{"product_id":"theres-no-place-like-nursing-home-stories-of-dementia-dying-and-peeing-on-the-christmas-tree-paperback","title":"There's No Place Like (Nursing) Home - Stories of Dementia, Dying, and Peeing on the Christmas Tree - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Tedesco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44011915772039,"sku":"9798232485528","price":14.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/WZl4-Zt1Pd9798232485528.webp?v=1772138749","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/theres-no-place-like-nursing-home-stories-of-dementia-dying-and-peeing-on-the-christmas-tree-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}