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Requiem For The Status Quo by Irene Frances Olson EPUB
Family caregivers are oftentimes ruthlessly challenged by uninvolved family members who are quick to condemn, but reticent to offer assistance. Such is the case for Colleen Strand, a widow who recently found her own footing who takes on the task of caring for her father, Patrick Quinn, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Her older brother, Jonathan, criticizes Colleen at every turn and verbally abuses the father when he has the gall to exhibit symptoms of his disease. In short, Jonathan travels down the popular road of denial, leaving Colleen to deal with all matters regarding their father's care.
Connected tenuously to a father who barely remembers her and a brother who has become an enigma, Colleen faces the moving target that is Alzheimer's disease, determined to clothe her father with the dignity he deserves, while capturing the far too fleeting moments of remaining time with him.
This novel reflects the personal experiences faced by the author who lovingly took care of her father who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Although she exercised literary license in writing about her multi-year journey, the author's heart went into each episode she chose to offer her readers. Those readers will meet a variety of caregivers and their loved ones who face the challenges of the disease, sometimes with success, other times failing miserably. To be sure, Alzheimer's disease is one of the least humorous diseases known to man, nevertheless readers will find humor amongst the sorrow, along with elements of victory, that will carry the reader through to the very last chapter, far wiser and better-informed than when she or he first started this extraordinarily worthwhile read.
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