To Johnny, With Love: A Journey Through Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease - Softcover

Albert, Dagmar Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1927626129 ISBN 13: 9781927626122

Publisher: Summer Bay Press, 2013

Synopsis

John Albert was fifty-four years old when the first symptoms of early onset Alzheimer's appeared. He was a family man who loved life and everything it had to offer. John was an outdoorsman with an ambition to own and develop a small part of British Columbia's wilderness crown land. He succeeded but when he walked on it for the last time, this mind-robbing illness had already left its mark on him. He did not recognize it as "his land" any longer. John battled the aggressive disease for ten years, supported by his family. The day finally came when his wife, Dagmar, had to make the heart-wrenching decision to place her husband in a care facility. Five years later, his condition had progressed to a point where he had to be transferred to the extended care unit of the local hospital. He passed away two years later. John was seventy years old.

About this title

About the Author:

Dagmar Albert lives in White Rock, British Columbia. She is close to her family; a happy mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Dagmar is currently working on writing her memoirs and a story about her mother’s life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Summer Bay Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1927626129
• ISBN 13: 9781927626122
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210