A Place for Dad

Chapters
Written By Amanda Barusch

A deeply personal chapter on family caregiving, Alzheimer’s, and the failures of for-profit elder care, published in Care Home Stories in 2020.

  • Type – book chapter

  • Published in / Appears in –‍ ‍Care Home Stories

  • Publisher – Transcript Verlag

  • Publication Date – January 1, 2020

  • Format(s) – PDF

  • Available at – Academia.edu

  • Abstract / Synopsis – Published in Care Home Stories, edited by Sally Chivers and Ulla Kriebernegg and published by Transcript Verlag, this chapter describes my family’s struggle to care for my father when, in his mid-80s, he developed Alzheimer’s disease.

Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this ever-changing world.

https://www.amandabarusch.com
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