We are a country with a fast-growing elderly population. How can we provide the care required when our parents are elderly and wish to remain independent and in their home? In Gail Alcorn McGonigle's indispensable book, Dad's Home Alone: Caring for Your Elderly Parent, the former occupational therapist-and someone who cared for an aging father-we learn about how an elder's needs might develop chronologically-from being independent, through death and its aftermath-and how we can best intervene in the various stages, providing the care necessary to maintain their health, safety, and sense of...