{"product_id":"9781438460758","title":"Elder Care Journey: A View from the Front Lines","description":"\u003ci\u003eCombining expert knowledge and first-hand experience, a noted elder care researcher confronts the long-distance care of her own mother.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175351533808,"sku":"9781438460758","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438460758_p0.jpg?v=1763755193","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438460758","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}