Who will take care of me when I'm old?
Subtitle: plan now to safeguard your health and happiness in old age
By: Joy Loverde
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780738219639
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Retirement; Psychology; Older people; Life skills guides; Self-management (Psychology); Planning; Aging parents; Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one. Personal readiness; title: Meet your future self: discovering who you have yet to become; title: Good-bye change, hello transition: meeting the unknowns of old age head on; title: Think like a strategist: mastering critical thinking; title: You are tougher than you look: thriving in times of uncertainty; title: The fierce urgency of money: staying afloat financially; title: Part two. Where you live matters; title: Aging in place alone; title: what you need to know: averting the risks of aging home alone; title: Bring livability home: establishing equity, health, and safety for all; title: Moving on: determining optimal housing options; title: Part three. Ties that bind; title: The broken hearts club: accepting relationships as moving targets; title: Zero isolation: foraging for family; title: Love is love: pets are family, too: adopting a pet for two-way love and caring; title: Part four. Safety nets; title: Doctor me: reframing sickness and health; title: Chronic illness: the game changer: repairing holes in your safety net; title: Early-onset Alzheimer's: the value of knowing: preparing for the day you hope will never come; title: Part five. No tomorrow; title: "Just shoot me" is not a plan: learning lessons from aging; title: Places to go and things to do: facing to be and not to be; title: Cross it off your list.