Includes bibliographical references and index.

The making of a caregiver

The call

Why didn't we talk about this before?

The inner pilgrimage

Tag, you're it!

First turning : shock and mobilization

How we mobilize

What to do about Mom and Dad?

Second turning : the new normal

Seeking a new dream

The education of a fearless caregiving family

Sibling wars

Third turning : boomerang

When it comes back

Chasing the tiger

Sandwiched!

Fourth turning : playing God

The whole world in my hands

Taking clay to Monet

Guess what, we're not God!

When a couple is divided by dementia

Fifth turning : "I can't do this anymore!"

Traumatic transitions

Ready to explode

Mind jobs : caring for a loved one with cognitive decline

Cognitive comeback : a creative breakthrough

Sixth turning : coming back

Breaking down, breaking through

Caring for the unloved one

Seventh turning : the in-between stage

Beyond cure, what now?

Coming home

The new Latina model

Eighth turning : the long good-bye

The crucial choice

Finding the "why?" to live

Moments of presence

Crossing the rubicon

Epilogue : who will take care of us

From crisis to closure