One wife’s story of caring for her husband with dementia—and the lessons for caregivers she learned along the way.

In Enduring, Donna Larkin shares a chronology of her husband’s Alzheimer’s disease and her caregiving approaches, including those gleaned from support group friends and experts she met along the way.
 

Enduring draws on the author's nine years of notes, emails to family and friends, and calendar pages summarized in a series of stories that share vulnerability, straight talk, and good humor, uniquely illustrating what it means to be a full-time caregiver for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. The result is an honest, loving, and unflinching portrait of dementia caregiving.
 

For anyone struggling with the realities of a loved one’s battle with dementia, Enduring is a reminder that you are not alone.

“Pulled together from notes, emails, and journal pages written over a decade, Enduring is both heart-warming and heart-breaking, an exploration of all that it takes to take care of a partner who it’s difficult to leave alone for long. …Larkin has written an inviting resource that highlights—and will help readers face—the ups and downs of being a caregiver.” 

--- Booklife review: booklife.com/booklife-review/9798988952503

Rediscovered Books, Idaho's largest independent bookseller, honored the book with a number two placement in its "Top 10 List" for the week of July 29 to August 4, 2024. 

Senator Melissa Wintrow tweeted on August 1, 2014, "Enduring, a compassionate and informative story about supporting a loved one with dementia. This is an exceptional story by Donna Larkin. A must read!!"

Senator Wintrow also recommended the book to legislators and policymakers, as a help to truly understand the challenges before family caregivers. 

Author spoke on family caregiving experiences at the Idaho Health Care Association's Annual Conference on July 17, 2014.

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