Fraying : mum, memory loss, the medical maze and me / Michele Gierck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gierck, Michele, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients--Care.

Dementia.

Dementia--Patients--Family relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Australia : NewSouth, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Being a carer is not unlike being an interpreter. The task is to listen intently, to catch not only the words but the spirit of the message, and then to immediately pass that on. So too the carer, who is required to listen, to catch the spirit of what is needed, and then to set about to have those needs met. Fraying chronicles a mother's and a daughter's journey through memory loss and the medical maze. Michele Gierck finds herself suddenly thrust into the role of primary carer, with no map to navigate the world of aged care and medical bureaucracy. The relationship between the spirited, deter

Contents:

CONTENTS; CHAPTERS ONE: Fraying at the edges; CHAPTER TWO: The memory clinic; CHAPTER THERE: Unexpected movement; CHAPTER FOUR: Knockout heat; CHAPTER FIVE: A magician; CHAPTER SIX: Shopping locally; CHAPTER SEVEN: Plans; CHAPTER EIGHT: A lump; CHAPTER NINE: Happy birthday; CHAPTER TEN: Handball; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Do I have to do anything?; CHAPTER TWELVE: An agreement; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: I need to go to hospital; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The moment; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Joy; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: A quantum leap; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: A message; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A text message; EPILOGUE; REFLECTION AND RESOURCES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 11, 2015).

ISBN:

1-74224-717-2

1-74224-191-3