My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver - Schreiber, Martin J. ; Breitenbucher, Cathy

My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver by Schreiber, Martin J. ; Breitenbucher, Cathy

Format: Trade Paperback

Published by Book Publishers Network, 2020

In My Two Elaines, author, former governor of Wisconsin, Martin Schreiber, watches his beloved wife, Elaine, gradually transform from the Elaine 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. Excerpts from Elaine’s journal recount her thoughts, concerns, and frustrations as the disease progresses, and Marty recounts his struggles in caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s.