Deborah Shouse is the author of Love in the Land of Dementia: Finding Hope in the Caregiver's Journey; Connecting in the Land of Dementia: Creative Activities to Explore Together; and the novel: An Old Woman Walks Into a Bar.Her writing has appeared in many distinguished publications including The Kansas City Star, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Natural Awakenings, Reader's Digest, Newsweek, Woman's Day, Spirituality & Health, The Chicago Tribune, and Unity Magazine.She has been featured in many anthologies, including more than five-dozen Chicken Soup books.