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A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves
A Bittersweet Season Caring for Our Aging Parentsand Ourselves Author:Jane Gross A remarkably helpful yet intimate book: in telling the warm-hearted story of caring for her own aged and ailing mother, New York Times journalist Jane Gross offers indispensable advice on virtually every aspect of elder care. — A parent with mounting health problems, an enormous amount to learn quickly about care for the aged, unresolved f... more »amily relationships with her mother and brother?Gross deftly weaves the specifics of her own experience with a comprehensive resource for effectively managing the lives of your parents while keeping your sanity intact and your family strong. Packed with information, A Bittersweet Season explains which questions to ask when looking for a nursing home or assisted-living facility; why finding a new general practitioner should always be the fi rst move when relocating an elderly parent; how to deal with Medicaid and Medicare; why you should always keep a phone charger and an extra pair of glasses in your car. She also provides astute commentary on a national health care system that leaves two generations to fend for themselves at this most diffi cult of times.
Wise, unflinching, and ever helpful, A Bittersweet Season is an essential guide for anyone navigating this unfamiliar, psychologically demanding, powerfully emotional, and often redemptive territory.« less