Alzheimer's Daughter by Jean Lee: All Caregivers Benefit from Debra Tann’s New Guide, The Race of Dementia

The Story

Alzheimer’s Daughter introduces the reader to my healthy parents, Ed and Ibby, years before their diagnosis, then recounts painful details as our roles reversed and I became my parents’ parent.

Their disease started as translucent, confused thoughts and ended in a locked memory care unit after a near decade of descent into the opaque world of Alzheimer's.

I began writing Alzheimer’s Daughter one week after my mother's death––when I was stunned, realizing Dad had no memory of her or their 66-year marriage.

I write to pay tribute to the undying spirit at Ed and Ibby's core, and with the hope that the story of their parallel decline might be helpful to others.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

All Caregivers Benefit from Debra Tann’s New Guide, The Race of Dementia

I'm honored to connect with Debra Tann through her groundbreaking book, The Race of Dementia. This book examines the disparity of race and poverty as they relate to the health care system and a diagnosis of Alzheimer's and dementia.

Debra writes:
The title of the book serves as a double entendre. First, there is a race for a cure. Second, there is shrouding evidence that suggest Blacks and Latinos will make up nearly 40% of the 8.4 million American families affected by Alzheimer’s. Hence, it is literally The Race of Dementia.

Thank you for writing for AlzAuthors, Debra.

Read the entire post:
https://alzauthors.com/2021/07/20/debra-tann-race-of-dementia/