How to care for aging parents
Subtitle: a one-stop resource for all your medical, financial, housing, and emotional issues
By: Virginia Morris ; foreword by Jennie Chin Hansen
Edition: 3rd edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 671
ISBN-13: 9780761166764
Subjects: Family relationships; Aging parents; Handbooks, manuals; Care
Description: How to Care for Aging Parents is an authoritative, clear, and comforting source of advice and support for the ever-growing number of Americans--now 42 million--who care for an elderly parent, relative, or friend. And now, in its third edition, it is completely overhauled and updated, chapter-by-chapter and page-by-page, with the most recent medical findings and recommendations. It includes a whole new chapter on fraud; details on the latest "aging in place" technologies; more helpful online resources; and everything you need to know about current laws and regulations. Also new are fill-in worksheets for gathering specifics on medications; caregivers' names, schedules, and contact info; doctors' phone numbers and addresses; and other essential information in one handy place at the back of the book. From having that first difficult conversation to arranging a funeral and dealing with grief--and all of the other important issues in between--How to Care for Aging Parents is the essential guide.
Notes: Includes index.