How To Have Fun With Your Aging Parents

Author : Christina Britton Conroy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1934912778

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How to Have Fun with Your Aging Parents by Christina Britton Conroy Pdf

A step-by-step manual for adults who love and care for older adults One afternoon, music therapist Christina Britton Conroy was taking nursing home residents to activities. She was thrilled when a sweet, disoriented lady joined her group. "Mary, it's so good to see you. Do you want to go to the Bible study or BINGO?" she asked. Mary replied, "I want to go to Lithuania." "An insightful, unique approach to helping people cope with the demands of dealing with the elderly. The writing is entertaining and insightful." -- John J. Daly, M.D., NYC Police Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, NYC ..". social workers, nursing-home and community center staffers, psychologists, and family members of patients with dementia/Alzheimer's could all benefit from this information." -- Judy Foust, RN, US Army Hospital, retired, Low Vision Nursing Specialist, Lighthouse NYC ..". a great resource for caregivers, whether they are children of aging parents or professionals working in a health care settings. Conroy puts a new spin on the different ways to manage the elderly population. This book is a great reference and a great read." --Donna Malech, R. N., P. H. N., Visiting Nurse Service, NYC "A must in any caregiver's library." --Marie Sibilla, Psychotherapist, Private Practice, NYC "To all adult children, caretakers, professionals read this book! Conroy's approach aligns with the newest movement in American psychology called 'Positive Psychology'--focusing on one's passions and personal strengths." --Gerald Solk, Ph.D. Assist. Prof. Psychology, City University of NY Staff Psychologist, Gracie Square Hospital

Author : Monica Dodd
Publisher : Loyola Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780829431148

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A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent by Monica Dodd Pdf

Monica Dodds understands the pressures that millions of middle-aged Americans endure as they become caregivers to aging parents. Her professional work with the elderly has exposed her to the complex medical, financial, and legal problems that entangle older people. Her personal experience helping ailing family members has given her deep insight into the difficulties caregivers face in dealing with these problems. A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent is a comprehensive guide for caregivers. Dodds insists that faith is a fundamental part of caregiving, and her approach is deeply rooted in Catholic spirituality. She shows adult children how they can love and serve their aging parents better by deepening their own spiritual lives. "Caregiving", she says, "is a time of many grace-filled moments." Dodds explains how to properly assess the needs of a failing older person, and she writes in detail about the physical, mental, emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual dimensions of care. Three extensive appendices provide checklists for assessing needs, a compilation of resources, and an anthology of prayers.

Author : Ken Druck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1947341804

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Raising an Aging Parent by Ken Druck Pdf

Author : Carol-Ann Hamilton
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781452554860

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Coping with Un-Cope-Able Parents by Carol-Ann Hamilton Pdf

Do you: Meet unquantifiable resistance in merely hinting its time your headstrong parents leave their decades-old residence? Battle belligerently at daring to suggest household caregivers to your defiant folks, given their progressive inability to perform basic daily tasks? Serve up your total human capacity to your unappreciative relatives without coming close to filling their bottomless pit? Enter resident expert Carol-Ann Hamilton. Her unique termun-cope-ableperfectly describes her own intractable duo. Through painful personal experience across decades, Carol-Ann has discovered and tested twelve innovative Keys to Coping. Eureka! Success! Engage with the Impossible Parents Questionnaire and overcome 10 hair-yanking eldercare challenges Apply 6 LOVING attitudes and stay centered during crazy-making exchanges Gain 6 down-to-earth ACTION strategies that guarantee your targeted efforts will achieve headway Be inspired by others illuminating stories, knowing youre not alone anymore Benefit from Carol-Anns hard-won lessons. Share her poignant yet hilarious journey. Get the support you needNOW. Say good-bye to feeling victimized and over-burdened. Say hello to relief and hope in Coping with Un-cope-able Parents!

