Illuminating the Alzheimer's Path

About the Book

Dementia diagnoses continue to rise as researchers strive for a cure. The sobering truth is that we all either have been, or can expect to be, personally affected by dementia in our lifetime.

In Illuminating the Alzheimer’s Path, author Donna Brown Benton, through a collection of stories, shares her lived experience of journeying with and caring for her husband, Doug, for sixteen years. Donna’s writing is marked by transparency as she transforms the particulars of their lived experience into universal themes that resonate on a deep emotional level.

Not intended to be a how-to manual, it’s meant to raise awareness of how we view, respond to, companion, and care for loved ones with dementia. The author is hopeful that others facing the path she and her husband traveled will find wisdom, support, and solace in its pages.

About the Author

Donna Brown Benton is an educator and taught secondary students for four decades. She was still teaching when her husband, Doug, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s at age fifty. Donna companioned Doug as both wife and caregiver, while shepherding him and their two teenage daughters through a journey none of them could have imagined. Through this memoir, Donna illustrates her passion for inspiring others touched by dementia.