activities and support. A short annotated bibliography will provide
other perspectives  such as what it is like to be married to an Alzheimer’s
disease victim.

            As a daughter and writer I will share with you the adventure of
kidnapping a dangerously confused, but strong-willed widow to relocate
and subject her to the new routines of institutional living. You will get to
know quite a bit about my mother, Sarah. For every victim, there is first and
foremost an individual. I will share with you what I have done to help my
mother so that you may customize care for your own loved and unique
individual.

You will read a few jokes in this book- because, after all, sometimes
all we can do to cope  is laugh. This effort has been a labor of love and
another exercise of creativity, as this middle aged daughter goes though
the repeated cycle of parental love and loss.