Review
"Recommended for friends, family and caregivers of all who suffer from dementia.” -- Diane Donovan, Reviewer’s Bookwatch
June and Charlie Shiplett were a fairly typical couple, enjoying life and looking forward to their "golden" years. Multi-Infarct Dementia changed all that almost overnight. Through her honest and heart-wrenching journal kept through her personal and family crisis. June Shiplett shares the confusion and hard times she endured as she lovingly cared for her husband at home for 2 1/2 long years. A Glass Full Of Tears puts a human face on a medical headline. It's a story of love and hardship, a vivid and personal record of the impact of the severe illness of increasing dementia on the home and heart. A Glass Full Of Tears is recommended reading for friends and family and caregivers of all who suffer from Alzheimer and all the other forms of dementia that come unbidden into the lives of good people and is no respecter of persons regardless of their status or standing. Highly recommended. -- Midwest Book Review
“... Shiplett did a fine, sensitive, and honest job.It fills a gaping hole in the market..” -- Audrey DeLaMarte, syndicated columnist
“... helps caregivers understand that they are not alone in their struggles to deal with the symptoms of progressive dementia.” -- Karen McNally Bensing, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
“I felt as though I’d found a friend who understood my situation as I read June’s book.” -- Mary Emma Allen, freelance writer/speaker on Alzheimer’s and a caregiver living in New Hampshire
June and Charlie Shiplett were a fairly typical couple, enjoying life and looking forward to their "golden" years. Multi-Infarct Dementia changed all that almost overnight. Through her honest and heart-wrenching journal kept through her personal and family crisis. June Shiplett shares the confusion and hard times she endured as she lovingly cared for her husband at home for 2 1/2 long years. A Glass Full Of Tears puts a human face on a medical headline. It's a story of love and hardship, a vivid and personal record of the impact of the severe illness of increasing dementia on the home and heart. A Glass Full Of Tears is recommended reading for friends and family and caregivers of all who suffer from Alzheimer and all the other forms of dementia that come unbidden into the lives of good people and is no respecter of persons regardless of their status or standing. Highly recommended. -- Midwest Book Review
“... Shiplett did a fine, sensitive, and honest job.It fills a gaping hole in the market..” -- Audrey DeLaMarte, syndicated columnist
“... helps caregivers understand that they are not alone in their struggles to deal with the symptoms of progressive dementia.” -- Karen McNally Bensing, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
“I felt as though I’d found a friend who understood my situation as I read June’s book.” -- Mary Emma Allen, freelance writer/speaker on Alzheimer’s and a caregiver living in New Hampshire
Product Description
“In this brutally honest and intensely personal diary account, June Lund Shiplett openly shares her emotional turmoil which ranges from bitterness, anger, self-pity, defeat, and despair to strength, tenderness, humor, love, and deep friendship. This book offers both family caregivers and professionals vivid examples of the effects of dementing illness and the comforting realization they are not alone with the emotions that this illness can generate.”
— Chari Weber, former Director of the Nason Center, an Alzheimer assisted living facility, co-developer of the Corinne Dolan Alzheimer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and an internationally-known expert and speaker on planning special dementia care centers and teaching the staff who work in them.
