Fourteen Friends' Guide to Eldercaring: Practical Advice, Inspiration, Shared Experiences, Space for Your ThoughtsModern science has produced an ever-extending life expectancy, but modern society has done little to address the emotional and practical implications of our booming elderly population. Now a group of close friends who have seen one another through every landmark life event take on the task of caring for aging parents and grandparents, while facing the prospect of growing old themselves. In the friends' warm, reassuring, down-to-earth tone, Fourteen Friends' Guide to Eldercaring features such topics as long-distance caring, caring for the caregiver, alternatives to nursing homes, and coping with day-to-day issues. But this unique book is more than a nuts-and-bolts guide. Sensitively addressing the thoughts and feelings of the readers as well as their families, the Fourteen Friends include words of encouragement, inspirational quotations, and heartwarming photographs, along with a space for writing in your own thoughts. A personal handbook for a deeply personal subject, Fourteen Friends' Guide to Eldercaring offers an outstretched hand to America's 22.5 million caregivers. |
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