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Necessary Conversations

Author : Gerald Kaufman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 168099008X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Necessary Conversations written by Gerald Kaufman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely book, family counselors Gerald and Marlene Kaufman urge adult children and their parents to have direct conversations about the decisions that lie ahead as parents age. The Kaufmans suggest that families use their parents' retirement as the benchmark for having the first discussion about their parents' plans for the next phase of their lives. The Kaufmans point out that most families wait until they're faced with a crisis before having these conversations. The big questions facing aging adults are: 1. Where should they live as they become less able to care for a property? 2. How will they manage their finances so that they are as prepared as possible to meet their needs as they age? Are they ready to invite one or more of their children to become their partners in making financial decisions? 3. Are they ready to invite one or more of their children to become their partners in making their medical decisions? 4. How can parents and children work together in determining when it's no longer safe or wise for the parents to drive? 5. What end-of-life decisions should parents be prepared to make? What is the best way to have those discussions? Necessary Conversations is filled with stories and examples from many families, most with different life circumstances, but all facing these same issues. The chapters end with "Getting Started," a list of suggestions for action, as well as "Questions" for focusing on practical outcomes to the discussions. The book includes a series of exhibits—from a "Needs Assessment for Caregivers" to a "Medications and Supplements List" to a "Driving Contract and Checklist." A thoughtful and useful guide to a life stage that's often dreaded and muddled through. Gerald W. Kaufman and L. Marlene Kaufman have been family counselors for nearly 40 years. This book grew out of a seminar they were asked to lead with their adult daughter and her husband.

The Hard Questions for Adult Children and Their Aging Parents

Author : Susan Piver
Publisher : Gotham
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hard Questions for Adult Children and Their Aging Parents written by Susan Piver and published by Gotham. This book was released on 2004 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 100 questions on topics ranging from the practical to the emotional, Piver makes it possible for adult children and their aging parents to have candid, comforting conversations that will have lasting benefits.

Voices of Aging

Author : Missy Buchanan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780835813662
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Voices of Aging written by Missy Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 20 meditations, provides compassionate insight into two generations as they struggle with the fears and frustrations of aging.

Aging Parents, Aging Children

Author : Miriam K. Aronson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742547469
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Aging Parents, Aging Children written by Miriam K. Aronson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandwiched between the escalating needs of their aging relatives and their own children, today's adults are caught in an intergenerational squeeze. This upbeat self-help book features case examples that speak directly to Boomers and other caregivers and addresses the feelings at play within themselves and their family system. Complete with up-to-date research findings, Aging Parents, Aging Children offers practical advice and methods to help families cope better during this potentially stressful period of life.

No Ordinary Move

Author : Barbara Z. Perman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1425972241
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book No Ordinary Move written by Barbara Z. Perman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diary of a Small Farmer is a summarized journal of an innovative small farmer with new farming techniques,research, and new business ideas promoted. Some of the works were encouraged by President Clinton since 1993 and best wishes sent from Vice President Al Gore. Let's ask the candidates on campaign trails to "step up to the bat" on the issues discussed in this book.

A Bittersweet Season

Author : Jane Gross
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307596680
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book A Bittersweet Season written by Jane Gross and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just a few of the vitally important lessons in caring for your aging parent—and yourself—from Jane Gross in A Bittersweet Season As painful as the role reversal between parent and child may be for you, assume it is worse for your mother or father, so take care not to demean or humiliate them. Avoid hospitals and emergency rooms, as well as multiple relocations from home to assisted living facility to nursing home, since all can cause dramatic declines in physical and cognitive well-being among the aged. Do not accept the canard that no decent child sends a parent to a nursing home. Good nursing home care, which supports the entire family, can be vastly superior to the pretty trappings but thin staffing of assisted living or the solitude of being at home, even with round-the-clock help. Important Facts Every state has its own laws, eligibility standards, and licensing requirements for financial, legal, residential, and other matters that affect the elderly, including qualification for Medicare. Assume anything you understand in the state where your parents once lived no longer applies if they move. Many doctors will not accept new Medicare patients, nor are they legally required to do so, especially significant if a parent is moving a long distance to be near family in old age. An adult child with power of attorney can use a parent’s money for legitimate expenses and thus hasten the spend-down to Medicaid eligibility. In other words, you are doing your parent no favor—assuming he or she is likely to exhaust personal financial resources—by paying rent, stocking the refrigerator, buying clothes, or taking him or her to the hairdresser or barber.

How to Care for Aging Parents

Author : Virginia Morris
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Care for Aging Parents written by Virginia Morris and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Families Caring for an Aging America

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309448069
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.

