Every minute of every day, an American will develop Alzheimer's disease. It is disease which threatens to bankrupt Medicare. We do not ask if it will touch our lives. We ask when. Dementia entered my family's life slowly. It dismantled my mother slowly. There was never a time when my siblings and I knew what would happen next. I hope this book helps you prepare and helps you cope. Most importantly, I hope that the advice and experiences you read here will help you forgive yourself the things you could not do and be grateful for the things you could. In between their hallucinations, rage, confusion, grief and psychosis, there may be recognition, gratitude and pleasure. These moments, however flawed and fragmented, truly matter. They are glimpses of the value of yesterday's sunshine. Seize them and say thank you.
