David Dosa

David Dosa is the author of this book. Through his job as a geriatrician for some of the patients on the third floor at Steere House, he comes to know Oscar and his unusual behavior. Dosa does not like cats because he had bad experiences with his grandparents’ cats when he was young. As he begins exploring Oscar’s behavior, he gains an appreciation for Oscar and the role he plays in the nursing home. He learns to pay attention to Oscar when Oscar shows interest in one patient.

Dosa shares with his reader the insight he had gained about Oscar and he has learned about dementia and Alzheimer’s. He describes the tests that he gives patients to determine if they have Alzheimer’s and shares that telling families their loved one has Alzheimer’s is the part of his job that he hates the...