They're Your Parents, Too!

Author : Francine Russo
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553907182
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book They're Your Parents, Too! written by Francine Russo and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your parents are growing older and are getting forgetful, starting to slow down, or worse. Suddenly you find yourself at the cusp of one of the most important transitions in your life—and the life of your family. Your parents need you and your siblings to step up and take care of them, a little or a lot. To make the right things happen, you will all need to work together. And yet your siblings may have very different ideas from yours of what’s best for Mom and Dad. They may be completely uninterested in helping, leaving you with all the responsibility. Or they may take charge and not allow you to help, or criticize whatever help you do give. Will you and your siblings be able to reach an understanding and work together, or will the challenges you face tear you apart? Most of us enter this period of our lives unprepared for the difficult decisions and delicate negotiations that lie ahead. This is the first book that provides guidance on the transition from the “old” family to the “new” one, especially for adult siblings. Here you’ll find practical advice on a wide range of topics including • Who will make major medical decisions, manage finances, and enforce end-of-life choices if your parents cannot? And how will this be decided and carried out? • How will you negotiate caregiving issues and deal with unequal contributions or power struggles? • How can inheritance and the division of property, assets, and personal effects be handled to minimize hurt feelings and resentment? • How will you cope with the natural reemergence of unresolved childhood rivalries, hurts, and needs? • How can caring for your parents be an enriching experience rather than a thankless chore? • Most important, how can you ensure the best care for your parents while lessening conflict, guilt, anger, and angst? Written by a veteran journalist who chronicles life and how baby boomers live it, They’re Your Parents, Too! offers all the information, insight, and advice you’ll need to make productive choices as you and your siblings begin to assume your parents’ place as the decision-making generation of your family. Filled with expert guidance from gerontologists, family therapists, elder-care attorneys, financial planners, and health workers; resonant real-life stories; and helpful family negotiation techniques, this is an indispensable book for anyone whose parents are aging.

Elderly Parent Caregiver Guide

Author : HowExpert
Publisher : HowExpert
ISBN 13 : 1647586852
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Elderly Parent Caregiver Guide written by HowExpert and published by HowExpert. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elderly Parent Caregiver 101 is the ultimate guide for adult children who are or will become their parents’ caregivers. Filled with valuable information and ideas, this book offers hope, support, and plenty of practical advice for anyone caring for their elderly parents. Each chapter describes a different area of caregiving, including: • Becoming a Caregiver • Medical Providers • Facility Care • Caregiver Support • Financial Concerns • Medical Devices • Special Circumstances • End of Life As the author guides you through the maze of caregiving, she shares her knowledge as a nurse and examples from her own journey of caregiving for her elderly parents. This book defines medical terms, explains insurance options, and highlights the many tools available to caregivers. Through these topics, you’ll gain the understanding needed to be a caregiver for your elderly parents. Each section offers helpful information and true insights only a caregiver can provide. The tips in every chapter are practical facts and advice for every area of your caregiving. You are not alone in your caregiving journey. Don’t struggle without having the best resource for knowing everything you need to know about caring for your elderly parents. This guide is your trusted companion for that journey. About the Expert Rebecca Rehak, LPN, is a nurse, writer, and public speaker who has worked in the medical field for over 20 years, including kidney dialysis, community health, and Memory Care. As a public speaker, she helped advance programs for dialysis access care and currently teaches science camps for children. Her work has touched the lives of thousands of people. After caring for both her elderly parents, she now devotes much of her time to writing articles, blogs, and providing support for other caregivers. She and her husband live with their big, furry dog in Wisconsin. The author would like to thank the doctors and staff at Froedtert Hospital, the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Horizon Home Care and Hospice for the wonderful care they provided to both her parents. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

Caring for Your Aging Parents

Author : Barbara Deane
Publisher : NavPress Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780891095781
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Caring for Your Aging Parents written by Barbara Deane and published by NavPress Publishing Group. This book was released on 1989 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you provide care for your elderly parents, this book will give you the helpful information you need. Includes resource lists.

Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent

Author : Grace Lebow
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062111965
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent written by Grace Lebow and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Raising an Aging Parent

Author : Ken Druck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947341807
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Raising an Aging Parent written by Ken Druck and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Parenting Our Parents

Author : Jane Wolf Frances
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538127970
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Parenting Our Parents written by Jane Wolf Frances and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a “must read” for anyone who is presently caring for their aging parents, anyone who will eventually care for their aging parents or anyone planning on growing older. The author brings her decades of professional experiences as a psychotherapist, an attorney, a coach and a daughter to this book. She simultaneously chronicles her own heart-warming and touching journey as well as providing a comprehensive guide on doing effective family caregiving in the 21st century. Many report feeling “deeply understood” reading this book as they resonated with the candid revelations of the author’s inner struggles. Others find hers “a sane voice in a difficult world.” You will not be disappointed with reading the dilemmas, insights and decisions told in “My Story,” as you see what can be learned from this expert’s mistakes as well as her successes. Jane Wolf Frances offers many valuable tips and insights as she guides you from the beginning of the POPcycle, as she’s termed it, all the way to the end of her own parents’ lives. Whether you’re one of the 75 million Americans who are lucky enough to be “ParentingOurParents,” or you’re still struggling with overwhelm and confusion, you’ll need to know what’s being offered here. You will learn how you can: read the signs your parents need help; have “the talk” with your folks; make crucial decisions to get the maximum benefits available; enroll more family to be on the team; balance the elements in the new life you’re taking on as ParentingOurParents will change your life; transform the remarkable challenges of role reversals - legal, emotional, practical, residential - into a true journey of love.

Children of the Aging Self-Absorbed

Author : Nina W Brown
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 1626252068
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Aging Self-Absorbed written by Nina W Brown and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up with a parent who is self-absorbed is difficult, and they may become more difficult to deal with as they age. This essential book shows how to cope with your aging parent's narcissistic behavior, and provides tips to help protect yourself and your children from their self-absorbed, destructive actions. As your self-absorbed parent grows older and becomes more dependent on you, hurtful relationships may resurface and become further strained. In the tradition of Children of the Self-Absorbed, author Nina Brown offers the first book for adult children of aging narcissistic or self-absorbed parents. You will learn practical, powerful strategies for navigating the intense negative feelings that your parents can incite, as well as tips to protect your children from the criticism, blame, or hostility that may exist between you and their grandparent. In this book, you will gain greater awareness of how and why your parent's self-absorbed behaviors and attitudes get worse, and develop strategies to manage the negative feelings that can arise as a result. You'll also learn to reduce the shame and guilt that may be felt when you feel like you don't want to be a caretaker. Finally, you'll learn to set limits with your parent so you can stay sane during this difficult time. Having an aging parent can be stressful enough, but dealing with an aging narcissistic or self-absorbed parent is especially challenging. This essential guide will help you through.

The Empowered Caregiver

Author : Linda Fodrini-Johnson
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1632994267
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book The Empowered Caregiver written by Linda Fodrini-Johnson and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking responsibility for the healthcare, safety, and financial affairs of our parents as they near the end of their life is an immense undertaking and comes with challenges, logistics, and stresses that we don’t always know how to navigate. We want to provide the best care we can and make the right decisions for our parents, but we need tips, tools, and education around this and help and encouragement as we do it. The Empowered Caregiver is a pocket support guide specifically designed to provide you with strategies and solutions for caring for your aging parents. It offers useful interventions to frame your thinking, help you manage difficult situations, and reduce your stress as your parents decline and need greater assistance. In this book, you’ll find quick ideas that you can immediately apply, easy-to-view lists, scripts to use for tough conversations, examples of questions to ask doctors and lawyers, and other resources, all rooted in author Linda Fodrini-Johnson’s deep understanding of aging and life transitions and her 30+ years as a therapist, counselor, and certified geriatric care manager. It’s organized by topic, so you can quickly flip to the information you need most, and it covers all aspects of eldercare, answering questions you didn’t even know you had with compassion and experience. Whether you’re an adult child whose parents are aging, an eldercare beginner who doesn’t know where to start, someone who is emotionally impacted by the decline of a loved one, a family member of an elder with dementia, or someone seeking expert advice on how to handle their parents’ affairs, this book will empower you with the insights, advice, and support you need. The Empowered Caregiver is an essential companion you can keep at your side and a must-read for anyone with aging parents. You’ll learn how to improve life for your parents, your family, and yourself.

Grace and Grit

Author : Fritzi Gros-Daillon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991494804
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Grace and Grit written by Fritzi Gros-Daillon and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenges of moving the elderly from one home to the next are frequently faced by both generations: seniors and their adult children. This book of compelling stories about this later-in-life event, often unexpected in its timing and scope, delivers points of view from the parents, adult children, and professional move managers. These real-life issues of communication, downsizing decisions pertaining to personal possessions, and sharing and sustaining memories convey the love, compassion, disappointment, and perseverance experienced by those coping through this difficult transitional time, reminding readers that they are not alone. The grace and grit exhibited in these true stories—from loved ones, friends, and other regular people—will bring solace through inspiration.