A Parkinson's Life: And a Caregiver's Roadmap - Softcover

Hallows, Jolyon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995025908 ISBN 13: 9780995025905

Publisher: Westwind Consulting Services Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Parkinson's disease is hard on those who have it and on family members who provide care for them. "A Parkinson's Life" follows one courageous woman's battle with the disease and her husband's struggle to learn to become her caregiver.

Sandra Hallows was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1996. In the years since then, she brought her "never give up" attitude to her fight with Parkinson's--a fight that led her into a wealth of therapies and treatments.

In those years, Jolyon Hallows, her husband, learned how to give care, how to structure their environment to ease both their lives, and how to deal with the emotional turnoil.

"A Parkinson's Life" is part memoir and part "how-to" guide for those thrust into the chaos of giving care.

About this title

About the Author:

Jolyon Hallows is a published author of two books on project management. One of those books was named by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers as one of its "Engineering Management Great Books." It was published in a second edition. The second book was translated into Japanese. Jolyon Hallows is an accomplished speaker and seminar leader. He has personally trained over a thousand project managers worldwide and is on the faculty of the Project Management Certificate Program offered by Simon Fraser University. He has delivered numerous seminars on Parkinson's and on caregiving.

Review:

Winner, Honourable Mention. 2017 Whistler Book Prize Manuscript Competition.

"What a wonderful contribution to the knowledge base for caregivers of PD. Your insights, practical advice and honest approach will be invaluable." Elaine Book, Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre.

"We're sure your book will be valuable to the Parkinson's community, both for the meaningful personal story you have shared, as well as for the practical tips. To mention just a few adjectives that the book evokes, it is readable and funny and poignant." Kelly Austin, Parkinson's Disease Foundation.

"[S]upport staff, and I both read it and we loved it. It was personal, practical and good humoured." Olivia Nassaris, Parkinson's South Australia.

"'A Parkinson's Life' is a tour de force written by a husband caring for his beloved wife and should be required reading for all medical professionals and other healthcare staff, as well as patients with a progressive disease and their caregivers.

"I discovered that A Parkinson's Life was a page turner and I read it late into the night. It's compelling, distressing, and gently humorous." Julie Ferguson, review on Amazon.ca

"Outstanding book. Every Caregiver for someone with Parkinson's should read this book. Jolyon takes you through the entire life of his wife from when they first married until her death and at which point Parkinson's entered their life." Review on Amazon.com

"Hallows is an excellent writer. He has a rare gift for explaining complicated concepts in simple language.

"I recommend the book for readers who want to know the gritty details of what probably lies ahead for them: the inevitable decline, the end of driving, the bedside commode, the in-bed sponge bath, the dressing, the legal decisions, the end-of-life decisions, and so on." Pete Beidler for Northwest Parkinson's Foundation

About this edition

• Publisher: Westwind Consulting Services Inc
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0995025908
• ISBN 13: 9780995025905
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 226