About me
Former caregiver to Alzheimer’s love one, my husband End of the Middle-Stage Alzheimer’s diagnosis, At age fifty-seven years old.
My daily life seems to be in a good place. My children, my daughter, 24 years old, are pursuing her career in medicine– my son, 19 years old, is pursuing his career in the ministry. I’m working as a teacher at the School District Of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. My husband worked at a company in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for thirty years as a Forklift Operator. We successfully started a limousine business.
My husband always puts family first. He ensured that our home ran smoothly and correctly, including maintaining our finances and obligations. I felt humbly blessed to have such an attentive husband.
Then all of a sudden, everything changed. I was living with a total stranger. I no longer knew the man who I woke up next to every morning. My husband, age fifty-seven, was diagnosed with the End of Middle-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease.
I had to adjust to various behavior changes daily, weekly, or anytime Alzheimer’s wanted to change my husband’s behavior. Sadly, I was living with total stranger. Eventually, I sought professional help to take better care of my husband.
In preparation to write my book, I contacted the Alzheimer’s Association, Maryland Chapter, to interview other caregivers of Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients and get their permission to use their various experiences as caregivers in my book. Throughout my book, you will read about four other caregivers’ stories. They were caring for their loved ones–a husband caregiver for his wife. A woman caregiver caring for her mother. And two women caregivers caring for their husbands.