How to Care for Aging Parents, Revised & Expanded
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How to Care for Aging Parents, Revised & Expanded   -     By: Virginia Morris

How to Care for Aging Parents, Revised & Expanded

Workman Publishing / 2004 / Paperback

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Completely revised, updated and expanded, with nearly 300 pages of new material, Morris' book is compassionate and thorough, designed to be a caregiver's ultimate resource on how to care for one's aging parents.

Product Information

Title: How to Care for Aging Parents, Revised & Expanded
By: Virginia Morris
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 691
Vendor: Workman Publishing
Publication Date: 2004
Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 14 ounces
ISBN: 0761166769
ISBN-13: 9780761166764
Stock No: WW134263

Publisher's Description

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 touch subjects, from how to avoid becoming your parent’s "parent," to understanding what happens to the body in old age, to getting help finding, and paying for, a nursing home.

When love is not enough—and regrettably, it never is—this is the essential guide.

Help for every difficult issue:

  • Knowing when to intervene
  • Coping with dementia
  • Caring for the caregiver
  • The question of driving
  • Paying for long-term care
  • Sharing the care with siblings
  • Caregiving from a distance
  • Home care vs. a nursing home
  • The hospice option

Author Bio

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 OprahThe Today ShowGood Morning AmericaThe CBS Morning ShowPrimetime, 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. 
 

Editorial Reviews

"A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion."
The Washington Post


“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."

"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

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