A Place in Time: Care Givers for Their Elderly - Hardcover

Koch, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275944832 ISBN 13: 9780275944834

Verlag: Praeger Publishers Inc, 1993

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Book by Koch Tom

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?In Mirrored Lives: Aging Children and Elderly Parents, Koch described his five years of caring for his ailing father. Here he tells the stories of others who have chosen to take on the care of aged relatives and friends, despite the daily emotional and physical stress of that role....(These are) poignant recollections.?-Publishers Weekly

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"A Place in Time" tells the personal stories of normal people - grandchildren, children, and spouses - who have chosen to care for their aging and fragile relations. In a style reminiscent of Studs Terkel, Tom Koch has collected these narratives on the front line of the battle for senior care. From Toronto, Canada, to Honolulu, Hawaii, he has met with, listened to, and recorded the experiences of a group of people who care for ailing senior relatives at home. "This is what it is like", they say, "to be with and to love another who is simultaneously old and ill". The author then uses his collection to ask: What can we learn from the experiences of others? What can these frank and intimate stories teach us all? At a time when elder care is an increasingly important political and social issue, his conclusions appear startling, radical, and important. These stories insist that, contrary to popular opinion, caregiving is not so much a debilitating and hateful task as it is the inevitable result of looking at the world in a way that is healthy and sane. "A Place in Time" aims to provide practical information for anyone considering physically caring for another. It should also be of critical importance to gerontologists, ethicists, those in medical and nursing professions, and everyone interested in family issues, the problems of the elderly, and caregiving.

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• Verlag: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0275944832
• ISBN 13: 9780275944834
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244