Aging Parents Care

Overwhelmed by caregiving? You’re not failing - you’re carrying more than anyone sees. Caring for Aging Parents Without Burning Out is a compassionate, practical guide for family caregivers who are doing their best under impossible circumstances. Whether you’re juggling a full-time job, raising your own kids, or simply trying to stay afloat while supporting an aging parent - this book was written for you. Author Lily Penrose, known for her warm and honest approach to wellness, offers a lifeline for those caught in the middle of caregiving, burnout, and real-life pressures. With clear ...

Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Hemming Willis’wrote a book, "The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope and Yourself on the Caregiving Path" If you are reading this you should read this book about her Hollywood actor husband, who was diagnosed with ”Frontotemporal” dementia. Recently, she opened up about the day he received his official diagnosis. "On the day Bruce got his diagnosis, we left the doctor’s office with a pamphlet and a hollow goodbye. No plan, no guidance, no hope, just shock,” she said. “The future we imagined simply vanished, and I was left trying to hold my ...

Find balance, peace, and sanity in the midst of caring for your aging parents—discover the secrets to managing the emotional, physical, and financial tolls of being a caregiver. Being your parents’ caregiver doesn’t mean you have to feel overwhelmed and run down 24/7. You can take care of yourself while providing the best care for your aging parents—and you’ll find out how right here.

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.

A transformative look at the hidden work of all adult daughters who share the invisible load, from the eldest to the youngest, offering a fresh perspective on care, emotional resilience, and the power daughters have to shape healthier, more fulfilling family connections. For readers of both...

Filled with heartfelt stories and insightful tips, this book is a reassuring companion for anyone facing the challenges of caring for elderly parents. From understanding the emotional needs of your aging parents to making important medical decisions, this book covers it all.

Trusted for more than three decades by family caregivers and professionals alike, this comprehensive and reassuring caregiving guide offers the crucial information you need to look after your elders and plan for the future. “The most complete resource between two covers.”—Woman’s Day ...

Your parents are aging and your relationship is changing. You suddenly find yourself in a new role: caregiver. Knowing what to do and when to do it is difficult and confusing. Balancing your parents’ emotional and psychological needs for independence with their physical limitations is new, uncharted territory. Recognizing the kinds of changes to expect and the resources available for addressing them will make your journey easier. The information in this book will help you preserve your parents’ independence and maintain their safety. It will also help you identify when the time has come...

One day your life was normal. The next thing you know, your life is being ruled by the needs of your aging parent. Welcome to the caregiving season. Caregiving for aging loved ones can be incredibly stressful if you are not prepared. But it can be much easier with the right knowledge, tools, and support.

Navigate the challenges of caring for aging parents with confidence—discover essential elder care, health, and legal planning in as little as one weekend, even if you don’t know where to start Are you overwhelmed by the thought of balancing caregiving, work, and family? Do you wish there was a reliable, straightforward guide to help you manage the health, legal, and emotional needs of your aging parents? Are you searching for practical answers and real support, but fear being lost in medical jargon or unrealistic advice? If so, you’re not alone. Many adult children and seniors are ...

Graceful Hands, Gentle Hearts offers a guide for family members, caregivers, and anyone navigating the emotional journey of elder care. Blending wisdom, empathy, and real-life insights, this book explores how to provide physical support with patience, emotional presence with sincerity, and decision-making rooted in dignity and love. From daily routines to difficult conversations, you’ll discover strategies for maintaining connection, preserving independence, and creating a nurturing environment both for your loved ones and yourself.

Age-proofing an older relative's living space, figuring out powers of attorney, spotting and dealing with signs of dementia, asking them to give up the car keys or consider assisted living . . . the first step toward tackling these concerns and more is an honest, informed discussion. Here are prompts and road maps for twenty-seven essential conversations—with your parent, other family members, and health care providers.

The new edition of Creating Moments of Joy is filled with more practical advice sprinkled with hope, encouragement, new stories, and generous helpings of humor. In this volume, Brackey reveals that our greatest teacher is having cared for and loved someone with Alzheimer's and that often what we have most to learn about is ourselves.

With expert advice from Carolyn Rosenblatt, RN and elder law attorney, who has direct experience helping hundreds of families like yours, this crucial guide offers you all you need to competently handle what lies ahead, in the legal, financial, and heath care issues that come along with caring for aging parents.

Everyone gets older, but not everybody approaches the aging process as they should. For many older adults, admitting that they are starting to lose some independence or become more reliant on friends and loved ones can feel scary or embarrassing. As their loved one, you might feel unsettled and frustrated as you recognize that these changes are happening.

A compassionate and practical guide for families facing the beginning of a dementia journey. In Understanding the Early Stages of Dementia, experienced nurse and caregiver advocate Diane Carbo offers essential insight and real-world advice for navigating a life-changing diagnosis. Whether you’re a family member, care partner, or recently diagnosed individual, this book will help you prepare, plan, and care with confidence. You'll discover: How to recognize early signs and types of dementia What to expect after a diagnosis How to build routines and a safe, familiar environment ...

Media darling and director of Memory and Healthy Aging at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Zaldy Tan’s What to Remember When You Are Forgetting shares the definitive guide to thriving with dementia for the recently diagnosed and their caregivers. Renowned memory and Alzheimer’s disease...

Discover the social, financial, legal, and medical hurdles you and your parents need to prepare for to help them age independently, while giving you peace of mind for their safety and wellbeing. This heartfelt and genuine parent care book gives you a first-hand look at the tough but necessary needs of your aging parents or grandparents. From financial discussions to debates on relocation, from finding resources to questions on transportation, They’re Getting Older takes you step-by-step through the process with helpful examples, easy-to-follow lists, and questions at the end of each ...

You are the one holding their world together. But who is holding space for you? Caregiving begins with love. It lives in the space between profound devotion and bone-deep depletion. It’s a reality of contradictions—where your heart is full of love, your mind a relentless ticker tape of worries and what-ifs, and your body aching in places your doctor dismisses as “just stress.” This is the silent, unseen work of a caregiver. It’s the moment you catch your reflection and barely recognize the capable, worn-out stranger staring back. It’s the strange, surreal grief of mourning ...

Caring for our aging parents—whether we take them into our homes or support them from a distance—is a beautiful opportunity for us to honor them. It can also be an intensely demanding process in which we discover things about them, about ourselves, and about the difficulties of old age that stretch and challenge us.