Passages in caregiving : turning chaos into confidence / Gail Sheehy
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TextPublisher: New York : William Morrow, [2010]Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 396 pagesContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780061661204
- 362.14
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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
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