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Book: What My Grandchildren Taught Me about Alzheimer’s Disease

Chapter: A Year of Learning Everything: Years of Losing Everything Learned

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43534

Blurb:

For a child, every moment of growing up is a means of learning. For someone with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and the descent in cognitive function as it is; however, the person is in reversal, slowly “unlearning” those physical, emotional, social, and physiological aspects of childhood development. Explore the stages of the disease in various formats and learn about the importance of the “present moment.”

Chapter Contributors

  • Dana Olivia Dunn Territo (thememorywhisperer@gmail.com - dterrito) 'Advocate for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease'