West County Native's New Book Offers Hope to Families Dealing With Alzheimer's and Dementia
West County native Stefania Silvestri has just released a now book she hopes will help families dealing with Alzheimer's by sharing her own struggle as a caregiver.
Author and West County native Stefania Silvestri recently released a book she hopes will help families dealing with Alzheimer's and dementia. "Beside the Mountain: Finding Strength and Courage Through My Father’s Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease" is Silvestri's first hand account of watching her father succumb to the disease and its affect on her family. At age 14, her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when he was only 48. She, her sisters and their mother, became his caregivers. "I had no idea that this brain disease, that Alzheimer's Disease, could affect my dad. I had no idea that my dad would become become so childlike at the end," Silvestri tells Patch. "My mom didn't know who she was taking care of. Was it a son or a dad?" Her…
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