The Public Eye: Gloria Barsamian: Sustenance and Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents

Gloria Barsamian spent twenty-eight years as one of the first medical
social workers at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Massachusetts. She
is a licensed social worker with a Master"Degree in Psychology and
Social Relations from Harvard University.In her book Sustenance and
Hope for Caregivers of Elderly Parents she intimately describes results
of her life time work including research with Adult Children, Elderly
Parents and Grandchildren. She argues that the core of the relationship
between Adult Children and Elderly Parents is a special engagement
between generations, with ones adult children in an empathetic and
responsive way, with respect for their needs, limitation abilities and
autonomy.