I Was Thinking is a workbbook that helps people better communicate with their loved ones suffering from cognitive loss. It is a guide that can lead to happy, calm conversations.  The information discussed in this book may be new and different from what you have heard before.  However, it truly has the potential of reconnecting you with a loved one you may have felt was lost to you because of cognitive loss.

Thanks for the input!

C. Johnson, RN, North Carolina writes...

Your book was so helpful - in talking with the compromised aged.  I read it and gave to my husband, and his sister who was living with their aging out mom (to be 96 this Aug, with early stages dementia).  Bottom line, your book was able to BEGIN the process of understanding their mother as person with serious unmet needs.
 
But the point is, Diana, YOUR book stimulated the whole process, its gave us a "professional" view that allowed true assessment of Mary Elizabeth's needs, which I could see as a psych nurse, but her daughter and my husband (a Harvard psychiatrist) could not "see".  That helpful wall of denial which helps us cope sometimes, also needs a "door" to open to those realities needing to be recognized - and your book was that door!  It allowed all the family to be able to "talk about" realities without feeling we were diminishing her; that her creeping dementia was a problem which was/is discussable and did not mean a person loses their true personhood.  Thanks for authoring this wonderful book!
 
 
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Scheduled Seminars

For those of you living within the Northwest Ohio area and would like to meet with me, I will be doing my "Visits with Value" seminar at the following location(s). 

February 28th  VISITS WITH VALUE...Unlocking the Door to Successful Conversations with Your Loved Ones with Cognitive Loss
Sponsored by: St Clement Parish
Toledo, OH  Email Contact 

March 6th VISITS WITH VALUE...Unlocking the Door to Successful Conversations with Your Loved Ones with Cognitive Loss
The Waterford at Levis Commons
Perrysburg, OH  Open to the community call Debbie Priest at (419) 874-2564 Email Contact

 March 22nd VISITS WITH VALUE...Unlocking the Door to Successful Conversations with Your Loved Ones with Cognitive Loss
AT Parkcliffe Alzheimer Communities/ Sponsored by: Senior Independence
Toledo, Ohio Open to the Community call Jenny Bucher at (419) 381-9447  Email Contact

April 14th   VISITS WITH VALUE...Unlocking the Door to Successful Conversations with Your Loved Ones with Cognitive Loss
Sponsored by: Scottish Rite Ladies Auxiliary at Brandywine Country Club - Luncheon
Toledo, OH Email Contact 

July 12th  VISITS WITH VALUE...Unlocking the Door to Successful Conversations with Your Loved Ones with Cognitive Loss
Sponsored by: St. Francis Home
Tiffin, OH   7pm   Open to the community Call Jessica at (419) 447-2723

For more information about these seminar locations simply click on the contact located under each seminar date or visit my Events Page.  I hope to see you there!