Gloria G. Barsamian is a retired social worker and medical health specialist from the Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.

. . . a welcome resource created to support adult children of elderly parents in need of care. . . . In all, Bread of Angels provides a stimulating new focus for those who choose to face the challenges of caregiving with imagination, humility, grace and compassion. In so providing this multifaceted resource, author Gloria Barsamian has enriched all.

• Series Foreword by Julie K. Silver, MDAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Caregiving—A Major Social Issue1. Reinventing and Rediscovering the Caregiving Relationship2. Adult Children and Elderly Parents3. The Man with 10,000 Names4. Attachment Behavior in Adult Life5. Betty Brillo's Diary (Spousal Caregiving)6. The Story of Illness7. Mothers and Daughters8. A New Life Passage9. Ourselves Rediscovered10. Anxiety, Stresses, and Strains of Caregiving11. Voices of Grandchildren12. A Good Death13. ConclusionAppendicesA: 60 Proven Practices for Stress ReductionB: MindfulnessC: Mini Relaxation ExercisesD: Thoughts That Cause StressE: Resources for CaregiversBibliographyIndex

Gloria G. Barsamian is a retired social worker and medical health specialist from the Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.

. . . a welcome resource created to support adult children of elderly parents in need of care. . . . In all, Bread of Angels provides a stimulating new focus for those who choose to face the challenges of caregiving with imagination, humility, grace and compassion. In so providing this multifaceted resource, author Gloria Barsamian has enriched all.

• Series Foreword by Julie K. Silver, MDAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Caregiving—A Major Social Issue1. Reinventing and Rediscovering the Caregiving Relationship2. Adult Children and Elderly Parents3. The Man with 10,000 Names4. Attachment Behavior in Adult Life5. Betty Brillo's Diary (Spousal Caregiving)6. The Story of Illness7. Mothers and Daughters8. A New Life Passage9. Ourselves Rediscovered10. Anxiety, Stresses, and Strains of Caregiving11. Voices of Grandchildren12. A Good Death13. ConclusionAppendicesA: 60 Proven Practices for Stress ReductionB: MindfulnessC: Mini Relaxation ExercisesD: Thoughts That Cause StressE: Resources for CaregiversBibliographyIndex

Gloria G. Barsamian is a retired social worker and medical health specialist from the Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.

. . . a welcome resource created to support adult children of elderly parents in need of care. . . . In all, Bread of Angels provides a stimulating new focus for those who choose to face the challenges of caregiving with imagination, humility, grace and compassion. In so providing this multifaceted resource, author Gloria Barsamian has enriched all.

• Series Foreword by Julie K. Silver, MDAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Caregiving—A Major Social Issue1. Reinventing and Rediscovering the Caregiving Relationship2. Adult Children and Elderly Parents3. The Man with 10,000 Names4. Attachment Behavior in Adult Life5. Betty Brillo's Diary (Spousal Caregiving)6. The Story of Illness7. Mothers and Daughters8. A New Life Passage9. Ourselves Rediscovered10. Anxiety, Stresses, and Strains of Caregiving11. Voices of Grandchildren12. A Good Death13. ConclusionAppendicesA: 60 Proven Practices for Stress ReductionB: MindfulnessC: Mini Relaxation ExercisesD: Thoughts That Cause StressE: Resources for CaregiversBibliographyIndex