The caregiver's companion
Subtitle: caring for your loved one medically, financially and emotionally while caring for yourself
By: Carolyn A. Brent, MBA
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780373893096
Subjects: Home Care Services; Home care services; Handbooks, manuals; Caregivers; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS; Home Nursing; Decision Making; SELF-HELP; General; Eldercare
Description: "Everything you need to know to ensure that your elderly loved one is being properly cared for. People today are not only living longer, they are also living sicker-making aging and caring for elderly loved ones more complicated than ever before. In this extensive guide, caregiver advocate Carolyn Brent outlines a step-by-step process so caregivers know what to do and what to ask in every situation that may arise, including: [bullet] Signs that your loved one needs more assistance [bullet] What to look for in a retirement home [bullet] Caretaking in your own home [bullet] How to ensure wills are in order [bullet] How to manage difficult family relationships [bullet] Ensuring you are getting the help and care you need Brent leaves no stone unturned, provides personal stories and scenarios for context, and includes other references and resources in this complete guide to caregiving"--

"A comprehensive, straightforward handbook to help family caregivers with sibling and parent-child communication, end-of-life decision making, and guidance for how to help a loved one medically, financially, and emotionally"--

People today are not only living longer, they are also living sicker-- making aging and caring for elderly loved ones more complicated than ever before. Brent provides a comprehensive, straightforward handbook to help family caregivers with sibling and parent-child communication, end-of-life decision making, and guidance for how to help a loved one medically, financially, and emotionally.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Talk early, talk often: my caregiver story; title: When should you step in?; title: Caring for your loved one at home; title: Moving your aging loved one into an assisted-living facility or a nursing home; title: Emergencies and life-or-death decisions; title: Hospice care for the end of life; title: Crucial emotional conversations; title: Crucial financial conversations; title: How to have crucial conversations when your aging loved one is resistant; title: Crucial legal conversations; title: Taking care of yourself when you are a caregiver; title: The caregiver's cheat sheet.