Dementia: Creating a Relationship When Memory, Thinking, and Reason Change

Dementia, The Relationship Without Cognition is a compassionate guide for couples navigating love in the face of cognitive decline. When dementia enters a relationship, the loss is not only memory-it is connection, presence, and shared identity. Yet love does not end with the diagnosis. With patience, understanding, and compassion, relationships can find new meaning even as cognition fades. Blending medical insight with emotional honesty, R.E. Geffner, MD offers guidance for partners, families, and caregivers who struggle to maintain closeness while confronting the profound changes dementia brings. This book explores how emotional bonds can endure even when logic, memory, and reasoning begin to disappear.
- Inside you will discover how to:
- Stay emotionally and physically connected
- Navigate grief, role changes, and resilience
- Create routines that foster closeness, and dignity
- Preserve identity, love, and mutual respect