{"product_id":"a-bittersweet-season-caring-for-our-aging-parents-and-ourselves-9780307472403","title":"A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--And Ourselves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWise, smart, and ever-helpful, an essential guide to caring for aging parents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jane Gross found herself suddenly thrust into a caretaker role for her eighty-five year-old mother, she was forced to face challenges that she had never imagined. As she and her younger brother struggled to move her mother into an assisted living facility, deal with seemingly never-ending costs, and adapt to the demands on her time and psyche, she learned valuable and important lessons. Here, the longtime \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e expert on the subject of elderly care and the founder of the \u003ci\u003eNew Old Age\u003c\/i\u003e blog shares her frustrating, heartbreaking, enlightening, and ultimately redemptive journey, providing us along the way with valuable information that she wishes she had known earlier. We learn why finding a general practitioner with a specialty in geriatrics should be your first move when relocating a parent; how to deal with Medicaid and Medicare; how to understand and provide for your own needs as a caretaker; and much more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes chapters on the following subjects: \u003cbr\u003eFinding Our Better Selves\u003cbr\u003eThe Myth of Assisted Living\u003cbr\u003eThe Vestiges of Family Medicine\u003cbr\u003eThe Best Doctors Money Can Buy\u003cbr\u003eThe Biology, Sociology, and Psychology of Aging\u003cbr\u003eTherapeutic Fibs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5576668\"\u003eJane Gross\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.17w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307472403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030747240X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM017000\"\u003eEldercare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED011000\"\u003eCaregiving\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM005000\"\u003eLife Stages | Later Years\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJANE GROSS was a reporter for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and Newsday before joining \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 1978. Her twenty-nine-year tenure there included national assignments as well as coverage of aging. In 2008, she launched a blog for the Times called The New Old Age, to which she still contributes. She has taught journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Columbia University, and was the recipient of a John S. Knight Fellowship. She lives in Westchester County, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51624968618271,"sku":"9780307472403","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_9bf3678d-f69e-4498-9bac-a4314e59deeb.jpg?v=1770912270","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/a-bittersweet-season-caring-for-our-aging-parents-and-ourselves-9780307472403","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}