Travellers to unimaginable lands

Dasha Kiper

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A husband believes his wife is an imposter. A man’s sudden, intense Catholic piety provokes his wife. A mother and daughter struggle to come to terms with the disease that intensifies an already dependent relationship. At their root, these existential dilemmas grow out of long-established patterns of behaviour that bind together patients and caregivers. ‘Travellers to Unimaginable Lands’ 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.

ISBN: 9781800816206 Category:

Description

A Guardian ‘Best ideas book of 2023’A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK’The best book I have ever read that explores the effect on the brain of the carer, when someone has dementia’ Professor June Andrews, author of Dementia: The One-Stop GuideDasha 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.

Additional information

Weight 0.22 kg
Dimensions 20 × 12.8 × 2 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

xxxii, 233

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

616.831 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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