Measure of the Heart: Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's

Author:   Mary Ellen Geist ,  Oliver W Sacks
Publisher:   Time Warner Trade Publishing
ISBN:  

9780446699709


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   06 August 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Measure of the Heart: Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's


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"Mary Ellen Geist decided to leave her job as a CBS Radio anchor to return home to Michigan when her father's Alzheimer's got to be too much for her mother to shoulder alone. She chose to live her life by a different set of priorities: to be guided by her heart, not by outside accomplishment and recognition. The New York Times wrote a front page story on Mary Ellen on Thanksgiving 2005. It was one of the most e-mailed stories for the month. Through her own story and through interviews with doctors and other women who've followed the ""Daughter Track""--leaving a job to care for an aging parent--Geist offers emotional insights on how to encourage interaction with the loved one you're caring for; how to determine daily tasks that are achievable and rewarding; how the personality of the patient affects the caregiving and the progression of the diseases; as well as invaluable advice about how caregivers can take care of themselves while accomplishing the Herculean task of constantly caring for others. Geist's years in journalism allow her to report on Boomers' caretaking dilemmas with professional objectivity, and her warm voice brings compassion and insight to one of the most difficult stituations a son or daughter may face during his or her life."

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Author:   Mary Ellen Geist ,  Oliver W Sacks
Publisher:   Time Warner Trade Publishing
Imprint:   Warner Books Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.10cm
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9780446699709


ISBN 10:   0446699705
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   06 August 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Helpful suggestions...and practical advice...a deeply affecting account of personal growth. Publisher's Weekly


Helpful suggestions...and practical advice...a deeply affecting account of personal growth. -- <b>Publisher's Weekly</b>


Helpful suggestions...and practical advice...a deeply affecting account of personal growth. --Publisher's Weekly


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Mary Ellen Geist currently reports for Michigan Public Radio. She was the afternoon anchor at WCBS Radio in New York, which is the flagship station of CBS Radio and CBS News. She was heard everyday by an average of two million people. Prior to that she was the morning anchor at KGO Radio station in San Francisco, and a reporter in Los Angeles for almost 20 years before that. www.maryellengeist.com

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