By C. Davis

A small gem of a book by a geriatrician who works at Steere House, a nursing home. 

Dr. Dosa’s parents were both pediatricians, but he was always drawn to the opposite end of life. The careful observations that he shares, reveal that he chose his specialty well. Dr. Dosa has his own problems, and the nursing home offers an effective backdrop for rumination. Against our ultimate fate, what will serve us, what will last in the end? 

I found the book oddly comforting and hopeful. The recurring strand running throughout, is Oscar, who is not a medical diagnostician, but a cat. A specialist in his own way, the  staff couldn’t ignore the fact that Oscar would uncannily appear at the bedside of residents in their last hours, and stay by their side steadfastly.