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Losing a Life - A Daughter's Memoir of Caregiving (Paperback)
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Losing a Life - A Daughter's Memoir of Caregiving (Paperback)
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In this thought-provoking memoir, Nancy Gerber maps the wrenching
terrain of caring for an elderly parent. In the fall of 1995, at
the age of 73, the author's father suffered a massive stroke on the
right side of the brain, rendering him permanently disabled. This
catastrophic event plunged the author and her family into a crisis
for which they were completely unprepared, one that included
financial worries; the need to hire full-time, live-in help; and
the specter of putting her father into a nursing home. Even more
wrenching was the demise of the parent she had always known. From
an active, gregarious man with hobbies and friends - a man who had
been working at the time of the stroke - her father became
withdrawn, hostile, and silent. This profound loss was aggravated
by the stress and anxiety that characterize family caregiving. In
honest, evocative prose, the author describes her struggle to
negotiate the competing demands of love, filial responsibility,
familial conflict, and personal autonomy that arise when a parent
becomes ill.
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