Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most terrifying diagnoses a person can receive. It also takes a tremendous toll on the partners and children of those suffering from the unrelenting march of this incurable disease. Gary Chapman and Dr. Edward Shaw, co-authors of Keeping Love Alive As Memories Fade: The 5 Love Languages and the Alzheimer’s Journey, discuss ways to cope.
Listen:
HOST: Prentiss Pemberton
GUESTS:
- Gary Chapman, author, The Five Love Languages
- Dr. Edward Shaw, founder of Memory Counseling Center, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
LINKS:
- https://www.5lovelanguages.com/
- Wake Forest Baptist Memory counseling program
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Caregiving
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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at 10 a.m. AKDT
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Prentiss Pemberton is a host of Line One: Your Health Connection at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at lineone@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Prentiss here.
