Introduction: How my voyage began -- Part one: Getting to the golden years life stage -- Part two: The aging body, Common ailments that affect geriatric cats -- Part three: Aging well and caring for time-honored tabbies -- Part four: Enduring the unendurable-preparing for and saying goodbye.
Summary:
"How did their nine lives race past so fast? Can we improve our cats' sands of time, safeguard their comfort, and create more joyful moments-even at the end of their lives? With more than 15 years of geriatric pet healthcare and veterinary hospice experience, Dr. Mary Gardner provides comprehensive answers and practical tips. You'll discover the latest on the aging process in cats and be better prepared to extend and improve your feline family member's elder years. Cat parents will learn how to: recognize and understand common ailments in aging cats, identify and implement supportive care and treatments, enhance senior cat home safety and daily activities, recognize symptoms that need veterinary attention, choose veterinary care that matches your goals of care, take home key points from veterinary visits, find affordable, high-tech cat care products and resources, consider options for veterinary hospice care, assess your cat's quality of life, consider options for honoring your cat's remains, find support for caregiver burden and grief, and preserve and cherish your cat's memory."--Amazon.com.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.