I found this set of short stories at ‘The Huffington Post’ that I moved me. The stories address the blend of emotional and mental exchanges that arise regarding being cared for and ‘doing’ the care taking. I find that the closer we can read real stories, the more we can prepare ourselves for both the hell and the heaven of dealing with aging. Becoming at peace with the trials it delivers.
- Moving My Kicking-And-Screaming Elderly Parents 1,600 Miles To Be WIth Me
- What It's Like To Watch My Mother As Alzheimer's Creeps In
- A Pain Unlike Any I've Ever Experienced
- Why The Best Years Of My Life Were The Last Of My Parents' Lives
- Are You Caught In The Middle?
- Recognizing When Your Elderly Parent Has Dementia
- The Parent Left Behind
- Long Distance Caretaking: Assisting Elderly Parents From Afar
- As Our Parents Age, We Boomers Must Work Together
I think these articles help us to recognize that, in a way, we’re all grieving together as we encounter the final years with a parent. So we might as well lock arms and do it together. Because it’s the only way we'll make it through.
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Theresa Tucciarelli
Elder Specialist
(831) 539-1000
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