Grace and Grit : Insights to Real-Life Challenges of Aging for Adult Children and Their Parents.
Title:
Grace and Grit : Insights to Real-Life Challenges of Aging for Adult Children and Their Parents.
Author:
Gros-Daillon, Fritzi.
ISBN:
9780991494835
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (161 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Prologue: "I'm so worried about what to do ... why can't there be one place I can call to get help?" -- Chapter One: "Talk to me, don't talk to my daughter!" -- Chapter Two: "Always remember-he chose you!" -- Chapter Three: "I can still see the photographs in my mind!" -- Chapter Four: "Hide the painting in the elevator-my brother's coming!" -- Chapter Five: "So the kids don't want our stuff-now what?" -- Chapter Six: "I just tripped over my slippers-what's the big deal?" -- Chapter Seven: "Everything appeared to be fine-when did these changes happen and why didn't we notice?" -- Chapter Eight: "She's just like her father-except I could divorce him!" -- Chapter Nine: "I can't live another day around all these old people!" -- Chapter Ten: "Do I have to do this anymore?" -- Epilogue: "Have you stopped to consider that you helped them because you couldn't be here to help your own mom?" -- Resources -- About the Author -- About the Speaker.
Abstract:
The challenges of moving the elderly from one home to the next are frequently faced by both generations: seniors and their adult children. This book of compelling stories about this later-in-life event, often unexpected in its timing and scope, delivers points of view from the parents, adult children, and professional move managers. These real-life issues of communication, downsizing decisions pertaining to personal possessions, and sharing and sustaining memories convey the love, compassion, disappointment, and perseverance experienced by those coping through this difficult transitional time, reminding readers that they are not alone. The grace and grit exhibited in these true stories-from loved ones, friends, and other regular people-will bring solace through inspiration.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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