Lifelines: Living Longer, Growing Frail, Taking Heart

"Brilliant...an honest assessment of the pathways into and out of [elderly] disability."—Journal of the American Medical Association A specialist in elder care, Dr. Muriel Gillick examines the complications of lives lived far longer than ever before. This book aims to help the frail elderly and their families cope with the often unforeseen dilemmas of aging: the most common chronic ailments, the acute problems, and their impact on living options. Tracing the stories of four people, Dr. Gill...