07: Irene Olson- Author of Requiem for the Status Quo
Irene talks about why she choose the novel format rather than writing a memoir, how the stigma of Alzheimer's disease compares to cancer, and how a horoscope in her local paper galvanized her to finally start writing her story.
Much of Irene's early non-fiction pieces focus on a family caregiver's journey, especially as that journey relates to taking care of a family member with a terminal illness such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and other dementia. Readers simply need to enter a keyword in the search engine found on her personal blog site, and all articles relating to those keywords will…
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