{"product_id":"theres-no-place-like-nursing-home-stories-of-dementia-dying-and-peeing-on-the-christmas-tree-9798232485528","title":"There's No Place Like (Nursing) Home - Stories of Dementia, Dying, and Peeing on the Christmas Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have an Nh.D. It's similar to a Ph.D., except with an N. This one means Doctorate in Nursing Homes. I got it at the University of Experience. One day my mother moved into a nursing home. On another she died there. What happened in between changed my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere's No Place Like (Nursing) Home - Stories of Dementia, Dying, and Peeing on the Christmas Tree \u003c\/em\u003eis a book for my friends, almost all of whom I haven't met. There are 125 million of them across the country. They're called \u003cem\u003eBaby Boomers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGen-Xers\u003c\/em\u003e. They, like me, are getting older. So are their parents. Many, my friends \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e their parents, are or will end up in nursing homes. Most who do will die there. Whether my friends learn to smile in between can change their lives too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a short folksy memoir, a compendium of stories, real ones, filled with heartbreak and agony, as well as laughter and mirth. The stories are about what I saw, learned, and felt, and how I learned to smile again, then and now. An old man mistaking a Christmas Tree for a toilet will do that.Three-part dementia-inspired operas will do it as well. So will listening to your saintly mom call a white nurse a \"honky.\" I cried, long and often, but in learning to look in the right places, I found laughter amidst my tears. In the midst of the tempest, I also found serenity for a troubled soul. So can my friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTedesco, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePaul E. Tedesco is a former pastor and human services administrator, holding a Master of Divinity degree. He has been a noted speaker, weekly columnist for \u003cem\u003eThe Catholic Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e, contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe National Catholic Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e, and invited headline guest on \u003cem\u003eABC 20\/20.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in the shadow of the Appalachians. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Tedesco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103757299986,"sku":"9798232485528","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aac54385-f3b7-44bf-b633-2048bede7a5d.jpg?v=1773156070","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/theres-no-place-like-nursing-home-stories-of-dementia-dying-and-peeing-on-the-christmas-tree-9798232485528","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}