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The Dementia Chronicles
A memoir during the time Mom lived with us, a period of eighteen months during the final stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
174 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 26, 2018
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About the author
Susan Wingate
64 books312 followers"My love of books is largely due to the Sevilla Elementary School librarian. I ran to her to tell on Jeff Sloggins who, after slurping spinach around in his mouth, gagged, choked, then barfed on our table in the school cafeteria." ~Susan Wingate
Susan Wingate holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lindenwood University. Her poetry, short stories, and essays have been published in journals such as the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Superstition Review, and Suspense Magazine, as well as others.
Susan's novel, How the Deer Moon Hungers received eight book awards. Susan is a proud member of PENAmerica.
Susan Wingate writes about big trouble in small towns and is the primary caregiver of her husband who suffers from frontotemporal dementia. They live off the coast of Washington State on San Juan Island.
Susan Wingate holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lindenwood University. Her poetry, short stories, and essays have been published in journals such as the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Superstition Review, and Suspense Magazine, as well as others.
Susan's novel, How the Deer Moon Hungers received eight book awards. Susan is a proud member of PENAmerica.
Susan Wingate writes about big trouble in small towns and is the primary caregiver of her husband who suffers from frontotemporal dementia. They live off the coast of Washington State on San Juan Island.
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March 19, 2020
YES! I know exactly what she went through. I laughed, I cried, and I could empathize. Just wish I had read this before my Mom moved in with me and my husband. You can never know how dealing with Alzheimer’s will affect you!! God’s blessings on anyone that is a caretaker of their parent!
April 8, 2019
The Dementia Chronicles
I applaud Susan Wingate's honest and intimate look inside the life of a caregiver. Words can never say how deeply this book touched me. I am very sure I will reread this book more than a few times as I go through my own "Dementia Chronicles" with my father.
I applaud Susan Wingate's honest and intimate look inside the life of a caregiver. Words can never say how deeply this book touched me. I am very sure I will reread this book more than a few times as I go through my own "Dementia Chronicles" with my father.
May 2, 2019
Loving and losing
I recently took this journey(1 month ago today) with my Step-Father at 91, who now resides in Heaven. It helped to learn about Susan's experience, different yet the same. Now, I try not to think about reliving it with my 89 yr. old Mother. God bless Susan and Bob for taking on the difficult yet rewarding role of caregivers.
I recently took this journey(1 month ago today) with my Step-Father at 91, who now resides in Heaven. It helped to learn about Susan's experience, different yet the same. Now, I try not to think about reliving it with my 89 yr. old Mother. God bless Susan and Bob for taking on the difficult yet rewarding role of caregivers.
May 7, 2019
Chronicle
A novelized version of a blog about the author ‘s mother’s decline from dementia. Her role as caregiver is brutally portrayed, it made me appreciate my mother~in…law who dealt with my father~in~law’s Alzheimer’s for many years. A good “novel” for caregivers who are coping with Alzheimer’s.
A novelized version of a blog about the author ‘s mother’s decline from dementia. Her role as caregiver is brutally portrayed, it made me appreciate my mother~in…law who dealt with my father~in~law’s Alzheimer’s for many years. A good “novel” for caregivers who are coping with Alzheimer’s.
May 4, 2019
Helped my journey.
I learned more about being a caregiver to mom in her journey through dementia. I felt like a friend visited and shared with me. It was a positive, truthful affermation.
I learned more about being a caregiver to mom in her journey through dementia. I felt like a friend visited and shared with me. It was a positive, truthful affermation.
May 6, 2019
Caregiver
Thank you for sharing your story with others to bring awareness, empathy, and healing to those who need it. Everyone's journey is a little different but until you've been party to something similar the whole of the situation is not understood.
Thank you for sharing your story with others to bring awareness, empathy, and healing to those who need it. Everyone's journey is a little different but until you've been party to something similar the whole of the situation is not understood.
June 2, 2019
Insightful
The simple sharing of her personal story aced, for me, a shelf-full of books of theory on subject. Thanks very much!
The simple sharing of her personal story aced, for me, a shelf-full of books of theory on subject. Thanks very much!
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