Whether a diagnosis of dementia--for you or for someone you are accompanying--arrives suddenly or gradually, this illness reorganizes a family's entire life. Drawing on her own experience, as well as interviews with eight family and professional caregivers, Janet L. Ramsey helps caregivers and those with impaired memories learn as they listen to each other. She also shows them how the Holy Spirit can awaken their imagination and understanding while they discover how to live with dementia.

Janet L. Ramsey is professor emeritus of congregational care leadership at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota. She was certified as a diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and is an ordained Lutheran pastor and a licensed marriage and family therapist. Ramsey has written two previous books on spiritual resiliency and aging. She is a wife, mother, grandmother, and family caregiver.