Parting Company: Caring for a Dying Loved One

This book describes the process of caring for dying family and/or friends - something that more of us are likely to do in the future for various reasons. Every story is unique and gripping. This book is really helpful to those of us to have to deal with the physical and emotional needs of our loved ones, and have to take care of the healthy at the same time.

This book is full if insights and important information for those of us experiencing the deterioration of loved ones. Before I read it, I was feeling pangs of guilt for not becoming my parents' full-time caregiver. From the the book's accounts of this, I realized that I didn't have the physical or emotional energy or the resources necessary to care for them at home. The guilt pangs for not doing more are much farther apart and less compelling. Now I'm hoping for a sequel about trying to manage professional health care for a loved one...