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Teaching Frail Elders and Caregivers

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This poem has been attributed, variously, to an old woman who died in a geriatric ward in England, to Phyllis McCormick (an English nurse), and to an old man who died in a nursing home in Tampa Florida.

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Acknowledgments

With gratitude for the contributions and support from my editor, Victoria Weill-Hagai, and all who bring mindfulness to frail elders and caregivers. I received teaching suggestions and contributions from Laura Peters, Human Resources Development and Learning Manager, Kendal (assisted living) at Ithaca, NY; Peter and Mo Henderson, mindfulness teachers, Manchester, UK; Ellen Dimille, volunteer, Converse Home, Burlington VT.; and Barbara Pickut, MD, Parkinson’s Movement Disorders Program, Mercy Health Hauenstein Neurosciences, Grand Rapids, MI. For teaching mindfulness in the community to low-income elders, Amy Connelly and ELDERSHINE offer a guiding light. And my dear Elana (Rosenbaum) who brings mindfulness to everything and everybody, teacher, and colleague. I bow to you all and to the elders and caregivers whose patience allows us to learn and grow!

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    Lucia McBee L.C.S.W., M.P.H., C.Y.I.

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Correspondence to Lucia McBee L.C.S.W., M.P.H., C.Y.I. .

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  1. Center for Contemplative Studies, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

    Donald McCown

  2. Mindfulness Institute, Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Diane Reibel

  3. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Marc S. Micozzi

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McBee, L. (2016). Teaching Frail Elders and Caregivers. In: McCown, D., Reibel, D., Micozzi, M. (eds) Resources for Teaching Mindfulness. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30100-6_14

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