{"product_id":"elder-care-journey-laura-katz-olson-9781438460734","title":"Elder Care Journey: A View from the Front Lines","description":"Winner of a Gold Medal, 2017 Living Now Book Award in the Caregiving category \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the 2016 Sarton Women's Book Awards in the Memoir category presented by the Story Circle Network \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor millions of Americans caregiving is the \"new normal.\" For Laura Katz Olson, a respected researcher of long-term care for the aging, \u003ci\u003eElder Care Journey\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the disruption of her world and how it is upended by the ever-increasing long-distance needs of her own mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA healthy, Senior Olympics medal winner, Olson's mother is slowly and steadily incapacitated by Parkinson's disease and a gradual loss of vision. Thrust into a long-distance caregiving role, Olson finds her previous academic notions about assisting a frail parent increasingly at odds with the reality of the lived experience. In a narrative full of \"ah-ha \" moments, tears, sighs, and outrage that will be familiar to many, Olson opens a window into the nursing home and home care industries that consume much in the way of taxpayer dollars, but often fail to deliver quality care. Olson's personal story vividly demonstrates not only the overwhelming bureaucratic barriers faced by care-dependent seniors but also their beleaguered adult children's attempts to ensure their parents' health, safety, and well-being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Katz Olson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438460732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438460734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Excelsior Editions\/State University of New Yo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Laura Katz Olson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072958787839,"sku":"9781438460734","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c725cd5b-6693-49a9-8b5f-6d4506f646ea.jpg?v=1685444956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elder-care-journey-laura-katz-olson-9781438460734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}