Contributors: Aug. 30, 1999

CATHY BOOTH, TIME's Los Angeles bureau chief, has enjoyed such genial assignments as traveling to Australia to profile Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. This week, however, she shifts gears considerably to offer an affecting first-person account on the agonizing challenges of caring for an elderly parent. "It was very tough to write this story," says Booth of her contribution to our package on how best to tend to the older generation, which is growing dramatically. "I have to admit that at first I wasn't sure it was something I wanted to write, but I've been amazed at how little information is...

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