A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent - Softcover

Dodds, Monica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0829418725 ISBN 13: 9780829418729

Publisher: Loyola University Press,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

Monica Dodds understands the pressures that millions of middle-aged Americans endure as they become caregivers to aging parents. Her professional work with the elderly has exposed her to the complex medical, financial, and legal problems that entangle older people. Her personal experience helping ailing family members has given her deep insight into the difficulties caregivers face in dealing with these problems. A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent is a comprehensive guide for caregivers. Dodds insists that faith is a fundamental part of caregiving, and her approach is deeply rooted in Catholic spirituality. She shows adult children how they can love and serve their aging parents better by deepening their own spiritual lives. "Caregiving", she says, "is a time of many grace-filled moments." Dodds explains how to properly assess the needs of a failing older person, and she writes in detail about the physical, mental, emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual dimensions of care. Three extensive appendices provide checklists for assessing needs, a compilation of resources, and an anthology of prayers.

About this title

About the Author

Monica Dodds has worked extensively with older people and their families in the Seattle area for many years. She has been a case manager for homebound elderly, a program coordinator for senior centers, and the manager of the Seattle/King County Meals on Wheels program. She and her husband, Bill, write a column on family life for the Catholic News Service and have written several books, including The Joy of Marriage. Visit her Web site at www.YourAgingParent.com. For more information visit www.CatholicCaregivers.com or www.FSJC.org.

From the Back Cover

A Comprehensive guide for Caregivers

A CATHOLIC GUIDE TO CARING FOR YOUR AGING PARENT offers a wealth of practical advice about the physical, mental, emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual challenges that people often face as the caregivers to their aging parents. Based on her personal and professional experience, Monica Dodds insists that faith is a fundamental part of caregiving, and her approach is deeply rooted in Catholic spirituality. She shows adult children how they can love and serve their aging parents better by deepening their own spiritual lives. She also gently urges caregivers to go about their work in a spirit of prayer with keen attention to God's loving presence in often-difficult circumstances. "Caregiving," she says, "is a time of many grace-filled moments."

As a caregiver, you will also have to solve many practical problems, and A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent will acquaint you with the complex and often-unfamiliar medical, financial, and legal problems that entangle older people. Dodds explains how to properly assess the needs of a failing older person and how to marshal the resources needed to meet them. Three extensive appendixes provide checklists for assessing needs, a compilation of resources, and an anthology of prayers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Loyola University Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0829418725
• ISBN 13: 9780829418729
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352