To the Last Dance, a Partner's Story of Living and Loving Through Dementia

To the Last Dance, A Partner's Story of Living and Loving Through Dementia, is a rare find. This candid and insightful memoir is about Myrna Marofsky's five years of living lovingly with her husband after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.She takes the reader inside the experience of a partner determined to keep bad news from becoming a bad life. Instead of focusing on the disease, Marofsky describes how she reframed the role of caregiving to a mindset she calls Care-LIVING. Her message is about finding possibilities with hints of hope amid adversity. This candid memoir will inspire anyone who carries the emotional and physical burden of caring for a loved one with a progressive disease.The book speaks to families and friends who want to be supportive but are unsure of what or how to be there. It also speaks to the healthcare community who frequently use what Marofsky calls, "tragedy talk" around dementia, focusing on loss rather than what is still possible. You don't have to lose everything.Being on the other side of a progressive disease leaves you feeling alone, without a compass, and struggling to find meaning every day. Marofsky suggests two questions you can ask yourself to help find daysor even yearsof LOVING and LIVING through dementia.How do you want to live each day?How do you want to feel in the end?To the Last Dance, A Partner's Story of Living and Loving Through Dementia,demonstrates how love and loss can coexist even in the midst of heartbreak.