MOVING, LIVING BETTER, AND MORE
As Baby Boomers and their Children Move Back to Cities, Developers Reclaim Abandoned Turf
Finding Help in a Crisis Downsizing
No Ordinary Move: Relocating Your Aging Parents, Perman, Paperback, 2012
Older, and Living in Manhattan, New York Times
Retire in New York, TopRetirements.com
Retire in New York City -- Even if You’re Not Rich (paperback)
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. (NAELA)
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM)
ORGANIZATIONS, NEW YORK
New York City Department for the Aging
NYSOFA Home (New York State Office for the Aging)
GRIEF AND GRIEVING
Nobody’s Child: How Older Women Say Good-Bye to Their Mothers, Lutovich
Exceptional. Expensive and worth it (or find a used copy)
On Grief and Grieving, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler, Still out there, still relevant and helpful.
CAREGIVING
Next Step In Care. Easy-to-use guides and checklists, to help family caregivers and health care providers work closely together to plan and implement safe and smooth transitions for a chronically or seriously ill family member or friend. (Available in English, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.)
National Family Caregivers Association. Caregiving advocacy organization.
The New Old Age Blog, Caring and Coping, A Focus on the Elderly, and the Adult Children who Struggle to Care for Them. Invaluable help and insight from the New York Times.*****
The Caregiver’s Bookshelf: A Law Guide for Seniors
SUGGESTIONS FROM ARTFUL TRANSITIONS NYC: