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I started working in health care settings in 1959. At that time women had few choices for careers, I couldn’t fight my way into the male dominated drafting field for which I had trained. So for the next 45 years I worked mostly with the elderly in situations that Lauren Kessler has written about.
This is one of the best books written about a segment of life that many people will deny until it is too late to grasp the complexity of it. Every description of RA [resident assistant] interaction with the resident and other staff members would apply to every facility that I ever worked in. The heart felt family interaction with RA’s is absolute truth. Both positive and seemingly negative inter actions, such as is described in Dancing with Rose occur many, many times every day all over our country.
As real as the descriptions of life at ‘Maplewood’ was, I was struck by the intricate lacing of personal life events of the author. This personal aspect tied together a segment of real-life, as many people know it today.
I have neither the time nor the words to adequately comment on this very special book. It is a ‘must read’ and ‘must have on your book shelf’ !.
That is the heart felt advice from an ‘Old nurse’.
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Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's by Lauren Kessler
loganlazy, July 25, 2008
I started working in health care settings in 1959. At that time women had few choices for careers, I couldn’t fight my way into the male dominated drafting field for which I had trained. So for the next 45 years I worked mostly with the elderly in situations that Lauren Kessler has written about.This is one of the best books written about a segment of life that many people will deny until it is too late to grasp the complexity of it. Every description of RA [resident assistant] interaction with the resident and other staff members would apply to every facility that I ever worked in. The heart felt family interaction with RA’s is absolute truth. Both positive and seemingly negative inter actions, such as is described in Dancing with Rose occur many, many times every day all over our country.
As real as the descriptions of life at ‘Maplewood’ was, I was struck by the intricate lacing of personal life events of the author. This personal aspect tied together a segment of real-life, as many people know it today.
I have neither the time nor the words to adequately comment on this very special book. It is a ‘must read’ and ‘must have on your book shelf’ !.
That is the heart felt advice from an ‘Old nurse’.
(8 of 13 readers found this comment helpful)