Endnotes: An Intimate Look at the End of Life (End-of-Life Care: A Series) Paperback – June 30, 2008

I ordered this book as a requirement for a grad-school class. Interesting read -- and easy read at that. Not a book for hardcore research people - will be hung up on ethics issues...if you can get past those, the book is pretty good.

Stimulating read regarding the "aging experience" and interpersonal relationships within a Nursing Home.

I couldn't put this book down. It is more than a peek inside a nursing home and assessment of today's health care for the elderly. This is an intimate viewing of a surprising relationship between two people who truly care for each other.Paul is dealing with aging, Parkinson's disease and trying to find his "life" in a care center. Ruth is a scholar researching care for the aged, who discovers her role in his "life" is more than her work. Their age differences only seem to enhance the love they experience.Anyone who is concerned with the end of life will find hope, humor and honesty in this writing.

Ruth Ray starts out encouraging seniors to write their thoughts and life experiences and ends up falling in love with a student who happens to be twice her age! Her courageous story helps us to reshape our thoughts about nursing homes, romance and the end of life. Her descriptions of aging are hauntingly accurate and vivid. You will laugh and cry and find comfort that romantic love can happen in the most unusual and unexpected times.