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Adult children of aging parents Family relationships Aging parents Care BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs Caregivers Psychology Enfants adultes de parents âgés Relations familiales Études de cas Euthanasia Moral and ethical aspects MEDICAL / General SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement Terminal care Terminal care Decision makingFilter By Subjects
Adult children of aging parents Family relationships Aging parents Care BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs Caregivers Psychology Enfants adultes de parents âgés Relations familiales Études de cas Euthanasia Moral and ethical aspects MEDICAL / General SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement Terminal care Terminal care Decision makingMindszenthy, Bart J.
Summary: "A compendium of family scenarios for those dealing with the guilt, worry, and difficult decisions that come with eldercare. Is it time for your aging father to stop driving? How can you balance your career opportunities with your mother’s care needs? Can your parents cope on their own? Is it time for long-term care? Given their reluctance, is that even an option? Millions of people are dealing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn Press 2024
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Summary: "An exquisitely written, expertly reported memoir and expose; of modern medicine that leads the way to more humane, less invasive end-of-life care based on the author's acclaimed New York Times Magazine piece. This is the story of one daughter's struggleto allow her parents the peaceful, natural deaths they wanted and to investigate the larger forces in medicine that stood in the way. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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Contents: Prologue -- First days -- Defining commitments -- Utilizing support -- Handling sacrifice -- Weighing hope and acceptance, fantasy and reality -- Fostering awareness and flexibility -- Protecting intimacy -- Sustaining the spirit -- Last days -- Epilogue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guilford Press 2006