The Long Road Called Goodbye

Part clinical case study, part family journal, The Long Road Called Goodbye is a powerful and moving account of one family’s thirteen-year struggle with Alzheimer’s. This engaging informative book is a closely documented clinical study that reads like a novel, filled with all the feelings, crises, and conflicts experienced by patient and family. It is a story of love, loyalty, perseverance, strength, and dignity. The Long Road Called Goodbye makes a major contribution to the care of AD patients and their families. The book will be of interest to professionals who work with Alzheimer’s patients, including physicians, staff at care-giving facilities, and state agencies, as well as to families who struggle with this disease.

Author Biography

Charlotte A. Akin holds a B.A. from the University of Washington in sociology and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Portland. When her mother first received a tentative diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, the author became the family researcher and began a case study. From then until the end of her mother’s life, she charted the course of this disease.