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Travellers to Unimaginable Lands
- Dementia, Carers and the Hidden Workings of the Mind
- Narrated by: Holly Linneman
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
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.
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"The best book...that explores the effect on the brain of the carer, when someone has dementia. Unmissable." (Professor June Andrews, dementia expert and author of Dementia: The One-Stop Guide)
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-06-23
A really insightful useful book for all carers
As a care giver to parents both with dementia, I found this interesting and insightful. It helped me have greater understanding of behaviours on both sides. A very interesting book which I will go back to as there is so much valuable information which will be relevant at different stages of the disease. I felt the author really understood as she had been a care giver and had her own experiences to draw upon. The book does not tell us what to do but how to understand how behaviour on both sides comes about . I highly recommend it, the audio version was the best for me as reading time is very limited but so easy to listen while doing mundane chores. The narrator has a lovely clear voice with a nice tone.
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- 13-11-23
Very helpful
I found this fascinating and only hope I will remember some of the lessons as I go down the dementia carer pathway coming up!
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- Lady Driver
- 07-04-24
Well written and informative
As a carer for two dementia sufferers, I appreciated the insight into how our brains work and why I react the why I do. The text is easily understood and the reader conveys the text well.
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