Coming of Age with Aging Parents: the Bungles, Battles and Blessings
...a navigator's manual for this new rite of passage, presents with lightning quick speed and often outrageous candor the gamut of end-of-life issues. Melding the academic with the "real-life" honesty of the trenches, the author tenders sixty colorful vignettes about the eldercare experience followed by a few questions that clarify issues and invite the reader to more effectively participate in their caretaking experience.
 A bonus feature in the book is an A+ 50-page Appendix containing a Parent Questionnaire, the basics for holding a Family Meeting, a comprehensive listing of Eldercare Tasks, how to assess Nursing Homes, and more. Also included is an Eldercare Glossary.
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Coming of Age with Aging Parents was a finalist in ForeWard Magazine's Book of the Year in 2004. ForeWord Magazine, a bi-monthly publication, provides coverage for books from independent publishing houses. ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award was established to bring increased attention from librarians and booksellers to the literary achievements of independent publishers and their authors. |
Praise for Coming of Age with Aging Parents . . .
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"A heartwarming, humorous, and eminently helpful look at the roller-coaster journey of eldercare. I wish my siblings and I had this treasure to guide us when we accompanied our parents on the final leg of their earthly journey."
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--Jim Shaw, M.D.
Medical director
Providence Center for Faith and Healing
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"Coming of Age with Aging Parents is alive with heart, humor, insight, and creative solutions. Drawing from her unique personal experience, Goeller offers invaluable guidance and shows us the immense potential for personal growth and fulfillment that comes when we open to the grand adventure of supporting our elders."
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--Marilyn Mitchell
Author of Dancing on Quicksand
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