Promise Me, Daughter: A Nurse Attorney Navigates Her Mother's Early-Onset Alzheimer's - Couverture souple

Hessler, Kathleen A.

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ISBN 13 : 9798990424944

Editeur : RMK Publications, LLC, 2025

Synopsis

Promise Me, Daughter highlights the heartbreaking dilemma that adult children (or anyone caring for a loved one) often face when their parent is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease or other debilitating conditions. How do you respond when your loved one cries out: “Promise me, promise me, that you will never, ever, put me in a nursing home!”

Written from the perspective of a devoted daughter who is also a nurse and an attorney, this book offers invaluable insights into many of the medical, healthcare, and legal issues that families may encounter during the course of this devastating disease. During her mother’s long illness, the author worked as an attorney representing entities on the continuum of long-term care. She shares her personal and professional knowledge through poignant educational narratives.

The author guides readers through the challenges of a daughter’s enduring love for her mother, including the realities of long-distance caregiving. Sharing the care responsibilities with siblings, she demonstrates how grief in families caring for a person with Alzheimer’s can take its toll while also strengthening bonds. This memoir is a blend of a daughter’s journey, her mother’s story, and enlightening anecdotes. While not a self-help book, the author hopes the reader will gain practical insights and nuggets of comfort, courage, and confidence.
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With kindness and compassion, Kathleen Hessler guides her readers through the complex maze of options that must be considered when caring for a loved one who suffers from dementia. Both a lawyer and a nurse, Kathleen is uniquely qualified to explain the legal and health challenges involved in this daunting process. Her book brought tears to my eyes, but also warmed my heart and made me laugh out loud. Read it. You won’t be sorry.
Judith Schiess Avila, co-author of the NYT bestseller: Code Talker: The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers.

Kathleen Hessler takes her readers on the bumpy ride of caring for her mother. Many of her stories are humorous and others are poignant. I am glad I read Hessler’s before I became tasked with caring for a relative with dementia.
Sherri Burr, Author of over 30 books, including Complicated Lives: Free Blacks in Virginia, 1619-1865

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Kathleen A. Hessler is a registered nurse and an attorney who represented entities across the continuum of long-term care, including home health and hospice agencies. An award-winning writer, she contributed chapters to the Solo Practice Guidebook by The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (2025) and “Health Care Law” to the 2020 and 2024 editions of Giddens’ Concepts for Nursing Practice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Kathleen A. Hessler enjoyed a distinguished career as both an attorney and a registered nurse with deep expertise in healthcare ethics and compliance. A strong advocate for ethical patient care and sound business practices, she brings a unique multidisciplinary perspective to her nonfiction writing. As the author of Promise Me, Daughter: A Nurse Attorney Navigates Her Mother's Early-Onset Alzheimer's, Hessler skillfully weaves her journey and her mother's story with her professional background into a compelling narrative. Her extensive body of work includes contributing to the Solo Practice Guidebook for the American Association of Nurse Attorneys (2025) and authoring the "Health Care Law" chapter for the 2020 and 2024 editions of Giddens' Concepts for Nursing Practice. She has won awards for her writing and her stories appear in various anthologies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: RMK Publications, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798990424944
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 285
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible