Comments on: The Bad Daughter Gains Insight http://forgetmemory.org/2008/03/20/the-bad-daughter-gains-insight/ Thoughts from the author of the new book FORGET MEMORY: Creating better lives for people with dementia. To purchase the book, see the ABOUT tab above Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:44:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Kuhn http://forgetmemory.org/2008/03/20/the-bad-daughter-gains-insight/#comment-295 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:35:08 +0000 http://forgetmemory.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-295 It seems to me that Dancing with Rose is about personal redemption gained by stepping outside one’s comfort zone and entering into the experience of others who are deeply forgetful. How does one enter into the world of AD and avoid burnout? Caregivers are engaged in profoundly spiritual work yet too often they lack the language and social support to frame their experience in spiritual terms. Lauren Kessler touches on the spiritual aspects of caregiving and Alzheimer’s without being religious. This book is good for the soul.

I read this book shortly after I read Nickled and Dimed, another example of immersion journalism. That book’s bleak picture of what happens when paid caregivers are not given social, financial and spiritual support is a bitter antidote to Lauren Kessler’s prescription.

]]> By: Lauren Kessler http://forgetmemory.org/2008/03/20/the-bad-daughter-gains-insight/#comment-273 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:20:15 +0000 http://forgetmemory.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-273 Thank you so much for the kind words about my book.

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