Elder Parents

This book is for you if you love your parents, grandparents, or other elderly people and genuinely want to help and care for them, but find yourself struggling with challenges such as: Your efforts to help them are not appreciated. They constantly complain or display a pessimistic attitude. They appear inflexible, stubborn, and unwilling to change. They struggle to learn even the basics of digital equipment. They fail to understand your point of view. They ignore health precautions prescribed by doctors. They engage in risky activities that could endanger their health. They sometimes treat ...

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Laurie Frankel, an exuberant and timely new novel. "With wit and a broad vocal range, Becky Ann Baker narrates this provocative audiobook...Acute observations on aging, fertility, and the media make this thought-provoking story accessible and...

Do You Have An Aging Parent Who — Blames you for everything that goes wrong? Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time? Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined? Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you? Is hostile, negative and critical? Coping with these traits...

When a parent’s behavior changes, it rarely comes with a clear explanation. One day something feels off. A conversation doesn’t make sense. A reaction feels out of proportion. They forget something they shouldn’t. They resist help. They say things that aren’t true. And you’re left wondering: Is this normal aging… or something else? What am I supposed to do right now? This book gives you clear, practical answers when behavior changes and things start to feel uncertain. Inside this book, you’ll learn: How to recognize early warning signs of cognitive decline and behavioral ...

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN LOVE MEANS MAKING THE HARDEST DECISION OF ALL? "This warm supportive guide will help any adult child, navigate the emotional, practical, and often complex decisions, that accompany this inevitable stage of life" At some point the adult children of aging parents face difficult choices about senior living and care options. Finding the best path forward can stir up a confusing mix of of emotions, from love, duty, and concern to overwhelm, guilt, and grief. Written with deep empathy and real life wisdom, Helping Parents Through Life's Final Season is a source of clarity and ...

Are you worried about taking care of your elderly parents? Do you know how to select the best facility for their needs and financial situation? Kady Dash shares her experiences of what you must know before choosing a place for mom or dad. In this book you will learn: • What eighty questions to ask before selecting a facility • Legal advice Kady got about signing forms, including what not to sign • What to do when the savings to pay for room and board run out • Clarifications of questions on Medicaid forms • Medicaid’s unwritten rules, including deadlines that are not the final ...

A retired engineer. A former realtor. Fifty years of investing experience between them. They still lost $126,000 to a crypto scam in five months. Smart People Get Scammed Too tells the true story of Mike and Mary — a financially savvy couple who were targeted by an organized AI investment fraud operation that used free classes, fake trading platforms, and a sophisticated community to steal their retirement savings. Their paid-off car. Their camper. And nearly their home. This isn’t a story about careless people making obvious mistakes. It’s a story about how professional scammers use ...

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.

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.

Elderly Parent Caregiver Guide is the ultimate guide for adult children who are or will become their parents’ caregivers. Filled with valuable information and ideas, this book offers hope, support, and plenty of practical advice for anyone caring for their elderly parents. As the author guides you through the maze of caregiving, she shares her knowledge as a nurse and examples from her own journey of caregiving for her elderly parents.

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits–an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes–had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance...

The unforgettable, sharply funny dementia novel readers are calling “heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure.” “Maggie is a masterpiece of chaos.” "Tom broke my heart, then made me laugh out loud.” “A beautifully honest story.” It starts, as these things often do, with small slips. A misplaced remote. A teapot given away to a postman. A trolley “adopted” from Tesco Express. But Maggie Harris has never done anything by halves - so her dementia arrives with full-blown mayhem: five-hour bus trips to places she doesn’t recognise, late-night wanderings, supermarket ...

A comprehensive, compassionate guide for navigating end-of-life financial decisions for an aging parent or other loved one—from an award-winning journalist who is also a Certified Financial Planner Have you just gotten the dreaded phone call—a parent or loved one has taken a turn for the...

Your parent is hundreds of miles away. You love them. You worry about them. And you are trying to figure out how to be a good son or daughter — a real caregiver — without the ability to simply be there. Caregiving from 1,000 Miles Away is the complete, practical, emotionally honest guide that long-distance caregivers have been looking for: a real playbook for managing aging parents remotely, from the first recognition that something needs to change through the assembly of a care team, the navigation of medical and legal systems, the handling of emergencies and sibling dynamics, the ...

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.

Have you started to provide care for your parents, or see a time not far off when you might need to, but don’t know what steps you should be taking next ? This practical guide will help you work out what information you need to gather from your parents in order for you to help them with all parts of their life, including financial, legal and domestic matters. It will show you what documents you need in place to be able to make decisions on their behalf when this time comes and where to get them from. It will also get you thinking about the best ways you can help care for your parents, and...

What happens when the child becomes the caregiver, and no one ever told you how to survive it? Millions of adult children are silently overwhelmed as their parents age. You're juggling appointments, medications, financial decisions, and the invisible weight of guilt, grief, and emotional exhaustion. Maybe you’re grieving a parent who’s still physically here, or feeling lost between duty and burnout. Perhaps you’re losing pieces of yourself while trying to hold everyone else together. When Parents Age is not a checklist. It’s a deeply human survival guide for your heart, your mind, ...

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 ...

This audiobook covers a broad series of topics, including dealing with dementia, guilt, changing independence, managing end-of-life decisions, navigating the healthcare system, and what to do when a cognitively impaired parent becomes involved in a new romantic and sexual relationship. New topics added to this edition include legalized marijuana, medically assisted dying, and dealing with scams.

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the...