Title Elder care journey : a view from the front lines / Laura Katz Olson

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 230 pages) Series SUNY Series in New Political Science SUNY series in new political science Contents Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. The Precarious Situation of the 1950s Woman; 2. Athlete to Cane; 3. The Reluctant Long-Distance Caregiver; 4. Coping with Blindness; 5. From Crisis to Crisis; 6. The Bottom Falls Out; 7. From Bad to Worse; 8. Through the Looking Glass; 9. A Place in Pennsylvania; 10. Navigating Our Way Home; 11. Reports of Her Death Are Greatly Exaggerated; 12. A Good Enough Place; 13. A Nursing Home Daughter; 14. Peeling the Onion; Nursing Homes; Home Care Agencies; Medicare Advantage Plans: The Case of Humana Health Plans, Inc.; Assisted-Living Facilities Some Final Observations15. Conclusion; The Affordable Care Act: Long-Term Supports and Services; A Better Future?; Notes; Bibliography Summary Winner of a Gold Medal, 2017 Living Now Book Award in the Caregiving categoryShortlisted for the 2016 Sarton Women's Book Awards in the Memoir category presented by the Story Circle NetworkFor millions of Americans caregiving is the "new normal." For Laura Katz Olson, a respected researcher of long-term care for the aging, Elder Care Journey chronicles the disruption of her world and how it is upended by the ever-increasing long-distance needs of her own mother.A 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 14, 2018) Subject Olson, Laura Katz, 1945- Olson, Laura Katz, 1945- Olson, Laura Katz, 1945- Aging parents -- Care -- United States Adult children of aging parents -- United States Older women -- Long-term care -- United States Caregivers -- United States. Older people -- Long-term care -- United States Frail older people -- Long-term care -- United States Older people -- Government policy -- United States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Adult children of aging parents Aging parents -- Care Caregivers Frail older people -- Long-term care Older people -- Government policy Older people -- Long-term care United States United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781438460758 1438460759

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