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Author : Barbara Silverstone,Helen Hyman
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0394499484
Deals with the many emotional and practical hurdles that often thwart sons and daughters in their efforts to meet the needs of aging parents and points to solutions that can be.
Author : Virginia Morris
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : CORNELL:31924100507619
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 : Kathy Quan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781605507491
There are a lot of issues to consider as our loved ones get older. From in-home care to assisted living facilities, there are myriad options available - and each person's needs are unique. Family members need a resource that will answer all of their questions and ease them through this often complicated transition. This helpful handbook guides concerned children as they: decide which level of care is best for their parent; maintain communication and discuss difficult topics; handle home safety issues; manage transportation; find and work with a primary-care physician; navigate insurance paperwork; handle legal issues and questions; and other sensitive issues. From setting up a support network to avoiding scams, this informative guide will help a family decide on - and implement - the best care options for their loved ones.
Author : Leslie Kernisan, MD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 173615320X
It's scary and stressful when it happens ... noticing changes in your parent and becoming increasingly worried about their health and safety. Maybe it's Mom leaving the stove on, Dad getting lost on his way home, or unpaid bills that trigger this realization. Or perhaps there have been falls or emergency room visits. Whatever it is, you know something's wrong. You wonder about a diagnosis. And you want your aging parent to accept help, or perhaps move. Helping an older parent can be gratifying. But it's especially hard if they're blowing off your concerns, refusing to make changes, or otherwise resisting your efforts. You want them to listen, but they get upset or withdraw when you try to talk about this. What to do? You don't have to remain stuck in conflict with your parent (or other family members). You don't have to keep getting the runaround from doctors or feel stumped about next steps. Instead, use an expert's clear plan on how to help your aging parent. In this practical, step-by-step guide, geriatrician Leslie Kernisan, MD, walks you through what to do and what to say in order to offer respectful assistance and intervention to a declining elderly parent. Full of actionable advice and insider tips, When Your Aging Parent Needs Help provides practical and flexible steps that move concerned families toward effective elder care action, while respecting a parent's dignity and autonomy. You'll discover: How to communicate with your aging parent to reduce conflicts and enhance cooperation The A-B-C-D-E assessment framework for Alzheimer or other dementia concerns, safety issues, or independent living - and steps to implement change Strategies to overcome parental resistance, health provider reluctance to share information, and family disagreement How to get a medical evaluation for memory loss and, if applicable, a diagnosis for Alzheimer's or another dementia What to know about possible mental "incompetence," powers of attorney, HIPAA, and other options for gaining legal authority as a caregiver How to find geriatric care managers and other eldercare professionals to assist Downloadable worksheets, symptom checkers, and checklists to bring to doctor visits "What this looks like" family stories that show you what these action steps look like in real-world situations Transform good intentions into workable solutions and improved relationships. If you're concerned about an aging parent's health, wellbeing, or safety, you'll find encouragement and direction for this next life stage in When Your Aging Parent Needs Help.
Author : Grace Lebow,Barbara Kane,Irwin Lebow
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780062111968
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 : Barbara Deane
Publisher : NavPress Publishing Group
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0891095780
If you provide care for your elderly parents, this book will give you the helpful information you need. Includes resource lists.
Author : Eleanor Cade
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-19
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781592858606
A self-help guide for those who have to take care of their aging parents. Caring for aging parents is difficult-it's exhausting, expensive, time-consuming, and under appreciated. And that's under the best of circumstances, when the caregiver loves and respects his or her aging parent. What happens when adult children are asked to care for elderly parents who were abusive, neglectful, or absent? Here is a compassionate and practical guide to facing the psychological and emotional issues that arise when caring for aging parents. Eleanor Cade offers sound as well as personal accounts from individuals who have made the choice to care for difficult parents. The result is a powerful guide to moving beyond feelings of anger, regret, and grief in order to build healthy new family dynamics based on decency and mercy.Target audience For individuals who are caring for aging, dysfunctional parents, as well as counselors and therapists who work with familiesFeaturesan authoritative resource for baby boomers caring for aging parentsdefines differences between "normal" and "dysfunctional" familiespersonal stories validate the experiences and feelings of readers
Author : Barbara Silverstone,Helen Kandel Hyman,Helen Hyman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-27
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780195313161
First published in 1976, You and Your Aging Parent is a classic--the first book to shed light on the challenging relationship between adult children and their aging parents, illuminating the emotional, health, and financial difficulties that elderly parents and their children face during the senior years.Marking the 30th anniversary of this highly popular book, the new and revised edition addresses the changes that have taken place in the last three decades, but it still embraces the authors' fundamental insight--that the difficulties and challenges of the aging process are as much a family affair as in any other phase of life. Both a sensitive exploration of the dynamics of the aging family relationship (between parent and child, and sibling and sibling) and an authoritative how-to guide for seniors and their families navigating the practical problems of growing old in America, You and Your Aging Parent has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research findings and changes affecting older adults, including in health care and social services. The book also includes a running commentary by Bob Morris--playwright, author, and humorist--who provides insightful and entertaining observations about his trials and tribulations with his own parents as they aged, serving as a contemporary voice for the middle-aged caregiver of today.As the first of the baby boom generation turns 60 and their increasingly frail parents approach late retirement and final decline, this new and updated edition of You and Your Aging Parent will answer their need for authoritative, practical information about this major phase of life.
