Caring for your parents : the complete AARP guide
Record details
- ISBN: 9781402735592 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1402735596 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781402717390
- ISBN: 1402717393
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Physical Description:
xvii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Sterling Pub., ©2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 7. Living arrangements -- Staying put -- Day-tripping -- Making room for mom or dad -- Independent living 101 -- When a nursing home makes sense -- Resources -- Sidebars -- Who lives where -- How safe is your parent's home? -- First person : tradition vs. reality -- Life story : Sister Donna -- 8. Caring for the caregiver -- The hidden patients -- The stress factor -- Making yourself a priority -- Lightening the load -- Give the pros a chance -- Resources -- Sidebars -- Taking a breath -- Rewrite your inner script -- Share the care -- Life story : the art of self-preservation -- Finding clarity -- Choosing adult day center programs -- 9. Saying good-bye -- A new intimacy -- Making arrangements ahead of time -- Achieving closure -- The hospice solution -- Getting down to 'what was good' -- Resources -- Sidebars -- Managing pain -- Choosing hospice care -- First person : letting go -- As the end nears -- First person : 'time to go to Balfron?' -- The last details -- 10. The alchemy of sorrow -- The phases of grief -- Variations on a theme -- Yourself and others -- The virtue of ritual -- The stages of healing -- A new shape to life -- Resources -- Sidebars -- When to seek help -- The one left behind -- Children and grief -- Facing the holidays -- Practical strategies : grieving well -- First person : rock-a-bye baby -- Afterword / Elinor Ginzler -- Appendix -- Glossary. |
Summary, etc.: | Explores the challenges children face when they must care for their aging parents and offers practical advice on how to best cope with the changing dynamic of the parent-child relationship. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Aging parents Care Aging parents Family relationships Adult children of aging parents |
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- 6 of 7 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Brookfield Library | 362.6/DEL (Text) | 34029103020722 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | 649.8 DEL (Text) | 34047128386472 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | 306.874 DEL (Text) | 31953001556334 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | 362.6 D346c (Text) | 34000073963415 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Slater Public Library - Griswold | 305 DEL (Text) | 55555000350493 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/03/2024 |
Thompson Public Library | 362.6 Delehanty (Text) | 34038118922715 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Wolcott Public Library | 362.6 DELE (Text) | 34031100715148 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0602/2005283100.html
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