Comments on: ‘Ambiguous Loss’: When Someone You Love Is ‘Physically Present but Psychologically Absent’ Because of Alzheimer’s Disease or Other Factors http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/%e2%80%98ambiguous-loss%e2%80%99-when-someone-you-love-is-physically-present-but-psychologically-absent%e2%80%99-because-of-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease-or-other-factors/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: heehler http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/%e2%80%98ambiguous-loss%e2%80%99-when-someone-you-love-is-physically-present-but-psychologically-absent%e2%80%99-because-of-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease-or-other-factors/#comment-861 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:31:41 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/%e2%80%98ambiguous-loss%e2%80%99-when-someone-you-love-is-physically-present-but-psychologically-absent%e2%80%99-because-of-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease-or-other-factors/#comment-861 Yes, Alzheimer’s would be the main exception.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/%e2%80%98ambiguous-loss%e2%80%99-when-someone-you-love-is-physically-present-but-psychologically-absent%e2%80%99-because-of-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease-or-other-factors/#comment-856 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:30:05 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/%e2%80%98ambiguous-loss%e2%80%99-when-someone-you-love-is-physically-present-but-psychologically-absent%e2%80%99-because-of-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease-or-other-factors/#comment-856 In some cases, maybe. The problem with, say, Alzheimer’s Disease, is that, as the author notes, the goodbye can go on for years and years until it exhausts people physically and emotionally, especially if they can’t afford to pay for help with the care.

]]> By: heehler http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/%e2%80%98ambiguous-loss%e2%80%99-when-someone-you-love-is-physically-present-but-psychologically-absent%e2%80%99-because-of-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease-or-other-factors/#comment-855 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:42:43 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/%e2%80%98ambiguous-loss%e2%80%99-when-someone-you-love-is-physically-present-but-psychologically-absent%e2%80%99-because-of-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease-or-other-factors/#comment-855 I sometimes wonder if ambiguous loss is not a godsend in many ways – better to lose someone with a gradual goodbye than a knock on the door.

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