Losing Me, While Losing You is a long-needed resource to those providing
care for persons with dementia -- and for those providing care to the
caregivers. In this book, caregivers speak from their own experiences of
caring for loved ones with dementia; they cover when they first noticed
behavioural changes, what they did and how their role changed when they
received the diagnosis, how the experiences changed their perceptions of
themselves, especially in cases where important ones no longer
recognized them or their, often long-standing, relationships. The
caregivers also talked about what resources, if any, were available to
support them through the caregiving journey, what recommendations they
would make to government policymakers and to others in similar
situations. This book is unique in that it documents the personal lived
experience of loss which family, friends and caregivers go through as
their roles, expectations and images of self are changed throughout the
caregiving process.