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Seeking that Elusive Good Night Sleep

By Family Caregiver Alliance Staff

Caregivers often find themselves exhausted at the end of the day, but many are still not able to sleep. Varying studies have documented that approximately 70% of caregivers for people with dementia report sleep problems, 60% report sleeping less than 7 hours, and 10–20% use alcohol to go to sleep and/or sleep medication.

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Author and essayist Andrew Solomon has written on a widely divergent range of topics, including Soviet artists, Libyan governance, childrearing, and the politics of the deaf. For this event, his famously obsessive attention focused on the topic of sleep.

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“The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment.” In a talk equal parts eloquent and devastating, writer Andrew Solomon takes you to the darkest corners of his mind during the years he battled depression.

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A survivor of the Pol Pot's death squads teaches an American to handle depression.

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Andrew Solomon
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Andrew Solomon: Depression, too, Is a Thing with Feathers - Family Action Network

Family Action Network (FAN) welcomes back Andrew Solomon, Ph.D., one of the most inspirational and effective speakers in its 32-year history.

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Andrew Solomon
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An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family

A collection of essays from some of the country’s most accomplished writers, An Uncertain Inheritance offers both companionship and guidance to the people who find themselves caring for their intimates.

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