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Sto caricando le informazioni... Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiverdi Gretchen Staebler
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Mother Lode captures the frustrations, doubts, and grief of caring for a family member going through the slow decline of old age and dementia. The slow-paced, somewhat repetitive style made it difficult for me to get into it at first, but it was worth it for the heartbreaking and bittersweet reflections on the relationship between the author and her mother. During her time caring for her mother, Gretchen struggles with yearning to redefine her relationship with her mother and smooth over any turbulence from the past, while being hit with the reality that her mother's cognitive and physical decline has fundamentally changed both what her mother needs and what she can give in their relationship. The contrast of who Gretchen remembers her mother as, who she wants her to be, and who she is now, in her old age, brings out frustration and grief that are cut with moments of genuine empathy and connection between mother and daughter. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Gretchen Staebler promises to spend one year in her childhood home caring for her stubborn ninety-six-year-old mother--sort of a middle-aged gap year. Then her mother will move to assisted living and she will return to her own life, their relationship magically having become all she ever longed it to be. Can it be that easy? As mother and daughter each try desperately to keep a firm grasp on their independence, their daily battles in Mama's kitchen fiefdom echo the clash of adolescence and menopause in the same spot decades earlier. Penetrating the fog of her mother's advancing dementia, hypochondria, and blindness with humor, frustration, and compassion--and wine--the author slowly comes to accept and respect the mother she got, if not the one she wished for. In the process, she becomes a self-taught authority on aging, dementia, the healthcare system, and self-care. But how long will healing between mother and daughter take--and how long do they have? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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