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Travellers to Unimaginable Lands: Dementia, Carers and the Hidden Workings of the Mind
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Profile Books Pvt Limited
| Author:
Dasha Kiper
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Profile Books Pvt Limited
Author:
Dasha Kiper
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
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A Guardian ‘Best ideas book of 2023′
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
Dasha Kiper was twenty-five when she first became the live-in carer for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s disease. She soon discovered the emotional strain and challenges of caring for a person whose condition disrupts the rules of time, order and continuity. In Travellers to Unimaginable Lands, Kiper explores the complex and profound psychology of caregiving, illuminating how the healthy brain’s biases and intuitions make caring for people with dementia disorders so profoundly and inherently difficult.
Blending neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and literature with beautifully-observed case studies, Kiper illuminates the underlying mental mechanisms behind carers’ experiences, dispels the myth of the perfect caregiver and, in the process, opens the door to understanding and forgiveness.
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A Guardian ‘Best ideas book of 2023′
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
Dasha Kiper was twenty-five when she first became the live-in carer for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s disease. She soon discovered the emotional strain and challenges of caring for a person whose condition disrupts the rules of time, order and continuity. In Travellers to Unimaginable Lands, Kiper explores the complex and profound psychology of caregiving, illuminating how the healthy brain’s biases and intuitions make caring for people with dementia disorders so profoundly and inherently difficult.
Blending neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and literature with beautifully-observed case studies, Kiper illuminates the underlying mental mechanisms behind carers’ experiences, dispels the myth of the perfect caregiver and, in the process, opens the door to understanding and forgiveness.
About Author
Dasha Kiper is the clinical consulting director of support groups at The CaringKind (formerly 'The Alzheimer's Association'). She was born in Russia, raised in San Francisco, and makes her home in New York. She first became a live-in caregiver as a graduate student at Columbia University where she received an MA in Clinical Psychology. For the past decade she has counseled caregivers, led support groups, and trained and supervised mental health professionals, as well as former caregivers, who now lead support groups.
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