More Vignettes of Yvette at Vi

About the Book

A short while ago, Authorhouse published my book, Vignettes of Yvette at Vi. This new book contains additional vignettes of my wife, Yvette, who is in a Memory Support unit at the Care Center that is attached to a large retirement home, called Vi at Palo Alto. These vignettes are meant to demonstrate that a new life can be created for dementia sufferers -- a life that is interesting and enjoyable, contains much beauty, and presents challenges that can make this new life meaningful. Carmen, Marcela, the nursing staff, and I have worked hard and long to achieve these goals for Yvette, and we have had some measure of success. Carmen and I especially have absolutely not accepted "downhill all the way" for the beautiful woman we love so dearly.

About the Author

John Gurley, now 94 years old, taught economics at Stanford University for 30 years. Earlier, he taught at Princeton University, and he did economics research with his wife, Yvette, at Brookings Institution in Washington, D. C. During his retirement, he has written several books on astronomy and religion. He and his wife moved to a retirement home near Stanford University in 2005, where he is in independent living and she, for two years, has been in a memory support unit next door to the retirement home.