Taylor offers a comprehensive and empathetic program for addressing, planning, and putting into effect long-term elder care. ...

Moving, insightful, and above all, honest, "Designated Daughter" speaks to the joys and privileges of bringing generations together toward the end of life. With incredible sensitivity and humor, Fulford recounts her own uplifting story of how she became her mother's closest companion.
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Becoming Dead Right" guides readers through the general and "how to" information maze that prepares them for dealing with death. This book is filled with poetry, stories, wisdom, and common sense that can help baby boomers, students, caregivers, and policy makers understand that society can make important changes that can ensure safe, dignified, individualized care at the end of ones life.
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"My parent needs help, but refuses to consider a nursing home." That's the dilemma facing millions of baby boomers today. How can we ensure responsible, compassionate, even uplifting care for our aging parents at home? Mindfulness is key, Ann Cason writes. Good care begins with watching and listening, with entering the elder's world and accepting it. Drawing on decades of experience in caring for the elderly, Cason helps us understand how old ...

Mary Pipher's third New York Times bestseller -- a book about us and our parents . . .<P>There are more older people in America today than ever before. They are our parents and grandparents, our aunts and uncles and in-laws. They are living longer, but in a culture that has come to worship youth -- a culture in which families have dispersed, communities have broken down, and older people are isolated. Meanwhile, adults in two-career ...

Entry into the long-term health care system often happens suddenly. A mental or physical breakdown seriously weakens a person's health, leaving her or him unable to cope with a host of complex decisions, rules, and information. Families must nevertheless make rapid, vital decisions about long-term care, often involving a nursing home. At the same time, new state laws and federal regulations make it very difficult for consumers to understand the ...

"Coping With Alzheimer's" focuses on the practical decisions that must be addressed right away, from the organization of daily life and medical decisions that must be made to offering advice on the emotional needs of caregivers--a subject that is all too often neglected. 128 pp. 15,000 print. ...

When faced with caring for an aging loved one, many of us are faced with questions we can't answer. Easy-to-use checklists and inventories in this guide direct caregivers in gathering the specific and thorough information that professionals need to provide proper assistance. The book helps readers keep track of medical records, medications, and the details of trusts and estate planning. ...

Help your staff make every day consistently reassuring, enjoyable, and secure for people with Alzheimer's disease, and more rewarding for themselves. ...

Written especially for family members, friends, and spouses of dependent elders, this vital guidebook addresses both the practical and personal issues confronted by those who are trying to balance their caregiving roles and their personal lives. Two experts in gerontology and eldercare cover all the critical processes involved in providing safe, effective physical care for frail older people in areas ranging from medications and feeding to bed ...