Listening With My Eyes: An Abused Horse. A Mother With Alzheimer's. The Journey To Help Them Both.

Listening With My Eyes: An Abused Horse. A Mother With Alzheimer's. The Journey To Help Them Both.

by Patricia J Conoway
Listening With My Eyes: An Abused Horse. A Mother With Alzheimer's. The Journey To Help Them Both.

Listening With My Eyes: An Abused Horse. A Mother With Alzheimer's. The Journey To Help Them Both.

by Patricia J Conoway

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Overview

Understanding non-verbal communication taught by a horse. Patricia Conoway has created a breakthrough guide to help caregivers connect with their loved ones suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. She takes us on her journey with her mother Kay who's in the late stages of Alzheimer's, dependent on others for her most basic needs, and no longer able to communicate verbally, when her horse, Dream enters Patricia's life. Dream had been severely abused by a previous owner, and where others would have given up, Patricia was determined to heal her. In this book, Patricia describes her dual struggles with her mother's steady decline and persistent issues with care facilities while she's going through the slow process of learning her horse's body language. Eventually Dream teaches Patricia communication by "watching and listening" with her senses, which she translates to non-verbal "conversations" with her mother. Patricia's straightforward account of her own frailties, doubts and eventual success should be recommended reading for anyone who struggles to relate to a person who has lost verbal communication.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781943279098
Publisher: conoway
Publication date: 08/01/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 190
File size: 6 MB

Table of Contents

Memories: Do They Make Us Who We Are?

Chapter 1:  Background

Chapter 2:  The Beginning

Chapter 3:  Meeting My Lifelong Dream

Chapter 4:  Dream and I Get Acquainted

Chapter 5:  Kay and Walt

Chapter 6:  Our Wake-Up Call

Chapter 7:  Dream Reveals Her Past

Chapter 8:  Dream Reveals More

Chapter 9:  My Horsemanship Journey Begins

Chapter 10: A Visit to Mom and Dad: Rude Awakenings

Chapter 11: Forcing Help on Mom and Dad

Chapter 12: Planning the Abduction

Chapter 13: Abduction Challenges

Chapter 14: The Abduction

Chapter 15: Mom and Dad's New Life

Chapter 16: Dream Teaches Me Focus and "Feel"

Chapter 17: Mom and Dad "Adjust"

Chapter 18: Life Changes

Chapter 19: More Caregiver Lessons

Chapter 20: Taking Care of Business

Chapter 21: Our Second Horsemanship Clinic

Chapter 22: Being a Leader

Chapter 23: Learning More Horse-Speak

Chapter 24: Mom Moves On

Chapter 25: Mom's Teeth

Chapter 26: Visits to the  ER

Chapter 27: A Conversation With Frankie

Chapter 28: More Emergency Room Visits

Chapter 29: Kittens in the Family

Chapter 30: Pressure, Fairness and Patience

Chapter 31: Intuition, Instincts and Safety

Chapter 32: Observations

Chapter 33: More Revelations

Chapter 34: Understanding Mom Thanks to Dream

Chapter 35: Special Communications

Chapter 36: A Sweet Memory and Saying Goodbye

Chapter 37: Reflections

Appendices

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