The Long Goodbye
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The Long Goodbye

Understanding Ambiguous Loss When Someone You Love Has Dementia - A Guide to the Grief Nobody NamesBy Imad Muratspahic
Michael Caine
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Understanding Ambiguous Loss When Someone You Love Has Dementia — A Guide to the Grief Nobody Names

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GenreSelf-Help
Length1 hr 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 6, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Important Notice
2Introduction: The Grief That Has No Name
3What Is Ambiguous Loss?
4Why It Hurts the Way It Does
5Grieving Someone Who Is Still Alive
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6The Guilt and the Relief
7Anger, Bargaining, and the Search for Control
8Holding Both/And
9The Long Middle: Grief That Doesn't End on Schedule
10Relationships, Visits, and Connection That Changes
11When the Person Is Hardest to Recognize
12Caring for Yourself in the Middle of It
13The Second Goodbye: When They Die
14Conclusion: Carrying Them, and Yourself, With Tenderness
15Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions
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