Author : Bart J. Mindszenthy,Michael Gordon
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781459710634
This latest, enhanced and updated edition will help guide the thinking of those challenged with aging in the family. Since the last edition in 2006, much has happened in the field of eldercare. There is now an increasing awareness of the complex challenges posed by the expanding aging population in North America. When our parents reach a certain age and have difficulty coping, we find ourselves wondering how to provide them with the kind of love, care, support, and attention they need, just as they have done for us all our lives. The third edition of Parenting Your Parents shows, through 24 case studies and the personal experiences of the authors, that you are not alone and offers crucial advice to help you along this difficult but rewarding journey. It also offers a new Vulnerability Index to measure what level of need your parents may have right now, as well as a financial planning section and resource directory.
Author : Jane Gross
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780307472403
Wise, smart, and ever-helpful, an essential guide to caring for aging parents. When Jane Gross found herself suddenly thrust into a caretaker role for her eighty-five year-old mother, she was forced to face challenges that she had never imagined. As she and her younger brother struggled to move her mother into an assisted living facility, deal with seemingly never-ending costs, and adapt to the demands on her time and psyche, she learned valuable and important lessons. Here, the longtime New York Times expert on the subject of elderly care and the founder of the New Old Age blog shares her frustrating, heartbreaking, enlightening, and ultimately redemptive journey, providing us along the way with valuable information that she wishes she had known earlier. We learn why finding a general practitioner with a specialty in geriatrics should be your first move when relocating a parent; how to deal with Medicaid and Medicare; how to understand and provide for your own needs as a caretaker; and much more. Includes chapters on the following subjects: Finding Our Better Selves The Myth of Assisted Living The Vestiges of Family Medicine The Best Doctors Money Can Buy The Biology, Sociology, and Psychology of Aging Therapeutic Fibs
Author : Iris Waichler, MSW, LCSW
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781631520921
Designed to help caregivers understand how to cope with and overcome the overwhelming challenges that arise while caregiving for a loved one—especially an aging parent—Role Reversal is a comprehensive guide to navigating the enormous daily challenges faced by caregivers. In these pages, Waichler blends her personal experience caring for her beloved father with her forty years of expertise as a patient advocate and clinical social worker. The result is a book offering invaluable information on topics ranging from estate planning to grief and anger to building a support network and finding the right level of care for your elderly parent.
Author : Liz O'Donnell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781538124666
Working Daughter provides a roadmap for women trying to navigate caring for aging parents and their careers. Using the author’s own experiences as a prime example, it’s ideal for readers who want straight talk and real advice about the challenges and rewards of eldercare while managing a career and family.
Author : Christina Britton Conroy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1934912778
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 : Ken Druck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1947341804
Author : Janine Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : Adult children of aging parents
ISBN : 1480822973
An aging population means an increasing number of children take care of their parents. While adult children have been their elderly parents' caregivers for generations, those in that role today face challenges others have not. It's no wonder many feel overwhelmed and stressed when they first take responsibility for those who once took care of them. Author Janine Brown's My Parents Got Old! What Do I Do? A Practical Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents helps you face and get through the issues surrounding your role as adult child and parental caregiver. Brown is not a lawyer, accountant, or doctor. She writes from the personal experience-hers and others-of caring for aging parents. She shares information to help caregivers and potential caregivers assess needs and skills necessary to providing their parents with the best possible care. Through her experiences, you'll gain an understanding of what happens in real life; Brown takes caregiving beyond the theoretical to the practical. Checklists help you stay organized, which can be very helpful in situations with heightened emotions. You'll appreciate the author's holistic approach to the adult caregiving, including chapters on family ties and the emotional reality of what is to come. There's no doubt caring for an elderly parent can be difficult and trying. With My Parents Got Old! Now What Do I Do? A Practical Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents, you won't be alone on this journey. You'll have the benefit of others who have been there.