When your aging parent needs care
Publication Information
Eugene, Ore. : Harvest House Publishers, ©2009.
Physical Description
293 pages : illustrations, forms ; 22 cm
Contents
- Welcome to the high wire
- Assessing your juggling act
- Understanding and caring for the primary caregiver
- Long distance caregiving
- A survival manual
- The essential back-up plan
- Interacting with practitioners
- Effective communication
- Confronting high-tension issues
- Mobility assistance and obstacle courses
- Navigating the DMV and avoiding treacherous travel
- Finding healthy perspectives
- Which hat are you wearing today?
- When home care isn't the best care
- Money management
- Ear trumpets and spectacles
- Cognitive decline
- Social needs
- Sensitivity alerts
- Seeing a new horizon
- Stepping onto shore
- MOPs (medical office procedures)
- Forms.