| Interviewee | Elaine Marcus Starkman |
| Interviewer | Mary Sue Koeppel |
| Subject | Aging process and acceptance |
Copyright 1994 Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Summary:
Elaine Marcus Starkman - poet, playwright, and author of Learning to Sit in the Silence: A Journal of Caretaking - shares selections of her book and discusses spending ten years of her life as caretaker of her mother-in-law. Through her writings, Elaine reflects on this time period in her life and how she coped with the essential truths of the aging process.
Keywords:
Aging process, elderly, middle age, caretaking, sandwich generation, poetry
Starkman, E. M. (1994). Interviewed by Mary Sue Koeppel [Video Recording]. Worth Quoting. YouTube, Jacksonville, Florida.
Run time: 27 minutes