Title My two Elaines : learning, coping, and surviving as an Alzheimer's caregiver / by Martin J. Schreiber with Cathy Breitenbucher.

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[Nashville] : Harper Horizon, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2022.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level	616.831 SCHREIBER	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials	305 SCHREIBER	Check Shelf
Windsor, Wilson Branch - Adult Department	362.1968 SC	Check Shelf

Description	xxiv, 167 pages ; 24 cm
Note	Includes resources list.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	When Marty met Elaine -- Learning about Alzheimer's disease: Diagnosis -- Danger on the trail: how Alzheimer's can harm your health -- Isolation -- Irrational irritability -- Coping with Alzheimer's disease: Reaching for a lifeline -- Being a real man -- Therapeutic fibbing: entering her reality -- Living in the now -- Surviving Alzheimer's disease: Challenges -- What surviving looks like -- If Alzheimer's could speak, by Tara Reed.
Summary	In My Two Elaines, author Marty Schreiber, former governor of Wisconsin, watches his beloved wife, Elaine, gradually transform from the woman he fell in love with in high school, and who diligently supported his political career, to the Elaine who knows she is declining and can't remember how to cook a meal, and finally to the Elaine who no longer recognizes Marty or their children.
Subject	Schreiber, Elaine (Elaine Ruth Thaney), 1939-
	Schreiber, Martin J., 1939-
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Biography.
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Home care.
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care.
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Family relationships.
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Services for.
	Caregivers -- United States -- Biography.
	Caregivers -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
	Caregivers -- Mental health -- United States.
	Caregivers' writings, American.
	Husband and wife.
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients. (OCoLC)fst00806557
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care. (OCoLC)fst00806558
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Family relationships. (OCoLC)fst00806564
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Home care. (OCoLC)fst00806565
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Services for. (OCoLC)fst00806580
	Caregivers. (OCoLC)fst00847331
	Caregivers -- Mental health. (OCoLC)fst00847346
	Caregivers' writings, American. (OCoLC)fst01738620
	Husband and wife. (OCoLC)fst00964385
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biography (DNLM)D019215
	Handbook (DNLM)D020479
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
	Biographies.
	Handbooks and manuals.
Added Author	Breitenbucher, Cathy, author.
ISBN	9780785291695 (hardcover)
	0785291695 (hardcover)

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