Dancing with Rose Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's

Name: Dancing with Rose Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's
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ISBN: 9780670038596

ISBN-10: 0670038598

ISBN-13: 9780670038596

Edition: 2007

Authors: Lauren Kessler

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One journalists rivetingand surprisingly hopefulin-the-trenches look at Alzheimers, the disease that claimed her mothers life Like many loved ones of Alzheimers sufferers, Lauren Kessler was devastated by the ravaging 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 a disease that afflicts four and a half million people every year, 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:…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 5/31/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English