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Prior to that she was the morning anchor at KGO Radio station in San Francisco, and a reporter in Los Angeles for almost 20 years before that. maryellengeist . Mary Ellen Geist currently reports for Michigan Public Radio. She was the afternoon anc

Prior to that she was the morning anchor at KGO Radio station in San Francisco, and a reporter in Los Angeles for almost 20 years before that. maryellengeist

. Mary Ellen Geist currently reports for Michigan Public Radio. She was the afternoon anchor at WCBS Radio in New York, which is the flagship station of CBS Radio and CBS News. She was heard everyday by an average of two million people

In the process, she reachers deep into her own heart. "Mary Ellen Geist taps her reporter's curiosity and considerable investigative skills to try to make sense of the disease that is stealing her father. The result is a compelling, respectful--and somehow reassuring--book for every caregiving family that must look Alzheimer's, or any serious illness, in the face."Susan Strecker Richard, Editor in Chief, CARING TODAY"Helpful suggestionsand practical advicea deeply affecting account of personal growth."Publisher's Weekly

It was one of the most e-mailed stories for the month. Through her own story and through interviews with doctors and other women who've followed the "Daughter Track"--leaving a job to care for an aging parent--Geist offers eye-opening advice. She chose to live her life by a different set of priorities: to be guided by her heart, not by outside accomplishment and recognition.The New York Times wrote a front page story about Mary Ellen on Thanksgiving 2005. She shares emotional insights on how to encourage interaction with the loved one you're caring for; how to determine daily tasks that are achievable and rewarding; how the personality of the patient affects the caregiving and the progression of the disease; as well as invaluable advice about how the reader can take care of themselves while accomplishing the Herculean task of constant caregiving to others.Geist's years in journalism allow her to report on Boomers' caretaking dilemmas with professional objectivity, and her warm voice brings compassion and insight to one of the mo

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• Title : Measure of the Heart: Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's
• Author : Mary Ellen Geist
• Rating : 4.73 (806 Vote)
• Publish : 2016-1-27
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 240 Pages
• Asin : 0446699705
• Language : English