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The end of a parent's life is often a steep reversal of roles for both parent and adult child. If the illness is fast moving, there's an avalanche of things to learn about how to care for a now dependent person who, if you are lucky, used to take care of you. How does a child thrust into a new role learn all that is needed to care for a declining parent? When Cheryl Derricotte's mother received a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, she set about to inform herself, driven by an overriding desire to care for her mother well. And in her grief, she turned that knowledge into a book, Being the Grown-Up
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