Former Social Worker and Author Gloria G. Barsamian Serves Up Support and Guidance to Millions of Caregivers
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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – At some point, nearly everyone faces the difficulties of providing care for a family member. More than 50 million Americans do so today, most often for an elderly parent. And with the 65-and-up age group growing faster than any other population segment, that number will continue to rise. But what about the caregivers, and the physical and emotional stress they inevitably endure?
Sustenance and Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents tackles the important and timely social issue of parent caregiving. The book provides first-hand accounts and even personal diaries of real families who have faced caregiving issues. It also outlines practical advice for caregivers – offering daily stress reducers and coping mechanisms. Bread of Angels offers a wealth of insights from experienced caregivers, and is a refreshing new vision of the positive potential for caregiving and the rewards that come with evolving relationships between adult children and their parents.
Author Gloria G. Barsamian spent 28 years as a social worker at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts – helping adult children and their parents deal with catastrophic illness. She says “I saw more and more people caught ill prepared and ill equipped, physically and psychologically, to care for an elderly parent. My goal is to provide guidance and reassurance to the millions faced with one of the greatest challenges of their lives.”
Like no other work, Bread of Angels, captures the emotions of today’s millions of caregivers, as well as care-receivers, spouses, and grandchildren. Barsamian shows how old ways of thinking about caregiving can be replaced with new, healthier possibilities that enrich the lives of caregivers and care-receivers.
Sustenance and Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents (Praeger) is available June 30, 2009 through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Walmart.com and other national book retailers.
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