Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents
Claire Berman
- 27 december 2005
- 9780805079753
Samenvatting:
A thoroughly revised edition of the authoritative guide to caring for aging parents
For women and men who are involved in caring for aging parents, and for those who see caregiving in their future, this empathetic and practical book offers complete coverage of all the practical issues you are likely to confrontwhile addressing the emotional stress and particular needs of caregivers. Claire Berman, drawing on her own experiences, the experiences of many other adult children, and interviews with specialists in the geriatric field, discusses the wide range of emotions that can accompany caregiving.
This completely updated edition includes
new discussions of the Internet as a tool for seniors
new sources of prescription drugs
information about emergency response systems
recommended exercises and exercise videos and
adaptive clothing
an extensively revised resources section
In a wise and compassionate voice, Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents teaches you everything you need to know to help your parents through the stressful and humbling challenges of aging.
''A compassionate book that offers support for the caregiver, plus solid advice on how to fulfill your parents' needs without turning into a martyr.'' Horizons