The Last Dance

By Myrna Marofsky

The Last Dance, A Partner’s Story of Living and Loving Through Dementia changes the dementia discourse from “tragedy talk” to one of possibilities and even hints of hope.

Written from the lived experiences of a wife, a mother, and grandmother, Marofsky demonstrates a way of living that allowed her to be there for her husband, while maintaining her own identity and the relationships that were important to the quality of her own life. Highlighting a path not often taken, she defined her new life by finding answers to two central questions that became her compass.

How do I want to live each day?

How do I want to feel in the end?

Not only does Marofsky speak to those who are so often forgotten once a life-changing diagnosis is given to their partner, but she calls upon the health care community to pay attention to them – wives and partners – experiencing the emotional heartache that comes from loss after loss while trying not to lose themselves.  Learn more at www.myrnamarofsky.com.

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About the Author

For the past 20 years, Myrna Marofsky has spent her life as a consultant, empowering women to honor their strengths and consider possibilities. She's coached, trained, and mentored—giving herself the title of “A Champion of Women.” Then when her husband Larry was diagnosed with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s she found myself struggling to find any possibilities that were hopeful. All she heard was frightening descriptions of the downward progression from those who were supposed to help.