Gail Sheehy, an award-winning journalist and author of the book Passages (Ballantine), which spent more than three years on The New York Times best-seller list and was named one of the 10 most influential books of our time in a Library of Congress survey. Her latest book is Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (Morrow). Sheehy served as AARP’s Ambassador of Caregiving in 2009. www.GailSheehy.com
From author Gail Sheehy, who took care of her husband for 17 years About 65 million Americans currently serve as…