Caring for Aging Parents

A Practical Survival Guide: Smart, Compassionate Solutions to Maintain Life Balance and Emotional Well-Being on Your Caregiving Journey

De: Claire Alden

Narrado por: C. M. Snyder

Caring for Aging Parents: A Practical Survival Guide is your compassionate companion for navigating the overwhelming demands of caregiving. Balancing work, family, and caregiving can feel impossible, but this guide offers practical strategies to manage it all without sacrificing your own well-being. From juggling daily responsibilities to avoiding burnout, this book empowers you to care for your aging parents with confidence.

Inside, you’ll find essential caregiving tips, including how to create a schedule that works for your life, manage financial and legal planning, and communicate effectively with family members. You’ll also learn proven self-care techniques designed to reduce stress and prevent burnout, along with practical advice on handling common health conditions, home safety, and emotional challenges.

Whether you’re new to caregiving or a seasoned caregiver, this guide provides the emotional support, actionable steps, and resources needed to thrive in your role. With empathy and expertise, Caring for Aging Parents helps you find balance, resilience, and peace of mind as you support your loved ones.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Sanity-Saving & Supportive

As someone juggling work, family, and now caregiving, this book honestly felt like a lifeline. It’s real, practical, and doesn’t sugarcoat the emotional rollercoaster. I really appreciated the gentle tone—it made me feel seen, not judged. Definitely worth a listen if you're in the thick of it.

Compassionate, practical, and great for caregivers

This audiobook felt like a lifeline. Claire Alden speaks with so much empathy and understanding—it was like she knew exactly what I was going through. The chapters on balancing caregiving with work and family responsibilities were especially helpful, and the tips on avoiding burnout felt like they were written just for me. I also appreciated the clear advice on legal and financial planning, which is often so overwhelming. Whether you're just starting to care for aging parents or have been in the role for a while, this guide offers real tools, emotional support, and most importantly—hope. Highly recommend for anyone who feels like they’re juggling too much and just wants to breathe again.

Really important material

Aging parents is something that isn’t talked about enough. This book does a beautiful job of addressing all areas and gives the listener some great information.

Well laid out plan for caring for aging parents.

This book was well thought out and laid out in easy to listen to chapters. Starting with self-care and time management moving into more advance topics of caring for aging parents, navigating the healthcare system and the tough topic of what to do as the end nears dealing with grief, hospice care, etc. The narrators voice was a calming listen and I would recommend this book to anyone getting ready or already caring for their aging parents.

Wonderful guide

This opening statement ‘Caring for those who cared for us is an honor’ says it all. Although challenging, it can be our greatest gift if we handle it properly. This audible shows you how to do just that. This resource is so beneficial, I wish I had found it sooner.

This is a Must Listen If Your Parents Are Aging

I definitely felt stretched very thin during the journey of taking care of my mother. You definitely feel alone when you are the only one doing that and this book understands. It's a struggle you don't even realize is going to happen until you're in the thick of it. Having this audiobook to lean on helps. It gives you tools work through your struggles and offers advice you maybe hadn't thought of. You have to prepare legally and financially, and you can certainly feel burnout from all that you now have to contend with. This audiobook can be your best friend--take advantage of it. Don't try to do it alone. Find some answers here and proceed with confidence, knowing that you're doing the best you can for your parents.

very compassionate resource

This book is such an insightful and compassionate resource that I think every caregiver should keep close at hand. Honestly, navigating this whole experience can feel incredibly overwhelming at times, but this guide lays out smart, practical solutions that genuinely help you maintain balance and take care of your emotional well-being. I had a sense of relief knowing that I wasn’t alone in this journey. The authors clearly understand what we’re going through, and it’s comforting to read their words. I especially appreciated the sections on self-care and stress management. Those tips have been a lifesaver, helping me navigate the emotional rollercoaster that comes with caregiving.

Supportive and Reassuring

I found this audiobook really helpful as I’ve been stepping into a caregiving role for my aging parents. Claire Alden offers thoughtful suggestions that made me feel less overwhelmed and more capable of handling the emotional and logistical parts of caregiving. Her tone is warm and understanding, which made the information easier to take in. I appreciated the balance between real-life tips and emotional support. It made me feel like I wasn’t alone in this.

Sanity Saver for the Caregiving Chaos!

I didn’t know how much I needed Caring for Aging Parents until I started drowning in appointments, guilt, and sleepless nights. This audiobook felt like a wise, kind friend who gets it. The tips on balancing my life and setting boundaries were game changers. I actually cried during one chapter it hit that close to home. If you’re trying to do it all and losing yourself in the process, give this a listen. Total lifesaver.

A Supportive Guide for Caregivers

This audiobook is a reassuring and practical guide to caregiving. It showed me how to manage responsibilities without feeling completely overwhelmed. The advice on balancing work, family, and personal well-being was especially helpful, offering concrete strategies instead of general encouragement. I liked the self care and burnout chapters, which usually get skipped over. It's a great tool for anyone caring for elderly parents, either starting out or already well established.