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An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family

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By Nell Casey (editor), Andrew Solomon (contributor), Julia Alvarez (contributor) — 2008

A collection of essays from some of the country’s most accomplished writers, An Uncertain Inheritance offers both companionship and guidance to the people who find themselves caring for their intimates. See more...

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Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief

Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It’s not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief.

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Pauline Boss
2011
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No Saints around Here: A Caregiver’s Days

When we promise “in sickness and in health,” it may be a mercy that we don’t know exactly what lies ahead. Forcing food on an increasingly recalcitrant spouse. Brushing his teeth. Watching someone you love more than ever slip away day by day.

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Susan Allen Toth
2024
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Glad No Matter What: Transforming Loss and Change into Gift and Opportunity

Though SARK has empowered millions to live their creative dreams, manage their businesses, and savor personal connections, the deaths of her mother and cat and the end of a treasured relationship tested her ability to walk her talk.

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SARK
2010
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Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life

For more than two decades, hospice nurse Maggie Callanan has tended to the terminally ill and been a cornerstone of support for their loved ones. Now she passes along the lessons she has learned from the experts—her patients.

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Maggie Callanan
2024
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Making Toast: A Family Story

When Roger's daughter, Amy—a gifted doctor, mother, and wife—collapses and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition at age thirty-eight, Roger and his wife, Ginny, leave their home on the South Shore of Long Island to move in with their son-in-law, Harris, and their three young grandchildren:...

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Roger Rosenblatt
2024
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Handling a Loved One’s Illness