Dementia Memoir

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    • Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
    • By: Sandeep Jauhar
    • Narrated by: Sandeep Jauhar
    • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 04-11-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 96 ratings
    • Distinguished physician and author Sandeep Jauhar shares a deeply affecting memoir of a father's descent into dementia, and a revelatory inquiry into why the human brain degenerates with age and what we can do about it....

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    • My Tale of Madness and Recovery
    • By: Barbara K. Lipska, Elaine McArdle - contributor
    • Narrated by: Emma Powell
    • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 972 ratings
    • In 2015, Barbara Lipska - a leading expert on the neuroscience of mental illness - was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to her brain. Within months, her frontal lobe, the seat of cognition, began shutting down....

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Wendy Mitchell
    • Narrated by: Wendy Mitchell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 06-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • Wendy Mitchell had a busy job, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends running and climbing mountains. Then, in 2014, at age 58, she was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s. Mitchell shares the story of her cognitive decline and how she has fought to stave it off....

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Martha McPhee
    • Narrated by: Tracy Thorne
    • Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • A moving memoir from an award-winning novelist—a riveting account of her complicated, bohemian childhood and her return home to care for her ailing mother.

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    • Why Dementia Changes Everything
    • By: Sally Magnusson
    • Narrated by: Sally Magnusson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 04-17-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • Mamie Baird Magnusson's whole life was a celebration of words - words that she fought to retain in the grip of a disease which is fast becoming the scourge of the 21st century....

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    • A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
    • By: Pat Head Summitt, Sally Jenkins
    • Narrated by: Sally Jenkins
    • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 595 ratings
    • Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and best-selling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise the Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience....

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    • Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's
    • By: Meryl Comer
    • Narrated by: Meryl Comer
    • Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • From New York Times best-selling author Meryl Comer comes am intimate account of her husband's battle with Alzheimer's disease, one of today's most pressing health epidemics....

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    • Mindfulness Training for Those Living with Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain
    • By: Jarem Sawatsky
    • Narrated by: Jarem Sawatsky
    • Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 03-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 125 ratings
    • Diagnosed with a disease that can't be reversed? Learn how to keep living life to the fullest. Have you received a terminal or chronic diagnosis? You can still find joy, peace, and fulfillment....

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    • The Caregiver's Guide to Early-Stage Dementia
    • By: A Kraz
    • Narrated by: Thomas Kincaid
    • Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 12-30-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • From the seven health conditions that are often mistaken for Dementia to understanding what causes neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s, Dementia Must-Knows is the only caregiver’s guide to early-stage dementia you need....

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    • By: Andrea Couture
    • Narrated by: Andrea Couture
    • Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Andrea struggles to mourn a man who is still alive as she witnesses her father decline into the depths of Alzheimer's. Denial and devastation color her life when she learns her father, Richard, a recently retired surgeon, is diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 67....

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Pauli Pedersen
    • Narrated by: Pauli Pedersen
    • Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 10-03-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • As the butcher knife flew from Dad's hand through the air, I visualized it slicing into the back of the retreating social worker. Like a Banty rooster, my dad stood on the back stoop, preening with power.

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Deirdre Timmons
    • Narrated by: Deirdre Timmons
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 08-07-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • While fighting an aggressive brain tumor, Deirdre must care for her mother with advanced Alzheimer’s, raise her teenage daughter, and help her husband chase a new dream - opening a barbecue restaurant....

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    • Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia
    • By: Kate Whouley
    • Narrated by: Catherine Gaffney
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • From the author of the much-loved memoir Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved comes an engaging and inspiring account of a daughter who must face her mother’s premature decline....

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    • Understanding and Managing Cognitive Decline
    • By: Richard Restak MD
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp
    • Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 10-17-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Bestselling author and renowned authority Dr. Richard Restak provides a comprehensive guide to preventing Alzheimer’s and other thinking disorders....

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    • Memory, My Mother, and Me
    • By: Cathie Borrie
    • Narrated by: Jill Tucker, Cathie Borrie
    • Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • The Long Hello distills the seven years the author spent caring for her mother into a pause-resisting memoir that offers insight into the "altering world of the dementia mind"....

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    • An 11-Step Plan to Understand the Disease and How to Cope with Financial Challenges, Patient Aggression, and Depression Without Guilt, Overwhelm, or Burnout
    • By: Janet G. Cruz
    • Narrated by: Susanna Burney
    • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
    • The Dementia Caregiver’s Survival Guide is here to offer a lifeline to caregivers, providing practical advice and emotional support to help you cope with the complexities of dementia care....

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    • A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias, Seventh Edition
    • By: Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins
    • Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, John Chancer
    • Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 06-21-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • For 40 years, "The 36-Hour Day" has been the leading work in the field for caregivers of those with dementia. Written by experts with decades...

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