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Re: Challenges for care-giving
A nice reading list from the speakers of that Forum:
Howard Gleckman, Author of "Caring for Our Parents", and Fellow, the Urban Institute.
Jane Gross, Journalist and author of "A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents—And Ourselves", and founder of the New York Times “The New Old Age” blog.
Robert Kane, MD, Author of "The Good Caregiver", andMinnesota Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Carol Levine, Editor of "Always on Call: When Illness Turns Families into Caregivers", and Director, Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund, New York.
Suzanne Mintz, Author of "A Family Caregiver Speaks Up: “It Doesn’t Have to Be This Hard", and President and CEO, National Family Caregivers Association.
Walter Mosley, Author of more than 34 books, including "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey", a novel about family and aging.
Peter Rabins, MD, MPH, Co-Author, "The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementias and Memory Loss," and Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Jonathan Rauch, Author of “Letting Go of My Father;” Contributing Editor, "National Journal" and "The Atlantic"; and Guest Scholar, the Brookings Institution.
Gail Sheehy, Author of "Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos into Confidence" and author of over 15 other books, including "Passages", and a contributor to "Vanity Fair".
Cheryl Woodson, MD, Author of "To Survive Caregiving: A Daughter’s Experience, A Doctor’s Advice on Finding Hope, Help and Health,” and Director, Woodson Center for Adult HealthCare.
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