and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. He entered a state of dementia quite suddenly, and Eliezer and Shari moved into his parent's house-his childhood home-that very night. Gradually, over time, he discovered that in addition to the obvious…mehr

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The author's mother endured a 20-year journey with Alzheimer's disease, and he and his wife Shari played a critical role in the last six years of managing her at-home care until she died at 95. They simultaneously cared for his father who had been his mom's chief caregiver until the age of 90, when he fell backward down a stairwell, landed on his head, and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. He entered a state of dementia quite suddenly, and Eliezer and Shari moved into his parent's house-his childhood home-that very night. Gradually, over time, he discovered that in addition to the obvious tragic and sometimes violent stages of the disease progression, there were simultaneously many moments of genuine joy, laughter and deep healing that occurred for him and his family. At one point he actually found himself being grateful to Alzheimer's for restoring the mother-son love that had been mostly strained for much of his adult life. This memoir of those caregiving years is an attempt to provide a balance to all the sad and often horrific accounts of Alzheimer's that are available in abundance, by instead sharing the "silver lining" he discovered that recast his whole experience in a positive light, and he hopes to share that possibility and opportunity with others, while not sugarcoating the many difficult trials they also endured. The unique perspective presented in this work will provide other caregivers dealing with an Alzheimer's or dementia patient with a quite new and unique reframing of the whole experience-the "silver lining"-that the author hopes will lighten their load.
Autorenporträt
Eliezer's latest is: THE SILVER LINING OF ALZHEIMER'S: ONE SON'S JOURNEY INTO THE MYSTERY, telling of his six years of caregiving his parents at home, both in their 90s. He focuses on the joy, laughter and healing that Alzheimer's brought, while not sugarcoating the horrific aspects everyone is familiar with.OTHER BOOKS:DARK LIGHT OF THE SOUL/ENCOUNTERS WITH GABRIELLE ROTH, a collection of stories from all over the world about unforgettable meetings with the late Gabrielle Roth, internationally known creator of the 5Rhythms® conscious movement practice. "BLUE SKY, WHITE CLOUDS" & "L''CHAIM, adult picture books for people with dementia. Each page contains a beautiful photo with a three-five word caption in BIG PRINT! No memory is required to enjoy the books."MINYAN: TEN JEWISH MEN IN A WORLD THAT IS HEARTBROKEN," selected by NBA winner John Casey as the winner of the prestigious Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel, among 400 entries. "THE 99TH MONKEY: A SPIRITUAL JOURNALIST'S MISADVENTURES WITH GURUS, MESSIAHS, SEX, PSYCHEDELICS AND OTHER CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING EXPERIMENTS," a memoir, and probably his most popular book."WILD HEART DANCING," A PERSONAL ONE-DAY QUEST TO LIBERATE THE ARTIST & LOVER WITHIN; "MORDECAI'S BOOK," a novella, winner of NEW MILLENNIUM'S FIRST PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION;"WHY I AM NOT ENLIGHTENED" an eBook.Eliezer has also led creativity, meditation and 5Rhythms® retreats and workshops around the U.S. He served as a Hospital Chaplain at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. for a year, and guided High Ropes Courses in Richmond Virginia for Executive Groups, college groups and Special Needs groups.Eliezer blogs for PSYCHOLOGYTODAY dot COM and resides in Red Bank, NJ with his wife, Shari Cordon, and two cats, Shlomo and Nudnick.