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Sustenance and Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents The Bread of Angels
Gloria G. Barsamian
Julie Silver, MD, Series Editor
ISBN: 0-313-36011-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36011-4
125 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/22/2009
List Price: $34.95 (UK Sterling Price: £24.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Reviews:
  • ". . . a welcome resource created to support adult children of elderly parents in need of care. . . . In all, Bread of Angels provides a stimulating new focus for those who choose to face the challenges of caregiving with imagination, humility, grace and compassion. In so providing this multifaceted resource, author Gloria Barsamian has enriched all."
    —MBR Bookwatch     August 2009
Description: For anyone facing this often overwhelming situation, Sustenance and Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents: Bread of Angels offers a wealth of insights from experienced caregivers, extraordinary personal stories, and most importantly, reassurance and support. It is a refreshing new vision of the positive potential for caregiving and the rewards that come with evolving relationships between adult children and their parents.

Gloria G. Barsamian's remarkably perceptive new volume dispels the myth that caretaking is a thankless burden. Like no other work, it captures the emotions of today's millions of caregivers, as well as care-receivers, spouses, and grandchildren. A longtime social worker, Barsamian shows how old ways of thinking about caregiving can be replaced with new, healthier possibilities that enrich the lives of caregivers and care-receivers.

Title Features:
  • Appendices provide lists of print and online resources, a self-help directory, and practical advice on preparing for the financial toll of caregiving
  • Two chapters, "The Man with 10,000 Names" and "Betty Brillo's Diary" provide astounding true accounts of the difficulties and triumphs of parental caregiving
About the Author: Gloria G. Barsamian is a retired social worker and medical health specialist from the Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
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