Christine Bryden

Who will I be when I die? (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Christine Bryden was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with dementia, and in this book she describes her remarkable emotional, physical and spiritual journey in the three years immediately following. Offering rare first-hand insights into how it feels to gradually lose the ability to undertake tasks most people take for granted, it is made all the more remarkable by Christine's positivity and strength, and deep sense, drawn in part from her Christian faith, that life continues to have purpose and meaning.

Originally published in Australia in 1998, the book is brought up-to-date with a new Foreword, Preface and Appendix, in which Christine explains how the disease has progressed over the years, and how she is today. It also contains many previously unseen photographs of Christine and her family, from around the time of her diagnosis up to the present day.

Inspirational and informative in equal measure, Who will I be when I die? will be of interest to other people with dementia and their families, as well as to dementia care professionals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857006455
• Artikelnr.: 38400677

Autorenporträt

Christine Bryden had a high-powered job in the Department of the Australian Prime Minister and was a single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia in 1995. Since then, she has gone on to challenge almost every stereotype of people with dementia by speaking at national and international conferences, campaigning for self-advocacy and writing two books. In 2003, she was the first person with dementia to be elected to the Board of Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI). Christine lives with her husband, Paul, in Brisbane, Australia. Her second book, Dancing with Dementia, is also published by JKP.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Elizabeth MacKinlay. Preface. The Diagnosis. 1. I'm too young!
2. The first signs. 3. The second opinion. Who Will I Be When I Die? 4. At
least you can't die from it! - wrong!. 5. You look so well! - if only I had
cancer! 6. A terminal illness - so why are we ashamed of it? What's It
Like, Having Alzheimer's? 7. Clinging to a precipice with my fingernails.
8. From 'super-memory' to losing the plot. 9. A confusion of sight and
sound. 10. A jumble of words. 11. Life's essentials. An Adventure into the
Unknown. 12. Trying to be prepared. 13. My car's an alien spaceship! - and
other oddities. 14. From 'super-mum' to dependent mum. 15. A scary road
ahead? Where to Now? 16. Our fifteen minutes of fame. 17. Do I really
believe in healing? A Postscript - A God of Surprises! 18. I'm getting
better! 19. A 'miracle cure'? Thank God God's in Charge! 20. Getting onto
'God's roller-coaster'. 21. Why me - and why Alzheimer's, God? 22. Is God a
'bandaid'? 23. Am I afraid of dying? Appendix. What is Alzheimer's disease?