Dasha Kiper's guest appearances

Dasha Kiper

Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

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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.Dasha Kiper talks about dementia and the role of the caregiver in her book, Travels to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain.Buy the book from RJ JuliaTravelers to Unimaginable LandsSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast@rjjulia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Dasha Kiper talks about dementia and the role of the caregiver in her book, Travels to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain. Buy the book from RJ Julia<a href="https://www.rjjulia.com/search/site/Travelers%20to%20Unimaginable%20Lands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travelers to Unimaginable Lands</a> <a href="https://www.rjjulia.com/newsletters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up for our podcast newsletter</a><a href="https://www.justtherightbook.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw0ZiiBhBKEiwA4PT9z_NDImrGU-tHbg7dCsP7qodyWAb0mvxCOAvg5UuRyl7-1pc1rE8ndhoC72YQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Just The Right Book Subscription</a>Promo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast@rjjulia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>