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A bittersweet season : caring for our aging parents-- and ourselves / Jane Gross.
In telling the warmhearted story of caring for her own aged and ailing mother, "New York Times" journalist Gross offers indispensable advice on virtually every aspect of elder care.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307271822 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 030727182X (hbk.)
- Physical Description: 350 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The early heroic rush -- The myth of assisted living -- The vestiges of family medicine -- A job for professionals -- The best doctors money can buy -- September eleventh -- September twelfth -- The biology, sociology, and psychology of aging -- A nursing home thanksgiving -- The Make-A-Wish Foundation -- Follow the money -- Therapeutic fibs -- Cruel sorting -- As complicated as a Rubik's cube -- The time for talking -- N-O-W -- Dying days -- Orphans. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Aging parents > Care > United States. Adult children of aging parents > Family relationships > United States. Gross, Jane > Family. Caregivers > Psychology. Caregivers. |
Available copies
- 12 of 12 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Brandywine Community Library | 306.874 GRO (Text) | 33249017930052 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 306.874 G878b (Text) | 85131001279349 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults 306.87 GRO Nonfiction (Text) | 34001001146305 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults 306.87 GRO Nonfiction (Text) | 34007001792063 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | 306.874 Gross Aging (Text) | 39427102588084 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | 306.874 GRO (Text) | 33400001063729 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| North Wales Area Library | 306.874 Gross (Text) | 35410000723650 | NWAL Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | 306.874 GRO (Text) | 34422006676221 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| RPL - Southeast Branch Library | 306.874 Gro (Text) | 33223006914716 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 306.874 Gro (Text) | 33223006956741 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
