Aging Parents


Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Bettyville: A Memoir
A Thousand Acres
A Spool of Blue Thread
The Map of True Places (Salem, #2)
My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life
What We Carry: A Memoir
Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia
The Corrections
A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves
How to Care for Aging Parents: A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues
Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death
Sandwich
Age in Place: Keep Mom and Dad Safe, Keep You Sane
Later in life, children are often reluctant for a host of reasons to assume responsibility over their parents, a reversal of roles that symbolizes mortality.
Caroline Fraser, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

It hurts watching my dad smile at air, while aging in despair.
Grace Poeta

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