The Diane Rehm Show More than 50 million Americans are caring for a spouse, parent or relative who has a serious illness. Author and journalist Gail Sheehy identifies eight crucial stages of caregiving, drawing on her experience caring for her husband, founder and editor of "New York" magazine Clay Felker.
As I frequently find, the act of caring for a family member very often changes the principal family caregiver forever. In her book, "Passages in Caregiving - Turning Chaos into Confidence" Gail Sheehy very carefully advocates how to bring the entire family together early in the caregiving process -- before the crisis -- with a mediator to openly discuss and advocates sharing with siblings the myriad of duties necessary to care for a parent or a loved one at home for as long as possible.
Gail Sheehy, the bestselling author of 16 books, including Passages, has changed the way millions of women and men around the world look at the stages of their lives. Now, she takes on the most challenging and personal issue as she tells the inspiring story of her own journey of 17 years caring for her husband and fills the book with stories of families who we can all relate to, and their most creative strategies.
In Gail Sheehy's interview with Diane Rehm of NPR Radio, she advocates that family members obtain the services of a Geriatric Care Manager whom she sees as an invaluable asset in organizing care in the household and following up in a crisis when family members are located out of town. For more information on obtaining the services of a geriatric care manager go to the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.
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