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CBS This Morning on caring for an aging loved one 7-6-18
On the "CBS This Morning" podcast, social worker and author Jody Gastfriend talks with CBS News' Anne-Marie Green about caring for an aging and...
Ep. 1: Jody Gastfriend
Kathryn Zox interviews senior care expert and social worker Jody Gastfriend, author of “My Parent’s Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and...
Caregiving: Challenges and Rewards for Family Members
At some point, every family will have have to address care needs, and most of us seem unprepared. There are a plethora of challenges that caregivers...
MyNDTALK – Alzheimer’s – Jody Gastfriend
Jody Gastfriend, VP of Senior Care Services for Care.com, with more than 25 years of experience in the industry and the personal experience of...
How This Wife Unlocked Her Husband’s Dementia
A year ago last March, my father, Henry Oppenheim, passed away after a long battle with dementia. My siblings and I used to joke that my dad had...
Jody Gastfriend Senior Care, Care.com
Jody Gastfriend, VP of Care Management at Care.com, is a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience in the field of eldercare....
My Parent’s Keeper
The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving
My Parent’s Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving, by senior care expert Jody Gastfriend, provides fresh, provocative and ultimately optimistic insights into the experience of caring for an aging parent or family member. Using the latest research and drawing on case histories and poignant interviews, the book is a resource as well as an inspiration for family caregivers. The book combines powerful and relatable stories illustrating a broad range of caregiving challenges. For many, the transformational life passage of caring for an aging parent, along with the pain, can bring simple pleasures and a deeper appreciation of one’s own aging.
With a foreword by Representative Patrick J. Kennedy, this essential guide to caring for aging and ailing family members provides actionable advice, illuminating vignettes, and a compassionate approach to helping family caregivers find gratification in their new role. Beyond the “how to do it,” the book offers “how to grow through it.”
