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The Unexpected Journey : Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path.
From Emma Heming Willis, wife of Bruce Willis, comes a deeply personal and richly compassionate supportive guide that helps caregivers care for themselves while they navigate a loved one's dementia.
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- ISBN: 9780593833940
- Physical Description: 320 pages
- Publisher: Canada : Penguin Publishing Group, 2025.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Alzheimer's & Dementia SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational |
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From Emma Heming Willis, wife of Bruce Willis, a deeply personal and richly compassionate supportive guide that helps caregivers care for themselves while they navigate a loved one's dementia.
AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER
The day Emma Heming Willisâ husband, Bruce Willis, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), all they were given was a pamphlet and told to check back in a few months. With no hope or direction, Emma walked out of that doctorâs appointment frozen with fear, confusion and a sense that her world had just fallen apart.
In fact, it had. Bruce and Emma had their story written, their future mapped out. Yet all those dreams crumbled with that diagnosis, and Emma felt alone and more isolated than ever. How would she care for her husband while parenting their young daughters?
At that devastating time, Emma just wanted someone who'd been through it to tell her, âThis feels terrible right now. Your life is in shambles. But itâs going to be okay. Here are some things to think about and put in place so you cannot just survive but thrive.â
With The Unexpected Journey, Emma has written the book she wishes sheâd been handed on the day of Bruceâs diagnosis: a supportive guide to navigating the complicated, heartbreaking, and transformative experience that is caregiving for your loved one. Weaving her personal journey as a care partner with the latest research and insights from the worldâs top dementia, caregiving, and integrative experts she offers the guidance and wisdom caregivers everywhere so desperately need to hear, including:- A diagnosis isnât just a label, itâs a starting point. It helps you better understand your personâs behavior and respond with more clarity and compassion.
- Taking care of yourself is not optional; it's mandatory. It will make you a better care partner. Itâs not selfish, itâs self-preserving.
- You donât have a choice about being on the dementia caregiving journey. But you do have a choice in terms of how you approach it and reframe it.
- Caregivers are human so you arenât always going to be patient and selfless. You have challenges and struggle with conflicting emotions and thatâs okay.Â
Ultimately, The Unexpected Journey shows you how to care for yourself while doing one of the hardest, most heartbreaking jobs in the world. Because if you donât take care of yourself, you are not going to be able to look after anyone elseâespecially your loved one with dementia.
For anyone caregiving for a loved one with any form of dementia, and even for those caregiving for other conditions, The Unexpected Journey shows that you are not alone. As Emma writes, âI know that no two caregiving journeys are the same, but we are connected by the same unchosen thread. Itâs not an easy path for you, your loved one or your family. But Iâm here to let you know that you are not alone, and, in time, you will find your footing, and a way forward."
