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The Resource The unravelling : how our caregiving safety net came unstrung and we were left grasping at threads, struggling to plait a new one, Clem Martini and Olivier Martini

The unravelling : how our caregiving safety net came unstrung and we were left grasping at threads, struggling to plait a new one, Clem Martini and Olivier Martini

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"This book is about mental illness, family caregivers, Alzheimer's and dementia, and the health care system. It continues the story of the Martini family and their experiences with mental illness (which was earlier chronicled in the book Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness). In The Unravelling, Olivier Martini has lived with his mother, Catherine, since his diagnosis with schizophrenia thirty-six years ago. It hasn't always been a perfect living situation, but it's worked: Catherine has been able to help Olivier through the ups and downs of living with a mental illness, and Olivier has been able to care for his aging mother as her mobility becomes limited, and Olivier's brothers Clem and Nic have been able to provide support to both as well. But then Olivier experiences a serious health crisis at the exact same time that his mother starts slipping into dementia. All of a sudden, the precarious caregiving situation the Martini family has constructed is about to come apart. The family family's lifelong struggle with mental illness is suddenly complicated immeasurably as they begin to navigate the convoluted world of assisted living and long-term care. With anger, dry humour, and hope, The Unravelling tells the story of one family's journey with mental illness, dementia, and caregiving, through a poignant graphic narrative from Olivier accompanied by text from his brother, award-winning playwright and novelist Clem Martini."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource
Contents
  • Introduction; The Unravelling; Conclusion; Epilogue; Praise for Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness
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9781988298160
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The unravelling : how our caregiving safety net came unstrung and we were left grasping at threads, struggling to plait a new one
Title
The unravelling
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how our caregiving safety net came unstrung and we were left grasping at threads, struggling to plait a new one
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Clem Martini and Olivier Martini
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Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"This book is about mental illness, family caregivers, Alzheimer's and dementia, and the health care system. It continues the story of the Martini family and their experiences with mental illness (which was earlier chronicled in the book Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness). In The Unravelling, Olivier Martini has lived with his mother, Catherine, since his diagnosis with schizophrenia thirty-six years ago. It hasn't always been a perfect living situation, but it's worked: Catherine has been able to help Olivier through the ups and downs of living with a mental illness, and Olivier has been able to care for his aging mother as her mobility becomes limited, and Olivier's brothers Clem and Nic have been able to provide support to both as well. But then Olivier experiences a serious health crisis at the exact same time that his mother starts slipping into dementia. All of a sudden, the precarious caregiving situation the Martini family has constructed is about to come apart. The family family's lifelong struggle with mental illness is suddenly complicated immeasurably as they begin to navigate the convoluted world of assisted living and long-term care. With anger, dry humour, and hope, The Unravelling tells the story of one family's journey with mental illness, dementia, and caregiving, through a poignant graphic narrative from Olivier accompanied by text from his brother, award-winning playwright and novelist Clem Martini."--
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collective biography
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1956-
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Martini, Clem
Dewey number
616.89/800922
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
RC514
LC item number
.M378 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • comics graphic novels
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Martini, Olivier
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  • Martini, Olivier
  • Martini, Olivier
  • Schizophrenics
  • Mental health services
  • Schizophrenics
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The unravelling : how our caregiving safety net came unstrung and we were left grasping at threads, struggling to plait a new one, Clem Martini and Olivier Martini
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online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Introduction; The Unravelling; Conclusion; Epilogue; Praise for Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness
Control code
ocn991530856
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781988298160
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
570EA1A7-7D60-46C4-93AF-545DE14E916F
System control number
(OCoLC)991530856
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The unravelling : how our caregiving safety net came unstrung and we were left grasping at threads, struggling to plait a new one, Clem Martini and Olivier Martini
Link
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Introduction; The Unravelling; Conclusion; Epilogue; Praise for Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness
Control code
ocn991530856
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781988298160
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
570EA1A7-7D60-46C4-93AF-545DE14E916F
System control number
(OCoLC)991530856

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