At Your Side: A Collection of Final Days

Take a closer look at the unpredictable world of elder care, and you will see people who cannot speak suddenly find their voices. They will not sit together but will happily sing together. They will not look at each other but share a prolonged hug after the meal is done. Take a closer look and you will see the beauty and the dignity of those in their final days.

In these sixteen vignettes, Forbes moves beyond the clinical charts and first impressions. She stands, sits and squats at the side...