Dancing with Rose
Subtitle: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: May 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780670038596
Subjects: Long-Term Care Of The Aged; Family & Relationships; Consumer Health; Family/Marriage; Diseases - Alzheimer's & Dementia; Eldercare; Health Care Delivery; Family & Relationships / Eldercare; Alzheimer's Disease; Care; Caregivers; Patients
Description: One journalist's surprisingly hopeful in-the-trenches look at Alzheimer's, the disease that claimed her mother's life. Like many loved ones of Alzheimer's sufferers, Lauren Kessler was devastated by the disease that seemed to turn her mother into another person before claiming her life altogether. To deal with the pain of her loss, and to better understand the confounding aspects of living with this disease, Kessler enlisted as a caregiver at a facility she calls Maplewood. Life inside the facility is exhausting and humbling, a microenvironment built upon the intense relationships between two groups of marginalized people: the victims of Alzheimer's and the underpaid, overworked employees who care for them. But what surprises Kessler more than the disability and backbreaking work is the grace, humor, and unexpected humanity that are alive and well at Maplewood.--From publisher description.