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How to care for aging parents: a one-stop resource for all your medical, financial, housing, and emotional issues
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Publisher
Workman Publishing
Publication Date
2014.
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book - 3rd edition.
Foreword / Jennie Chin Hansen
Introduction: Something Unexpected
1. First Things First
Ten Survival Tips
Critical Conversations
Gathering Vital Documents
Exploring the Options
Getting Organized
When You Can't Be There
Adapting to New Roles
2. Your Parent and You
A Changing Relationship
When They Won't Listen
Defusing Old Struggles
Coping Day to Day
Exceptionally Difficult Parents
3. Caring for the Caregiver
Setting Limits
Emotional Minefields
12 More Steps to a Healthy Mind-Set
The Male Caregiver
4. The Inner Circle
Working with Siblings
Compensating the Caregiver
A Family Meeting
Significant Others
Time for Kids
Multilayer Sandwiches
Careers and Caregiving
The Golden Years
5. A Healthier Body
In the Gym
The ABCs of Diet
The Liquor Cabinet
Up in Smoke
6. A Happier Soul
The Quest
Family and Friends
Spiritual Fulfillment
Reminiscing
Volunteering and Working
Involved and Active
Dating, Sex, and Marriage
Life at Home
7. Tips for Daily Living
Safety First
Monitors and Alert Systems
Preventing Falls
Room-by-Room Modifications
Bathing and Grooming
Dressing
What's for Dinner?
In the Driver's Seat
Gadgets and Gizmos
8. Getting Help
Assessing the Need
Family and Friends
Community Services
Geriatric Care Managers
9. Paid Help at Home
In-Home Care
The Hiring Process
From Day One
Managing the Troops
When There Is Trouble
Respite Care
The Halls of Medicine
10. Rx for the Elderly
The Age Difference
Finding a Doctor
A Wellness Visit
A Geriatric Assessment
A Personal Health Record
An Informed Advocate
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
11. The Body Imperfect: Part I
A Muddle of Medications
Vision
Hearing
Sleep
Temperature Regulation
Dehydration
Skin Care
Arms, Legs, and Feet
Teeth and Mouth
12. The Body Imperfect: Part II
Bones and Joints
Incontinence
Constipation
Other Digestive Disorders
Anemia
Diabetes
13. Matters of the Mind
Depression
Delirium
Anxiety Disorders
Delusions and Hallucinations
Hypochondria
14. In the Hospital
Avoiding It
Choosing a Hospital
Admission
Following His Wishes
Tests, Surgery, and Treatments
At the Nurses' Station
Providing Comfort
When You Are Far Away
Hospital Dangers
Resolving Disputes
Preparing for Discharge
Bills, Bills, Bills
Handling the Paperwork
15. Paying the Way
Talking About Money
First Steps
Dipping into Your Own Funds
Financial Planning
Benefits and Discounts
Getting Cash Out of a Home
Tax Tips
Professional Help
16. Avoiding Fraud
Who's at Risk?
Common Scams and Scoundrels
Preventing Exploitation
Signs of Trouble
What to Do
17. Paying for Health Care
Medicare
Medicaid
Long-Term Care
18. Legal Issues
Where There's a Will…
Power of Attorney
Advance Directives
Trusts
Reducing Estate Taxes
Probate
A Question of Competence
Legal Help
Home Away from Home
19. Moving Out, Moving In
Launching the Discussion
Is It Time to Move?
Should Mom Move Closer?
Should Dad Move In?
Under One Roof
Separate Quarters
20. An Array of Housing Options
Roommates and Shared Housing
Congregate Housing
Retirement Communities
Senior Apartments
Foster Homes
Assisted Living
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
21. A Good Nursing Home
The Decision
Starting the Hunt
What to Look For in Any Facility
Getting In
Admission
Who Pays?
22. Making the Move Work
Moving Day
A Plan of Care
Visiting
Being an Advocate
Long-Distance Caregiving
When Trouble Brews
Is This Move Working?
When They Forget
23. The Aging Brain
What Is Normal?
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Dementia
Getting Tested
Alzheimer's Disease
Vascular Dementia
Lewy Body Dementia
Dealing with the Diagnosis
Treating Dementia
24. Living with Dementia
Helping Your Parent
Helping Yourself
25. Managing Day to Day
Hygiene and Dressing
Incontinence
Eating
Communication
A Sense of Time
Other Challenges
Problem Behaviors
Psychotic Symptoms
Late-Stage Dementia
The Last Good-bye
26. Nearing the End
Well in Advance
Making Decisions
Your Parent's Perspective
Communicating
Caring for Your Parent Now
Taking Care of Yourself
Care at Home
Hospice Care
In the Hospital
What Death Looks Like
The Moment After
27. The Aftermath
A Funeral Director
The Obituary
Planning a Funeral
Taking Care of Business
Dividing Possessions
28. Good Grief
Facets of Grief
Caregiver Grief
Growing from Grief
The Surviving Parent
Children and Grief
A Final Note
29. You're Next
Talk About It
Paying for Old Age
A Question of Where
Your Body
Your Mind
Your Life
Resources
Useful Organizations
Caregiver's Organizer
Index
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