Passages in Caregiving:Turning Chaos into Confidence with Gail Sheehy

The intention of  Gail Sheehy's book  Passages in Caregiving and her talks, is to illuminate the challenges and rewards inherent in the caregiving passage--to identify universal patterns in the chaos and give the journey a form that makes sense.

• Identifies the eight crucial stages of caregiving
• Examines the arc of caregiving from the first signs of trouble
• Answers the most important questions: How to get your siblings to help, how to find a medical quarterback, how to manage full-time home care, and how to balance work and care.
• Offers new tips and strategies that you won’t find anywhere else.

Gail Sheehy is the world-renowned author of 15 books, including Passages, which remained on The New York Times bestseller list for more than three years and has been reprinted in 28 languages.

 

As a literary journalist, Ms. Sheehy was one of the original contributors to New York magazine. A contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 1984, she won the Washington Journalism Review Award for Best Magazine Writer in America for her in-depth character portraits of national and world leaders, including both Presidents Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and Mikhail Gorbachev. Ms. Sheehy is a seven-time recipient of the New York Newswomen’s Club Front Page Award for distinguished journalism.