Diary of an Alzheimer's Caregiver

One year shy of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, Dee Hershberger was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband, Bob, serving as her primary caregiver, kept a journal the following four and a half years. Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver provides an unflinchingly honest and heartbreaking account of what the couple went through.

During the first two and a half years, Dee gradually lost short-term memory but maintained most physical and social abilities. Over the last two years she l...