Illuminating the Alzheimer's Path

Donna Brown Benton penned the book she wished she had access to when she was thrust unprepared onto the Alzheimer’s path.

In Illuminating the Alzheimer’s Path, through a collection of forty-two stories, Donna shares her lived experience of journeying with and caring for her husband, Doug, for sixteen years. The author is hopeful that others facing the path she and her husband traveled will find wisdom, support, and solace in its pages.

The book’s subtitle, “Living in the Light While Walking in the Darkness of Dementia,” signals the author’s intention to speak both about the hard realities of dementia and the moments of meaning, connection, and light that persist.

Both the carefully-crafted subtitle and the book’s content demonstrate that light and dark co-exist. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it.