How to Care for Aging Parents (Morris, How to Care for Aging) |  | Authors: Virginia Morris, Robert M. Butler
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 61010
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Exp
Pages: 656
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.8
ISBN: 0761134263
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.6
UPC: 019628134264
EAN: 9780761134268
ASIN: 0761134263
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
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Product Description
The best and bestselling book of its kind. Originally published in 1995, How to Care for Aging Parents, with 220,000 copies in print, won a Books for a Better Life Award and was praised as "an indispensable book" (AARP) and "a compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion" (The Washington Post). It also catapulted its author, Virginia Morris, to national prominence as a recognized eldercare authority on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, CBS, and other media.
Nine years later, and the need for the book is mushrooming: the number of adult children caring for a parent has increased from 4 million to 19.5 million, with roughly 80% of the nation's elderly cared for at home. Virginia Morris responds with a completely revised, up-to-date new edition. Expanded from 450 to over 650 pages, it covers all the emotional, legal, financial, medical, and logistical issues in caring for the elderly. There are new sections on expanded housing options, alternative therapies, balancing career and caregiving, and dealing with difficult parents. It covers the biggest change in caregiving--the newfound independence of seniors and benefits of healthy aging--and the reverse: three chapters are dedicated to caring for parents with Alzheimers. At the end of the book is an invaluable 100-page "Yellow Pages" guide to all the resources and services of the enormous eldercare industry.
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 excellent- how to care for aging parents September 25, 2009
Jazman (USA)
The product quality was great, and the information is so very helpful. What a completely packed book of help sites and wonderful suggestions. My family is already applying many of the suggestions.
 Super! July 10, 2009
guy rebuffe (Boston, MA USA)
very practical, easy to read, full of services. It's my companion guide from now on.
Baby boomers guide to parenting parents June 12, 2009
C. Whitehead (So. California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are a baby boomer dealing with aging parents and their accompanying moods and views, this book will certainly be an asset. It covers a wide variety of topics from depression to nursing care and more. You have to help yourself if you expect to be of help to Mom/Dad. A great guide!
Still the finest single book on the subject. May 21, 2009
T. Ervin (tucson az usa)
The best book on the subject (that I've seen, and I've seen a dozen). This was my second copy which we have bought as a loaner or gift for friends who are "entering the process," or may be well into the process as we are. There probably are other great books that focus on particular issues (executorship, documents, dying itself, or specific dementias) but this one seems to cover it all pretty well. It has been like our Bible for the past 5 years. Wherever you may be in your process, this book will have good thoughts you need to read.
Elder Care August 22, 2008
P. Beavers
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is an exceptional reference for anyone who may care for an elder, who is taking care of their elder, making funeral arrangements for them, or who is settling their estate. It is comprehensive. The book includes, among other things, ways to approach sensitive topics with one's parents, preparing to contain crisis management, signs that an elder may need help, options, resources and best practices for application at any point from full health through closing an elder's estate. Additionally, the author understands the emotional and physical impact to the care giver and offers very helpful recommendations. This book was a tremendous help to me and, because of its pointers, my father. I used this book for the three years I had the privilege to be my Dad's care giver. I have given this book as a gift to numerous friends who have shared it with their friends and family.
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