Book description
Through the inspirational, wise, and informative stories of the
residents, either in their own words or based on interviews, and
environmental photographs of each, this book focuses on various
residents of long-term care facilities and especially on the positive
facets of their life, their thoughts, and their feelings. The only
issue that reaches the media about nursing homes is the negative and
unfortunate events that sometimes occur, but there is so much more to
the story.
Most people are afraid of long-term care homes because they
recognize that it is the last phase in their life - it is the step
before death. But some people have years from the time they enter the
home until they die. This book shows how many men and women make the
best of their situation - often leaving a positive legacy for family
and friends - and how these can be fulfilling and quality years.
Irene Borins Ash, MSW, RSW, is a social worker, writer, speaker,
and photographer. Her more than 20 years of experience in working with
seniors includes working for various organizations dealing with
seniors in Toronto as well as writing papers and doing photography
exhibits. This is her second book on her research and experiences with
seniors aging well. She lives in Toronto.
Irv Ash is a native-born Torontonian but was a lawyer in a Calgary
law firm in the 1980s for six years. Returning to Toronto after a
round-the-world trip, he was a corporate executive for seven years
with vairous companies, including being vice-president at Cineplex
Odeon Corporation. He then decided that his real profession was
teaching, and after nine years part-time teaching at various Toronto
colleges he has been a full-time professor at Seneca College since
2001. Happily married to Irene Borins Ash since 2000, he has also
written various works, assisted Irene in her work, played tennis,
downhill skied, and watched numerous movies. He has personally
experienced lont-term care while assisting his mother, Nellie, during
the last three years of her life.
