Amanda Barusch

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A Place for Dad

  • Title – A Place for Dad

  • Author - Amanda Barusch

  • Genre – Non-fiction

  • Type – A chapter from the book, “Care Home Stories

  • Publication Date – January 1, 2020

  • Publisher – Academia.edu

  • Medium – Journal

  • Available at – Academia.edu

  • Link – https://www.academia.edu/62281061/A_Place_for_Dad

  • Synopsis – Published in Care Home Stories, which Sally Chivers and Ulla Kriebernegg edited and published by Transcript Verlag, this chapter describes my family's struggle to care for my father when, in his mid-80s, he developed Alzheimer's Disease. It reveals the seamy side of the for-profit elder care “industry” in the United States and puts our experience in national and historical contexts.