Caregiving Essays





The Chapter invites you to read touching (and sometimes inspiring) real life stories by Alzheimer's disease caregivers. Please contact Lisa Dunn toll-free at 866-259-0042 if you would like to submit an essay, poem, photo or illustration.

You Are the Mother Now By D. McKee

Where Are You? By Arthur Schiff

Gift Giving By Stephanie Zeman

I Love What I Do, But... By Mary Brophy

The "A" Ward By R. S. Carlson

Letting Go: Facing End-of-Life Treatment Decisions By Reverend Hank Dunn

Talking About the Diagnosis By Daniel Paris

Please Take a Hike By Jerry Ham

The Caregiver's Creed By Paul A. Schratwieser

A Birthday Wish Come True By Denise Cooper

Portrait of a Gentle-Man By Marsha Smith

What We Value Most by Edyth Ann Knox

A Room Full of Tears by Jerry Ham

The Day by Christine Cullen

Lessons I Have Learned by Daniel Paris

A Man's View of Caregiving by Frank Martin

Remember Me by Kenneth Chafin

Looking Back: Autopsy, a Personal Account by Ginnie Apperson

Words of Wisdom by Charmaine Kershaw

Quiet Dignity by Gail L. Kelley

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