Oscar not only comforts dying nursing home residents with dementia, but he also touches the lives of the family members who are left behind as well as the staff at the nursing home where he resides. Oscar can’t know when a person is dying, he’s just one of several strays that live in a nursing home. Heartfelt, inspiring, and full of humor and pathos, this book allows readers to take a walk into a world rarely seen from the outside, a world we often misunderstand.ĭr. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. I feel in my heart, the cat helped her find peace.
In fact, until the day my mother died, there was a resident cat in her assisted living facility that stayed with her in her room. This story interested me because at the time my mother was diagnosed with dementia and my mother loved cats as much as I do. Dosa is the New York Times bestselling author of Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat.I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. He has also been a Hartford Foundation Scholar and a recipient of a Career Development Award from the Veteran's Administration for research related to Medication Errors in long term care. His research awards and commendations include a Merck New Investigator Award in 2006 through the American Geriatrics Society.
David's current research interests include nursing home and assisted living quality, community programs to serve frail elders, long term care facility response to hurricane disasters, nursing home infections, and pharmacoepidemiology in the elderly. He jointly conducts his research through Brown University's Center for Gerontology and the VA. David is a funded researcher with grants from the National Institutes of Aging, the Veteran's Administration, and multiple foundations. David Dosa is a health services researcher and practicing geriatrician with dual appointments with the Department of Primary Care at the Providence VAMC and the Division of Geriatrics at Rhode Island Hospital.
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