The Big Move : Life Between the Turning Points /

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When her husband's ill health forces them to move into an assisted living facility, Anne Wyatt-Brown suddenly finds herself surrounded by elderly residents, mostly sick or disabled. In this short but provocative collection, distinguished gerontologists reflect on Anne's moving account of h...

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Main Authors: Wyatt-Brown, Anne M., 1939- (Author), Kivnick, Helen Q. (Author), Ray, Ruth E., 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wyatt-Brown, Anne M., > 1939-
Retirement communities.
Older people > Social conditions.
Older people > Care.
Life change events.
Life care communities.
Caregivers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Évenements stressants de la vie > Maryland.
Aidants naturels > Maryland.
Personnes âgees > Soins > Maryland.
Personnes âgees > Maryland > Conditions sociales.
Villages-retraite > Maryland.
Life care communities > Maryland.
Life change events > Maryland.
Caregivers > Maryland.
Older people > Care > Maryland.
Older people > Maryland > Social conditions.
Retirement communities > Maryland.
Maryland.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Home Places
  • ONE
  • A Wife's Life, a Humanist's Journey, 2010-2012
  • TWO
  • Coming to Care
  • THREE
  • Lifelong Strengths Ground Later-Life Wisdom
  • AFTERWORD
  • Making Oneself at Home
  • EPILOGUE
  • Still on the Journey, 2012-2015
  • ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FURTHER READING
  • Fiction
  • Mostly Nonfiction.

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