Saturday, May 01, 2010

Gail Sheehy's 6 favorite books

Gail Sheehy's latest book is Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos Into Confidence.

For The Week magazine, she recommended six titles for families grappling with aging parents. One book on the list:
Elder Rage by Jacqueline Marcell

“Jacqueline, you ignorant slut!” is not the sort of greeting one would expect when a daughter visits her father in the hospital—unless one has been a caregiver for a proud parent who has gone cognitively haywire. Marcell offers hilarious relief to anyone coping with parental rebellion, along with solid guidelines for those who are caring for a loved one with dementia.
Read about another book on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue