Gretchen Staebler is an award-winning author in the Pacific Northwest who wrote a moving memoir about returning to her childhood home to care for her mother. It's a candid, complex, and well-crafted story that will be useful to anyone faced with providing end-of-life care or support for a family member. Gretchen also provides advice and support for caregivers at her website GretchenStaebler.com. In this interview, she offers some of her top tips for caregivers while talking about her own writing journey and how she produced her first book after sixty.
Dr. Joye Hardiman: Cultural acticist
Dana Lynne Andersen: Awakening through Art
Jean Storlie: The innovative storyteller
Susan Massad and Mary Fridley: Bringing Joy to Dementia
Shauna Ahern: Finding "enough" in ourselves and community
Sally Fox, PhD: Living more creatively in the 2nd half of life
Tina Shattuck: Social entrepreneur
Dana Lynne Andersen: The transformational power of creativity
Pat Samples: The wisdom of the older body
Michael Meade: The elder in troubled times
Dr. Judy Stevens-Long: Preparing to die better
Nan Narboe: How creatives age
Lynn Jericho: The four levels of a human being
Ann Hedreen: The Writing Dream
Kathyrn Carole Ellison: Poetry at any age
"Island Jane" Howard: Eco-tour leader and educator
Carol Orsborn: Aging fiercely and wisely
Dr. Harry "Rick Moody: Leadership in the 3rd Act of Life
Ellia Harris: The Mindful Organizer
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