In the Shadows: Caring for Your Seriously Ill Adult Child

Provides real-world stories from parents, their ill adult children, and professionals on the challenges associated with this complex situation. Ten chapters provide insight and resources into such topics as parenting adult children, managing other important relationships, emotional responses to having an ill child, providing physical care to an ill child, financial concerns in serious illness, self-care, communication challenges when serious illness occurs, the role of spirituality, navigating the healthcare system, and coping with your child's prognosis.