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Prologue
I ran out of tuition money for my junior year at LoyolaUniversity in New Orleans and took a job working asan extern at the US Public Health Service Hospital onState Street, which was walking distance from theuniversity. The hospital campus looked like a militaryinstallation with its gate-guarded entrance and doctors’quarters along the red-brick fence around…
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Cover
In this memoir, Paul presents events that he and his wife, Judy, faced traveling the Alzheimer’s Journey to help others on this same journey better prepare for what lies ahead. He also provides takeaways in each event to help the caregiver best react to similar events. This memoir tracks three threads: the emotional bond between…
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Autor’s Note
Why I Wrote This MemoirYes, my Judy is gone, and I still grieve her loss withsadness. Watching a once so vibrant, self-reliant, andlovely woman struggling through what normally wereroutine daily activities pulled at my heartstrings, but wesurvived those days together. After her diagnosis, Ipledged to myself to make her journey as peaceful andpainless as possible…
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CAREGIVING
Why this blog? TO point to: Caregiving – An Over-the-Shoulder View of Caring for a Loved on Through the Seven Stages of Alzheimer’s – A Love Story By Paul J. Bourgeois Author’s Note STAGE I:BEFORE SYMPTOMS APPEARPreclinical Alzheimer’s begins whenearly indicators appear ten to fifteenyears before symptoms that lead to adiagnosis are noticeable. Closerelatives, friends,…