
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain
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These compelling case histories meld science and storytelling to illuminate the complex relationship between the mind of someone with dementia and the mind of the person caring for them.
“This book will forever change the way we see people with dementia disorders—and the people who care for them.”—Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
After getting a master’s degree in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper became the live-in caregiver for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s disease. For a year, she endured the emotional strain of looking after a person whose condition disrupts the rules of time, order, and continuity. Inspired by her own experience and her work counseling caregivers in the subsequent decade, Kiper offers an entirely new way to understand the symbiotic relationship between patients and those tending to them. Her book is the first to examine how the workings of the “healthy” brain prevent us from adapting to and truly understanding the cognitively impaired one.
In these poignant but unsentimental stories of parents and children, husbands and wives, Kiper explores the existential dilemmas created by this disease: A man believes his wife is an impostor. A woman’s imaginary friendships drive a wedge between herself and her devoted husband. Another woman’s childhood trauma emerges to torment her son. A man’s sudden Catholic piety provokes his wife.
Why is taking care of a family member with dementia so difficult? Why do caregivers succumb to behaviors—arguing, blaming, insisting, taking symptoms personally—they know are counterproductive? Exploring the healthy brain’s intuitions and proclivities, Travelers to Unimaginable Lands reveals the neurological obstacles to caregiving, enumerating not only the terrible pressures the disease exerts on our closest relationships but offering solace and perspective as well.
Cover art credit: © 2022 C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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“Kiper’s work is deeply moving and often surprising. Through case studies both tragic and hauntingly relatable, she provides scientific grounding for what the beleaguered caregivers go through. With understanding comes the permission for, and perhaps a chance at, self-forgiveness.” —The Wall Street Journal
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“An elegant, empathetic, immensely informative, and insightful primer for caregivers as they try to navigate the fragmented, skewed world of the cognitively impaired.” —Psychology Today
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In The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge described the most important breakthrough in our understanding of the brain in 400 years: the discovery that the brain can change its own structure and function in response to mental experience - what we call neuroplasticity. His revolutionary new book shows, for the first time, how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing really works. It describes natural, noninvasive avenues into the brain provided by the forms of energy around us.
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Extremely helpful understanding my TBI.
- By Robert Deramo on 02-12-15
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Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer’s Journey
- A Guide for Families and Caregivers
- By: Jolene Brackey
- Narrated by: Jolene Brackey
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The new edition of Creating Moments of Joy is filled with more practical advice sprinkled with hope, encouragement, new stories, and generous helpings of humor. In this volume, Brackey reveals that our greatest teacher is having cared for and loved someone with Alzheimer's and that often what we have most to learn about is ourselves.
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Helpful and comforting
- By Ivanska Jordan on 12-17-24
By: Jolene Brackey
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In Being Mortal, best-selling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit.
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A Walk through the Valley of the Shadow
- By George on 11-02-14
By: Atul Gawande
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- Sunshine Kesey
- 08-12-24
A Godsend
This book articulates the mysterious dynamics around caring for a parent with dementia. The author sines a light on the inner struggles of the caregiver.
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- AmazonCustomer
- 03-22-23
So relevant and helpful for my situation
I loved this. Very relevant to what I am currently experiencing and have been for the past 7years.
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- Rachael
- 11-02-24
The author is so accurate in her observations and recommendations.
The content is on point and the advice excellent especially for caregivers. The examples she provided were so accurate.
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- Western
- 08-08-23
Personal enrichment
Very good and informative description of personal struggles with caring for loved ones who have dementia
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- Susan J. Guiswite
- 03-09-24
Validation, finally!
As a caregiver I totally related to the stories told. I finally found validation for all my emotions related to caregiving. Now I understand why. Although, I’m not fully sure what I should be doing differently.
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- mcnultytx
- 09-06-23
A must-read for family careguvers
This book was informative and heartfelt; validating, and enlightening for family caregivers, and respectful of their loved ones.
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- Kathleen Tresser
- 09-17-23
Valuable listening
This book is immensely valuable, and full of insight. I recommend it without reservation. It is supportive of both the person with dementia, and the caregiver.
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- P. Friel
- 05-14-23
Best book for dementia caregivers I have read
I have been a dementia caregiver for my wife, who has early onset dementia, for over 10 years. After 8 years caring for her at home, I ran out of gas, and admitted her to an excellent memory care facility. I visit her just about every day. Travels to Unimaginable Lands is the best book for caregivers that I’ve read. It is sophisticated but understandable, explaining many things, such as why it is so exhausting to try to communicate with someone with dementia. Highly recommended.
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- Duane
- 06-05-23
Instant Classic
Specifically for family caregivers, this book shows how Alzheimer's affects the person and the caregiver. With stories and scientific studies, we understand why a person with Alzheimer's acts as they do and why we as caregivers have trouble reconciling their behavior. Encouraged with infinite forgiveness, we are supported in our journey to recognize that the person is still who they are ... however diminished.
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- Robert A May
- 12-08-23
Helpful and insightful
I think this book is important for caregivers and family of patients with dementia. Daria explains what is happening in various scenarios common to these patients. She also sheds light on the reason our healthy brains respond the way they do. Excellent production!
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