How to Care for Aging Parents, 3rd Edition: A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Hou

The book that answers all the questions you hoped you’d never have to ask.

Hailed as “an excellent resource” by the Family Caregiver Alliance, How to Care for Aging Parents is an indispensable source of information and support.

Now completely revised and updated, this compassionate, comprehensive caregiver’s bible tackles all the touch subjects, from how to avoid becoming your parent’s “parent,” to understanding what happens to the body in old age, to getting help finding, and paying for, a nursing home.

When love is not enough—and regrettably, it never is—this is the essential guide.

Help for every difficult issue:

• Knowing when to intervene
• Coping with dementia
• Caring for the caregiver
• The question of driving
• Paying for long-term care
• Sharing the care with siblings
• Caregiving from a distance
• Home care vs. a nursing home
• The hospice option

• Role Reversal: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents
• Navigating Assisted Living: The Transition into Senior Living
• The Caregiving Season: Finding Grace to Honor Your Aging Parents
• The Dementia Handbook: How to Provide Dementia Care at Home
• Tips for Helping Your Aging Parents: (without losing your mind)
• How to Say It to Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders
• The Complete Eldercare Planner, Revised and Updated Edition: Where to Start, Which Questions to Ask, and How to Find Help
• The Caregiver's Toolbox: Checklists, Forms, Resources, Mobile Apps, and Straight Talk to Help You Provide Compassionate Care
• Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent : A Guide for Stressed-Out Children
• Eldercare For Dummies