Into the Fog: Navigating My Mother's Journey through Dementia
is a memoir of one family's experience confronting the challenges inherent in caring for their declining matriarch. In the hope that other families might benefit from her hard-won perspective, the book is also a simple guide wherein the author reflects on lessons learned as she witnessed her mom's illness advance. How do we communicate effectively with someone suffering from dementia? What works? What doesn't work? A game-changer for the siblings was found in embracing the idea that their mom was behaving in a way consistent with her emotions and inner reality.