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Caregiving in Bettyville: A Son Finds He Can Go Home Again

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Caregiving
Other Education Topics: 
Aging in Community
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Many caregiving memoirs follow a familiar pattern. George Hodgman’s memoir about his mother, Bettyville, does not follow a template. 

Review by Carol Levine

Bettyville
By George Hodgman
Viking, $27.94, 288 pages
ISBN 9780525427209

Many caregiving memoirs follow a familiar pattern: a parent becomes increasingly frail and forgetful; dementia is diagnosed, conflicts within family or with doctors complicate care, end-of-life decisions must be made. The author mourns but feels enriched by the experience.

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