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‘I Put My Own Life on Hold’: The Pain and Joy of Caring for Parents

By Aidan Gardiner — 2019

After The Times published a pair of articles on elder care—one about a Connecticut home health aide and another about women forgoing careers to care for older relatives—hundreds of our readers shared their own experiences with the hardships of trying to make the final years of a loved one’s life comfortable.

Read on www.nytimes.com

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The Selfish Pig’s Guide to Caring

Hugh Marriott has written a humorous self-help manual that brings into the open everything the author wishes he’d been told when he first became a carer (aka caregiver), a job that is long, lonely, and difficult yet there is limited support and no formal training.

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Hugh Marriott
2009
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Always on Call: When Illness Turns Families into Caregivers

Always on Call presents an intimate look at the world of family caregiving.

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Carol Levine (editor)
2004
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Things I Wish I’d Known: Cancer Caregivers Speak Out

Nearly three-quarters of American households will find themselves caring for a cancer patient at one point in their lives. Based on formal interviews with nonprofessional caregivers, this book is the first to capture their thoughts, feelings, and insights on a large scale.

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Deborah J. Cornwall
2016
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How Can I Help?: Stories and Reflections on Service

Not a day goes by without our being called upon to help one another--at home, at work, on the street, on the phone. . . . We do what we can.

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Ram Dass, Paul Gorman
1985
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Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet

Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and a Buddhist teacher.

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Joan Halifax, Rebecca Solnit (foreword)
2019
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