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Articles from Caring for the Ages

Article Series: "A Daughter's Journal"

Caring for the Ages also featured a serial column in which New York City-based health care consultant Ann D. Gross chronicles her experiences with her mother, who has moved into a nursing home.

1. A Daughter's Journal: Loneliness of the Long-Distance Caregiver (Caring for the Ages, December 2002, Vol. 3, No. 12, p. 32-33)
2. A Daughter's Journal: Saturday Night Fever at the Nursing Home (Caring for the Ages, January 2003, Vol. 4 No. 1, p. 32-37)
3. A Daughter's Journal: An Outside Visit to the GI Doctor (Caring for the Ages, February 2003, Vol. 4 No. 2, p. 45, 51-53)
4. A Daughter's Visit: It's All in the Timing (Caring for the Ages, March 2003, Vol. 4 No. 3, p. 56)
5. A Daughter's Journal: During a Visit, "the Play's the Thing" (Caring for the Ages, April 2003, Vol. 4 No. 4, p. 48)
6. A Daughter's Journal: The Sound & the Fury: Signifying Plenty (Caring for the Ages, May 2003, Vol. 4, No. 5, p. 44-47)
7. A Daughter's Journal: Birthdays & Denials (Caring for the Ages, June 2003, Vol. 4, No. 6, p. 74)
8. A Daughter's Journal: Homeward Bound (Caring for the Ages, July 2003, Vol. 4, No. 7, p. 54)
9. A Daughter's Journal: The Triple-Secret Stealth Mission (Caring for the Ages, August 2003, Vol. 4, No. 8, p. 30)
10. A Daughter's Journal: The Whole is More than the Sum of the Parts (Caring for the Ages, September 2003, Vol. 4, No. 9, p. 60-62)
11. A Daughter's Journal: The Homecoming Queen (Caring for the Ages, October 2003, Vol. 4, No. 10, p. 40-41)
12. A Daughter's Journal: After The Fall (Caring for the Ages, November 2003, Vol. 4, No. 11, p. 36-37)
13. A Daughter's Journal: The Circle Game (Caring for the Ages, December 2003, Vol. 4, No. 12, p. 66-67)
14. A Daughter's Journal: A Daughter's Goodbye (Caring for the Ages, December 2004, Vol. 5, No. 12, p. 65-72)

The above articles originally appeared in Caring for the Ages. Caring for the Ages is an official publication of AMDA, published by Elsevier. The above articles may not be reproduced in any form, print or electronic, without permission. The opinions expressed by the authors are their own and not necessarily those of AMDA or of Elsevier.