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Welcome to the Website of
Kathryn Betts Adams, MSW, PhD
Gerontologist, Essayist, Researcher,
Author of the 2023 Memoir:
The Pianist's Only Daughter*
*Available on Amazon now!

...Aging and caregiving are
human endeavors.


LINKS to Essays
on Aging and Caregiving
Selections from Mid-life: What Crisis?
on PsychologyToday.com
Letting Ourselves Get Old
Looking at Wisdom from Mid-life
Mourning and Reinvention at Mid-life
A Mid-life Conundrum: When and How
to Help Older Parents
Why is Helping Older Parents So Hard?
Planning for Successful Aging in Mid-life
Midlife Parenting: Hold on Loosely and
Take a Deep Breath
Selected Posts on Medium.com
What Do We Mean When We Talk About
Frailty in Old Age?
It's Time to Consider Long-term Care...
Sixty-something Woman Discovers Instagram...
and Finally Buys Enough Beauty Products
Facing Old Age: What to Do With
My One Precious, Fleeting Life?
Early Lessons in Becoming a Grandmother

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