Author : Carolyn Rosenblatt
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781942672005

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The Family Guide to Aging Parents by Carolyn Rosenblatt Pdf

Are you struggling with what to do with difficult aging parents? Are they stubborn and refusing help? You are not alone. Millions of adult children face issues when parents’ health starts to decline and they can’t do things safely anymore. There is endless information on the internet, much of it confusing and even contradictory with common sense. Skip the confusion! Now you can get clear, professional, action-oriented answers to your most vexing legal, health care, and financial questions about your aging loved ones. Author Carolyn Rosenblatt is an RN and attorney with over 45 years of combined experience. She is a consultant for families at AgingParents.com, and her work there informs her writing. Find real case illustrations and real-life solutions to problems like yours. You’ll find a chapter on how to have the often uncomfortable money conversation with your aging parents, how to safely hire a home care worker, what you need to know about assisted living, how to get your parent to give up driving, how to prevent your loved ones from being abused and much more. The Family Guide to Aging Parents gives you the legal and healthcare expertise you need to guide you through the many difficult decisions you have to make as your parents age.

Author : Grace Lebow,Barbara Kane,Irwin Lebow
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780062111968

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Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent by Grace Lebow,Barbara Kane,Irwin Lebow Pdf

Do You Have An Aging Parent Who -- Blames you for everything that goes wrong? Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time? Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined? Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you? Is hostile, negative and critical? Coping with these traits in parents is an endless high-stress battle for their children. Though there's no medical defination for "difficult" parents, you know when you have one. While it's rare for adults to change their ways late in life, you can stop the vicious merry-go-round of anger, blame, guilt and frustration. For the first time, here's a common-sense guide from professionals, with more than two decades in the field, on how to smooth communications with a challenging parent. Filled with practical tips for handling contentious behaviors and sample dialogues for some of the most troubling situations, this book addresses many hard issues, including: How to tell your parent he or she cannot live with you. How to avoid the cycle of nagging and recriminations How to prevent your parent's negativity from overwhelming you. How to deal with an impaired parent who refuses to stop driving. How to asses the risk factors in deciding whether a parent is still able to live alone.

Author : Steven Petrow
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780806541020

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Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old by Steven Petrow Pdf

For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, here is a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on the wildly popular New York Times essay from award-winning journalist Steven Petrow. Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. That list, which included “You won’t have to shout at me that I’m deaf,” and “I won’t blame the family dog for my incontinence,” became the basis of this rousing collection of do’s and don’ts, wills and won’ts that is equal parts hilarious, honest, and practical. The fact is, we don’t want to age the way previous generations did. “Old people” hoard. They bore relatives—and strangers—with tales of their aches and pains. They insist on driving long after they’ve become a danger to others (and themselves). They eat dinner at 4pm. They swear they don’t need a cane or walker (and guess what happens next). They never, ever apologize. But there is another way . . . In Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old, Petrow candidly addresses the fears, frustrations, and stereotypes that accompany aging. He offers a blueprint for the new old age, and an understanding that aging and illness are not the same. As he writes, “I meant the list to serve as a pointed reminder—to me—to make different choices when I eventually cross the threshold to ‘old.’” Getting older is a privilege. This essential guide reveals how to do it with grace, wisdom, humor, and hope. And without hoarding.

Author : Valerie M. Grubb
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781626342170

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Planes, Canes, and Automobiles by Valerie M. Grubb Pdf

If the thought of vacationing with your parents makes you cringe, fear no more! Help is here! Planes, Canes, and Automobiles: Connecting with Your Aging Parents through Travel is a gold mine of practical advice, funny anecdotes, and tales of triumphs and travails from Val Grubb, who has traveled more than 300,000 miles (and counting!) with her 84-year old mother over the past twenty years. When planning a recent trip overseas, however, Grubb realized that her mom’s physical and mental capabilities had suddenly changed. Her mom now needed a wheelchair, for example, and was afraid to travel alone (even on short flights to meet her daughter for a long trip together). Grubb set out to find suggestions for handling these changes and after much research was struck by the lack of resources to help people plan vacations with an aging friend or family member. She couldn’t find any comprehensive information that shed light on the nuances of globetrotting with aging parents.

Author : Raeann Berman,Bernard H. Shulman
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781402224058

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Caring for Your Aging Parents by Raeann Berman,Bernard H. Shulman Pdf

The fastest-growing segment of our population is people 85 and older, and many of them are now cared for by their children. This comforting and poignant guide bridges the gap between elderly parents and the adult children who care for them, with trusted answers to questions most asked by caregivers in this challenging situation. Covering health, finances, living arrangements, communication, and emotional struggles, Caring for Your Aging Parents offers caring, professional advice for the increasingly difficult decisions that caregivers face, including: Making the right choice between home care and assisted living Coping with memory-loss and dementia Expressing care and concern without sending mixed messages Counteracting negative behavior Encouraging other family members to help with caregiving Managing stress and taking care of yourself With a wealth of resources and reassuring answers, Caring for Your Aging Parents helps caregivers foster a loving, cooperative relationship with their parents in this new chapter of their life.

