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The Bipolar Dementia Art Chronicles: How a Manic-depressive Artist Survives Being the Primary Caregiver for Her Father And Ex-mother-in-law - a Memoir
The Bipolar Dementia Art Chronicles How a Manicdepressive Artist Survives Being the Primary Caregiver for Her Father And Exmotherinlaw a Memoir Author:Lynne Taetzsch This is the memoir of a bipolar artist who decides while in a hypomanic state to bring her 93-year-old father and 92-year-old ex-mother-in-law to live near her in an assisted living facility and become their primary caregiver. Overwhelmed soon after they arrive, she slides into a depression and struggles to maintain their lives and her own whil... more »e continuing to paint. Told in a frank and quietly humorous style, the book portrays her struggles with doctors, nursing homes, dementia wards, family squabbles, drugs and other therapy. The reader will find insight and empathy in this "healing and compulsively readable" book.« less