Head Injury Facility Offers Author Great Material For 2nd Novel
Author of 'A Disturbing Presence' Joy Lee Rutter is nearly finished writing her next book, 'A Flamboyant Disarray of Dreams'. Her job as a rehab specialist for neurologically impaired clients puts research at her fingertips.
(PRWEB) January 21 2004--Author of “A Disturbing Presence”
(ISBN#1-4137-0113-2)
Joy Lee Rutter is working on her next book “A Flamboyant
Disarray of Dreams”. Rutter works at a brain injury facility, the basis for her
book.
“A Flamboyant Disarray of Dreams” does not read like a “day in the
life of” the traumatic brain injured client. It focuses on one staff in
particular dealing with burnout and apathy that affects her in many different
ways.
Joleen Cumberland's seven years at a neuro rehabilitation facility
begins taking its toll. Besides the burnout that often plagues many direct-care
workers in the health field, her apathy rears its ugly head, putting her in
precarious situations. If that is not enough to put her over the edge, Joleen
often finds herself in a spitting match with her co-workers. The breaking point
comes when a certain client’s family members begin sabotaging her position.
Where was she going with her job? It was not a career. It was more like
a huge vacuum that sucked the unwary, directionless person into an atmosphere of
tension and indifference. Her apathy caused her to lose focus and vigilance. She
knew she had had enough of Rivers Edge, but her despondency left her immobilized
to move on.
After recovering an assault from a client, things begin to
change. Two brain-injured clients, both unique and very different from each
other, become roommates, and gradually bring about a change for Joleen, while
unexpectedly helping each other.
Ms. Rutter began her book as an outlet
from stress she and her co-workers face working with neurologically impaired
people. Many of her coworkers stay several years; and some quit within a few
months. For the ones that stay, Rutter often wondered: Why do we stay? What do
we gain? How do we cope? Where are we going from here? Do we make a difference?
They stay for many reasons. The good days outweigh the bad as Rutter and
her coworkers learn tolerance, patience and the importance of treating others
with respect. Most of all, they learn how to listen. They learn to listen not
only to what a person is saying, but to what they do not say or are unable to
say.
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