Comments on: What We’re Reading: No Saints Around Here: A Caregiver’s Days /2014/what-were-reading-no-saints-around-here-a-caregivers-days/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:52:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: Catharine Cole /2014/what-were-reading-no-saints-around-here-a-caregivers-days/#comment-217685 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:56:58 +0000 /?p=9727#comment-217685 An insightful review that shows the reviewer’s understanding of the pain of both the carer and the patient. And you are right. It doesn’t matter how much help the care-giver has, she/he never escapes the responsibility of the role. Now at the age of 84, I see so clearly the implications of the vows that so many of us took, swearing faithfulness “in sickness and in health, ’til death do us part” And I look with awe on so many of my contemporaries who have taken that vow seriously and, despite their own declining health, are giving loving care to a partner. Some of their stories are heroic. All of them are painful.

I plan to order and read Susan Toth’s book. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. We need to hear more of these stories.

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