A Needed Break Into The Wilderness From Caregiving My Father and His Dementia
When I spent a month in the wilderness two years ago, family and friends stepped up their support for my father, who has dementia. My sister flew in to stay wit...
Jennie Dear is the author of "What Does it Feel Like to Die?," a nonfiction book about what researchers, palliative care experts and dying patients know about the experience. (You can find relevant articles she’s written at https://www.theatlantic.com/author/jennie-dear/). She’s currently working on a combination of short stories, a book about where old people live, and a Substack essay series on the poetry and poignancy of dementia: https://jenniedear.substack.com.