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Cameron, Julia Federico, Meg. Guisewite, Cathy Miller, Sue Morris, Virginia Pell, Eve. Simon, Scott.Cameron, Julia
Summary: "Julia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller The Artist's Way. Now at the age of sixty-five, she shows her contemporaries how retirement can be the most creative and fulfilling stage of life yet. For some, retirement is a day to work toward with anticipation. Others approach retirement with greater ambivalence. While the newfound freedom is exciting and filled with possibility, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging CameronMiller, Sue
Summary: In this memoir, Sue Miller finds herself caring for her father as he slips into the grasp of Alzheimer's disease. Miller brings her father, James Nichols, to life as she recounts her struggle with doctors and a disease that steals all that is meaninful from her father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 NICHOLS, JAMES MILFederico, Meg.
Summary: The author relates her poignant and hilariously tumultuous journey caring for her eighty-year-old mother and newly minted step-father who were forced to accept full-time home care.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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Summary: ""I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?" UNFORGETTABLE is a son's spirited, affecting, and inspiring tribute to his remarkable mother and the love between parent and child. When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SIMON, SCOTT SIMPell, Eve.
Summary: "In Love, Again, Eve Pell beautifully and thoughtfully concludes that life experience adds dimensions to the art of connection--and that we all stand to learn something from unexpected romance. How do old people meet new loves? Eve Pell was 68 when she convinced a friend to set her up with Sam Hirabayashi. Ten years her senior, Sam, a fellow runner, was handsome and sweet. Soon Eve and Sam were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 PELGuisewite, Cathy
Summary: "From the iconic creator of the "Cathy" comic strip comes a collection of funny, warm, and wise essays in the style of Nora Ephron and Erma Bombeck, centered around the particular challenge of caring for aging parents and growing children, all while trying not to lose oneself in the process. As the creator of the "Cathy" comic strip, Cathy Guisewite found her way into the hearts of readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 GUIMorris, Virginia
Summary: How to Care for Aging Parents is an authoritative, clear, and comforting source of advice and support for the ever-growing number of Americans--now 42 million--who care for an elderly parent, relative, or friend. And now, in its third edition, it is completely overhauled and updated, chapter-by-chapter and page-by-page, with the most recent medical findings and recommendations. It includes a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 MORSummary: This documentary focuses attention on the United States' aging population and the many adult children who are undertaking the primary care for their aging parents, underscoring today's struggle to keep parents at home, tensions between siblings and social, cultural and economic issues. Immediately followed by a 30-minute panel discussion with medical correspondent Dr. Art Ulene which offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Video 2008