Caring for Your Aging Parents: An Emotional Guide to Nurturing Your Loved Ones while Taking Care of Yourself - Softcover

Reann Berman; Bernard H. Shulman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402218613 ISBN 13: 9781402218613

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Covering health, finances, living arrangements, communication and emotional struggles, "Caring for Your Aging Parents" offers caring, professional advice for the increasingly difficult decisions that caregivers face, including: making the right choice between home care and assisted living; coping with memory-loss and dementia; expressing care and concern without sending mixed messages; counteracting negative behavior; encouraging other family members to help with caregiving; and, managing stress and taking care of yourself. With a wealth of resources and reassuring answers, "Caring for Your Aging Parent" helps caregivers foster a loving, cooperative relationship with their parents in this new chapter of life.

About this title

About the Authors

Raeann Berman is a Knight Fellow at the University of Maryland College of Journalism.

Bernard Shulman, MD is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Northwestern University School of Medicine and a faculty member of the Alfred Adler Institute with more than 50 years experience as a psychiatrist.

From the Back Cover

Caring for Your Aging Parents Caring for Your Aging Parents provides crucial insights into aging and the attending problems that affect relationships between the elderly and the middle-aged "kids" who love them, and are responsible for their care. Readers will find answers to questions most asked by caregivers: -How can I overcome the guilt and anxiety I feel towards my parents? -Why don't my parents appreciate all that I do for them? -How can I get other family members to share the burdens of caregiving? This comforting anecdotal book addresses issues of health, finances, living arrangements, communication, and emotional struggles. This compassionate and poignant guide includes chapters on how to break out of old and destructive patterns, how to care for one's self while caring for a parent, finding good living arrangements for your parents, dealing with confusion and memory loss, and a reflection on what the future holds for America's Seniors. "One of the best books on eldercare." --Ken Dychtwald, Age Wave "Caregivers should read this book." --Margaret Hellie Huyck, President, Older Women's League of Illinois "It's a terrific book." --Eda Leshan, Newsday "Useful, easy to read, and most informative." --Dr. Daniel Thursz, President, National Council of the Aging "Full of information" --Marguerite Kelly, Washington Post

Edition details

• Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402218613
• ISBN 13: 9781402218613
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256