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Title: Travellers to Unimaginable Lands
Condition: New
Subtitle: Dementia, Carers and the Hidden Workings of the Mind
Author: Dasha Kiper
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1800816200
EAN: 9781800816206
ISBN: 9781800816206
Edition: Main
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences, Personal Development, Medicine
Release Date: 07/03/2024
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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 200mm
Item Length: 128mm
Item Width: 20mm
Item Weight: 220g
Release Year: 2024

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