How to Care for Aging Parents, 3rd Edition
A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues
$86.72
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2014
Summary
The book that answers all the questions you hoped you’d never have to ask.
Hailed as “an excellent resource” by the Family Caregiver Alliance, How to Care for Aging Parents is an indispensable source of information and support. Now completely revised and updated, this compassionate, comprehensive caregiver’s bible tackles all the touchy subjects, from how to avoid becoming your parent’s “parent,” to understanding what happens to the body in old age, to getting help finding, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780761166764 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0761166769 |
| Author: | Virginia Morris |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Workman Adult |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 1.00kg |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 158mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
“A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion.”
—The Washington Post
“A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion.”
—The Washington Post
“Indispensable!”
— AARP
“Indispensable!”
— AARP
“This guide, aimed at the “Sandwich Generation,” provides a road map to assist adult children in caring for their aging parents. Combining personal experience with expertise in healthcare and social and political issues, Morris has produced a thoroughly researched, well-organized, and comprehensive manual. Chapters follow in logical progression, yet they can stand alone and be read on an “as-needed” basis. The topics covered include the concrete, practical areas such as home care, finances, nursing homes/hospitals, legal issues, and medical/safety concerns as well as the psychosocial areas of handling emotions, dealing with death and dying, sibling conflicts, and spiritual needs. In her discussions, Morris adds useful details such as a suggested list of things to pack for the hospital. Support for the caregiver as well as to the elderly person is covered. Sprinkled throughout the text are agencies, phone numbers, and other reference information.”
“This guide, aimed at the “Sandwich Generation,” provides a road map to assist adult children in caring for their aging parents. Combining personal experience with expertise in healthcare and social and political issues, Morris has produced a thoroughly researched, well-organized, and comprehensive manual. Chapters follow in logical progression, yet they can stand alone and be read on an “as-needed” basis. The topics covered include the concrete, practical areas such as home care, finances, nursing homes/hospitals, legal issues, and medical/safety concerns as well as the psychosocial areas of handling emotions, dealing with death and dying, sibling conflicts, and spiritual needs. In her discussions, Morris adds useful details such as a suggested list of things to pack for the hospital. Support for the caregiver as well as to the elderly person is covered. Sprinkled throughout the text are agencies, phone numbers, and other reference information.”
“A must-read … [Morris] thoroughly addresses the subject, covering most topics imaginable from standards such as exercise and healthy diet to uncomfortable ones such as STDs, Alzheimer’s, and delusions and hallucinations.… Her frank approach manages to be both compassionate and direct making the most awkward or devastating topics manageable.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A must-read … [Morris] thoroughly addresses the subject, covering most topics imaginable from standards such as exercise and healthy diet to uncomfortable ones such as STDs, Alzheimer’s, and delusions and hallucinations.… Her frank approach manages to be both compassionate and direct making the most awkward or devastating topics manageable.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
About The Author
Virginia Morris
Virginia Morris is an award-winning journalist who has spent the last 30 years researching and writing about health care, medical research, and related social and political issues. She is the author of How to Care for Aging Parents, which won the Books for a Better Life Award and became a best-selling book on the subject upon its release in 1996. It has sold over 500,000 copies and has been translated into multiple languages. She is also the author of Talking About Death, published in 2001. Virginia has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The CBS Morning Show, Primetime, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, NPR, CNN, and other national media outlets. She testified before Congress at the invitation of Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Currently, she is an adjunct instructor at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, a member of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock ethics committee, and is pursuing a master’s degree in bioethics at Harvard. She also gives talks nationwide on aging, caregiving, and end-of-life decisions.
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