Forget-Me-not : A Memoir of Anne Bashkiroff's Alzheimer's Crusade

Name: Forget-Me-not
Brand: Purdue University Press
SKU: 9781557534255
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ISBN: 9781557534255

by Gail Bernice Holland

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 155753425X

ISBN-13 9781557534255

Publisher Purdue University Press

Imprint Purdue University Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 1st, 2006

Print length 193 Pages

Weight 525 grams

Dimensions 20.40 x 14.80 x 1.30 cms

Product Classification: Biography: science, technology & medicine Autobiography: science, technology & medicine Biography: science, technology and medicine Autobiography: science, technology and medicine Geriatric medicine Geriatric medicine

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The consequences of Alzheimer's and the extended burden the disease places on families and caregivers was not fully known in the 1970s. Instead of giving up, Anne Bashkiroff moved to make the world aware of the silent disease. Her strength and dedication led her to help establish the Family Survival Project. Bashkiroff turned her inward suffering to outward hope.

Anne Bashkiroff was a pioneer in the fight for Alzheimer’s awareness. Her dear husband, Sasha, suffered for nine years with this terrible brain- and soul-damaging illness. Anne was faced with unanswered questions, economic heartaches, and lonely nights of suffering. The consequences of Alzheimer''s and the extended burden the disease places on families and caregivers was not fully known in the 1970s. Instead of giving up, Bashkiroff moved to make the world aware of the silent disease. Her strength and dedication led her to help establish the Family Survival Project. In 1979, she testified before First Lady Rosalynn Carter about the needs of caregivers. Bashkiroff turned her inward suffering to outward hope.

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