Virginia Morris

How to Care for Aging Parents, 3rd Edition (eBook, ePUB)

A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

';The bible of eldercare'ABC World News. ';An indispensable book'AARP. ';A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion'The Washington Post. And, winner of a Books for a Better Life Award. How to Care for Aging Parents is the best and bestselling book of its kind, and its author, Virginia Morris, is the go-to person on eldercare for the media, appearing on Oprah, TODAY, and Good Morning America, among many other outlets.How to Care for Aging Parents is an authoritative, clear, and comforting source of advice and support for the ever-growing number of Americansnow 42 millionwho care for an elderly parent, relative, or friend. And now, in its third edition, it is completely overhauled and updated, chapter-by-chapter and page-by-page, with the most recent medical findings and recommendations. It includes a whole new chapter on fraud; details on the latest ';aging in place' technologies; more helpful online resources; and everything you need to know about current laws and regulations. Also new are fill-in worksheets for gathering specifics on medications; caregivers' names, schedules, and contact info; doctors' phone numbers and addresses; and other essential information in one handy place at the back of the book.From having that first difficult conversation to arranging a funeral and dealing with griefand all of the other important issues in betweenHow to Care for Aging Parents is the essential guide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761178668
• Artikelnr.: 54240743

Autorenporträt

An award-winning journalist, Virginia Morris has devoted her career to researching and writing about health care, medical research and related social and political issues for the last 30 years. She is the author of How to Care for Aging Parents, which won the Books for a Better Life Award and instantly became the best-selling book on the subject when it was first released in 1996. It has sold more than 500,000 copies and has been translated into a number of languages. AARP calls it "indispensable." ABC World News declared it the "the bible for caregivers." And the Wall Street Journal touted it as "the best guide." The third edition was published in 2014. She is also the author of Talking About Death, which came out in 2001. Virginia has been featured on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The CBS Morning Show, Primetime, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, NPR, CNN, and a host of other national media. She testified before Congress at the invitation of Sen. Amy Klobuchar. She now serves as adjunct instructor at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, is a member of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock ethics committee, is getting a master's degree in bioethics at Harvard, and gives talks around the country on aging, caregiving and end-of-life decisions.

Inhaltsangabe

Get Ready
Get Set (1) Talking with Your Parent
Gathering Essential Documents
Researching the Options
Organizing Your Own Life
When You Can't Be There Your Parent and You Adapting to New Roles
Knowing When to Intervene
Defusing Old Struggles
Managing Day-to-Day
the Difficult Parent Caring for the Caregiver Setting Limits
The Male Caregiver
Emotional Minefields: Guilt
Anger
Grief
Depression
Support Groups
When One Parent is Well
12 Steps to a Healthy Mind-Set Healthy Aging Pumping Iron: finding the Right Exercise Program
The ABCs of Diet
The Liquor Cabinet
Up in Smoke Heart
Mind
and Soul (83) Staying Involved
Family and Friends
Spirituality
Creativity
Volunteering
Expanding the Mind
Dating
Sex
and Marriage Tips for Daily Living (102) Safety First
Preventing Falls
Bathing and Dressing
Eating Right
The Question of Driving
Useful Gadgets and Gizmos More Help
at Home (152) Home Health Care
Nurses
Therapists
and Aides
The Hiring Process
Managing the Troops
Respite Care The Inner Circle (169) Sharing the Care with Siblings
A Family Meeting
Spouses
The Sandwich Generation: Aging Parents and Young Children
Balancing Career and Caregiving Doctor Do's and Don'ts(193) Rx for the Elderly
A Good Doctor
A Geriatric Checkup
Being an Informed Advocate
Complementary and Alternative Medicine The Body Imperfect: Part I (214) On the Lookout for Symptoms
Overseeing Medications
Vision and Hearing
Insomnia
Dehydration
TLC for Skin
Legs
and Feet
Dental Care The Body Imperfect Part II (254) Osteoporosis and Arthritis
Incontinence
Constipation
Other Digestive Disorders Matters of the Mind (280) Depression: Diagnosis and Treatments
Anxiety Disorders
Delirium On the Fifth Floor (294) Entering the Hospital
Tests
Surgery
and Treatments
Dealing with Staff
Your Role as Advocate
Comfort on the Fifth Floor
When You are Far Away
Preparing for Discharge
Bills Paying the Way (322) Talking about Money
Financial Planning and Budgets
Benefits and Discounts
Homes as Collateral
Tax Tips
Using Your Own Funds
Financial and Legal Counsel
Frauds and Scams Paying for Healthcare (346) What Medicare Really Covers
Prescription Drugs
Medigap Plans
Medicaid
Long-Term Care Insurance Legal Issues (376) Wills
Power of Attorney
Advance Directives
Trusts
Reducig Estate Taxes
Probate
Guardianship
Legal Help Home Away from Home (402) Is it Time to Move?
Sharing Your Home with Your