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Readers will learn how:
- Cockey finds renewal and hope, amidst depair, through a close friendship with Gertrude
- to discover the power of art in the treatment of Alzheimer's
- understanding the nature and symptoms of Alzheimer's today can help you to recover from it in the future.
Products: Drawn from MemoryA Personal Story of Healing Through Art
Disheartened by her son’s illness and her own financial problems, Cockey began to question the direction of her life. Yet, when one ninety-year-old dementia patient named Gertrude shows her there is a higher power in the universe, Cockey sees that help is available. This experience leads Cockey on a road to renewal, which ultimately fosters an intense passion in her to work with those suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia. Through art, she helps patients realize that hope is never lost. “The art therapy that Elizabeth Cockey brings to the residents of my center is invaluable in providing a mode of expression to those who cannot or do not communicate as they once were able. This book, written with great sensitivity, will surely reveal the fragility of life for those who are aging and for those who surround them. Through it, I am confident that Elizabeth’s story will touch the hearts to all who read it.” Available: April 2007 Order Now (PDF orderform) |
What do Alzheimer’s, suicide and poverty have to do with hope, laughter and renewal? Elizabeth Cockey reveals just that in this incredible story of triumph and healing.