My Alzheimer's Nightmare

-Here’s a Google Doc’s of this discussion post in case anybody wants to read it in an easier, readable format. I attached it as a downloadable file to this thread as well. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DIZkdtdZLL7CNgPBQYQQ35eDgV5LB_ig3RpqzYa3cr8/edit?usp=sharing -Even though this writing had a lot of statistics, I found “My Alzheimer's Nightmare and Why It Will Soon Be Yours” by Tiffany Stanley to be more appealing compared to the piece of writing we read last week. The author did a fantastic job in blending in her sources well with the writing. I honestly think having the author tell their own personal story made it more impactful. -One example of how the author incorporated sources well into her personal story was this part, “Most cost between $4,000 and $6,000 a month out-of-pocket. My dad made just under $29,000 a year working as a welder in the maintenance department at the University of South Carolina. His house was on the brink of foreclosure. Years of health crises had left him and Jackie with very little savings. The annual cost of an assisted-living facility with dementia care was more than double what my father made annually and nearly four times Jackie's income.” A few sentences before that part, the author spoke about Medicaid and the income of how much the
She spent the whole first part of the writing talking about how she really wants her aunt to be in a nursing home. And then towards the end, she shows hatred for the nursing-home and thinks about getting an investment to have her aunt stay with her. She gave us such good facts about the benefits of staying in a nursing home. She had me lured into thinking about my own future for a nursing home. Then she flipped that idea upside down and bashed on the corruptions and faults of a nursing home. She got me into believing that a nursing-home is cool and then had me bark at it in the end. That’s some crazy logos work in action right