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Carregando... Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer'sde Lauren Kessler
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. DANCING WITH ROSE Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s Lauren Kessler One journalist’s riveting—and surprisingly hopeful—in-the-trenches look at Alzheimer’s. Like many loved ones of Alzheimer’s sufferers, Lauren Kessler was devastated by the ravaging disease that seemed to turn her mother into another person before claiming her life. To better understand the confounding aspects of living with a condition that afflicts four and a half million people a year, Kessler, an accomplished journalist, enlists as a bottom-rung caregiver at a residential Alzheimer’s facility she calls Maplewood. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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"Now I know this sounds way out there," he told me, "but look at it this way: Alzheimer's is a detaching disease. It detaches people from their memories, their selves. We can look at that as tragic and awful, or we can change the frame." I didn't know where he was headed, but he had my attention. "Consider Zen," he said, "which is all about clearing your mind, detaching from your thoughts, grounding yourself in the moment." He paused, either to give me time to consider or for dramatic effect. "Well," he said finally, "that's Alzheimer's." I know this is hard to digest, but Kessler talks about how she understood this more and more while working in the field.
"They don't have ulterior motives. They don't manipulate. They don't play games. They just are." This is rare, and I enjoyed the trait very much in my grandmother.
I had more bookmarked to put in this review but it's too exhausting. It's a good and very helpful book. ( )