Monthly Column: APEX award winner for Best Feature Writing Series --
"A Daughter's Journal", Caring for the Ages, by the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA), published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

    December, 2002:"The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Caregiver"

    January, 2003: "Saturday Night Fever"

    February, 2003: "An Outside Visit to the GI Doctor"

    March, 2003: "It's All in the Timing"

    April, 2003: "The Play's the Thing"

    May, 2003: "The Sound and the Fury: Signifying Plenty

    "Through the Looking Glass", adapted from article that originally appeared in June, 2003 issue.

    "I Wish I Were Homeward Bound . . . I Think", adapted from article that originally appeared in July, 2003 issue.

    August, 2003: "The Triple-Secret Stealth Mission"

    September, 2003: "The Whole is More than the Sum of the Parts"

    October, 2003: "The Homecoming Queen"

    November, 2003: "After the Fall"

    December, 2003: "The Circle Game"

2005 Grand Award for Writing: APEX Award Winner for Best National Writing
December, 2004: "A Daughter's Goodbye"

"Emergency Preparedness a Reality for LTC in NYC" in Caring for the Ages, May, 2002: Page One.

"A Residents' Best Friend: The myriad benefits of animal-assisted therapy for LTC residents" in Caring for the Ages, June, 2003: Page One.







©Ann D. Gross