Book signing and discussion with Cape Cod author Kate Whouley

Stafford Hill Assisted Living, an assisted living community in Plymouth announces it will host a free book signing and discussion with Cape Cod author Kate Whouley on her book
“Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words (Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia).” The event will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 4:00 pm at Stafford Hill, which is located at 60 Stafford Street in Plymouth.

The first 10 guests to RSVP and attend the June 13 event will receive a free copy of the book, signed by the author. Refreshments will be served.

Whouley’s latest memoir highlights her experiences with her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. With honesty and humor, the author shares the tough, the tender, the heart-wrenching, and the laugh-or-you’ll-cry experiences of an Alzheimer’s caregiver. “Caregiving can feel isolating—especially when dementia is involved,” states Whouley, who hopes her book will offer readers a fresh perspective on relating to persons with organic memory loss. Wednesday’s discussion will offer support to caregivers, family members, and friends who are facing challenges and looking for new solutions.

Remembering the Music was recently named Best of the Best by the American Library Association—one of just eighteen University Press books in 2012 to receive this distinction. The book has also received acclaim from independent booksellers, who selected Remembering the Music as an Indie Bound Next Great Read, and from a range of media, including USA Today, Salon, and The Boston Globe.

Caregiving for Alzheimer’s in Massachusetts: The caregiving numbers are staggering in Massachusetts. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, in Massachusetts alone more than 321,000 people are active caregivers for some 120,000 individuals with the disease or related memory impairments. This equates to more than 365 million hours of unpaid work per year valued at more than $4 billion. Nationally, 5.4 million individuals have Alzheimer’s disease, and an additional 200,000 individuals under the age of 65 have younger onset Alzheimer’s.

About the Author:

Kate Whouley is the author most recently of Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words: Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia. Her first book, Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved, was nominated for Book Sense Book of the Year in 2005. An avocational flutist, Kate Whouley is also a facilitator for the Art & Conversation initiative of Alzheimer’s Services of Cape Cod and the Islands. Her personal essays have appeared in Obit Magazine, Shelf Awareness, Beacon Broadside, The Boston Globe and The Cape Cod Times. She lives and writes on Cape Cod and online at www.katewhouley.com.