Author : Kenneth O. Doyle Ph.D.,Larry K. Houk JD
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798216127307

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Peace of Mind for Your Aging Parents by Kenneth O. Doyle Ph.D.,Larry K. Houk JD Pdf

Explains the most effective ways to discuss the legal and financial responsibilities that come with the end of life and tools for managing them—such as wills, trusts, estate planning, and cash management—in the context of financial psychology. Dying is complicated. It presents myriad challenges at a time when people are least prepared to deal with complexity. Typically, aging people turn to their adult children and grandchildren, their caregivers, and their professional advisors to guide them in their final years. This book is aimed directly at the children and grandchildren of aging parents to prepare them for meaningful conversations with their parents and among themselves. It gives them the tools they need to communicate knowledgeably with caregivers and professional advisors and to make important decisions with, or on behalf of, those who depend on them. The authors provide legal and financial tools and techniques, including wills and trusts, cash management, and investment planning, approaching each from both a financial and a psychological perspective. They recognize that some of the challenges that people face during their last few years of life cannot be controlled and describe not only what these tools and techniques can do but also what they can't. Those that cannot be controlled, however, can still be managed, and the authors explain with clarity and compassion how to deal with them through psychological and spiritual engagement.

Author : Virginia Morris
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : CORNELL:31924100507619

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How to Care for Aging Parents by Virginia Morris Pdf

Thoroughly updated and expanded, a compassionate, single-volume reference to the many emotional, legal, financial, medical, and logistical issues associated with caring for aging parents covers such areas as nursing homes, finances, finding a good doctor, legal arrangements, redefining parental relationships, and handling emotional challenges. Original.

Author : Nancy Daniel Wesson
Publisher : Loving Healing Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781932690545

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Moving Your Aging Parents by Nancy Daniel Wesson Pdf

This resource addresses the issues and challenges of helping an elderly relative downsize and transition into the next phase of life.

Author : Ken Druck
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781683504498

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Courageous Aging by Ken Druck Pdf

“An inspirational guide for aging with confidence packed with insight and wisdom for living life to its fullest. A must read” (John Gray, author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus). When it comes to getting older, there are so many destructive and limiting myths, biases, stereotypes, and misconceptions. In this book, Dr. Ken Druck, drawing on both his personal and professional experience, shows how people can make peace with—and find joy in—every stage of life. It offers a refreshingly realistic view of the aging process, touching upon its physical and psychological challenges, its aches and pains and feelings of vulnerability—as well as the new peace, freedom, and confidence it can give birth to. This practical and inspirational approach speaks to anyone who wants to redefine what it means to age and embrace the transition into a new chapter in life, filled with potential.

Author : Candy Arrington,Kim Atchley
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780736947350

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When Your Aging Parent Needs Care by Candy Arrington,Kim Atchley Pdf

In nearly a quarter of households in the US, someone is caring for an elderly parent. Authors Candy Arrington and Kim Atchley draw from their personal experiences to speak to and support those who face the challenges of caring for a parent. With compassion and guidance, Arrington and Atchley partner with readers to help a parent with limited mobility, memory, ability, and resources draw from the wisdom of Scripture for sustenance understand the elderly parent's perspective on giving up control, illness, and aging effectively organize forms, prescriptions, care, housing, and finances find personal balance by nurturing their own health, faith, and family What begins as a way to honor those they love becomes, for many, a confusing and stressful time. This resource of hope provides caregivers with the support and direction they need to be spiritually, physically, and emotionally prepared for what they face day by day.

Author : Cynthia Ruchti
Publisher : Worthy Inspired
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1617957526

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As My Parents Age by Cynthia Ruchti Pdf

For most of us it is not the "ifs" but the "whens": when I notice the first signs; when we mourn the role reversal; when my children need me too; or when I don't know how to pray. Those are just a few of the fifty-two reflections on the changes, challenges, and blessings of loving your parent as they grow older. Their lives--and yours--begin to change. Knowing that you are not alone, that others have been where you are, is encouraging and uplifting. This is not a how-to, but a me-too, as you see yourself and your own situation lived out in the stories of others.