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001 2006035699
003 DLC
005 20071124083513.0
008 061025s2007 nyu 000 0deng
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020 $a0670038598
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm74492173
035 $a(OCoLC)74492173
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050 00 $aRC523$b.K47 2007
082 00 $a362.196/831$222
100 1 $aKessler, Lauren.
245 10 $aDancing with Rose :$bfinding life in the land of Alzheimer's /$cLauren Kessler.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2007.
300 $a260 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aOne 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.
600 10 $aKessler, Lauren.
650 0 $aAlzheimer's disease$xPatients$xCare.
650 0 $aCaregivers.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0731/2006035699-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0731/2006035699-d.html