That You May Live Long: Caring for Our Aging Parents, Caring for Ourselves

The aging of a loved one can be a difficult experience for everyone. The language of diagnosis, hospitals, and old age homes is often distressing, even painful for all of those involved. That You May Live Long: Caring for Our Aging Parents, Caring for Ourselves offers Jewish perspectives on helping those close to us as they grow older as well as perspectives to help us deal with our own feelings of confusion and anguish at such times. That You May Live Long: Caring for Our Aging Parents, Caring for Ourselves attempts to provide guidance, support, solace and inspiration for those facing these difficult questions. - Jewish responses to loved ones aging - Essays on issues surrounding aging - Textual references - Practical advice concerning difficult issues