How to Care for Aging Parents, 3rd Edition: A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues

"A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion," a source of information and support for family caregivers (The Washington Post).Now completely revised and updated, this comprehensive caregiver's bible tackles all the touch subjects, from how to avoid becoming your parent's "parent," to understanding what happens to the body in old age, to getting help finding, and paying for, a nursing home.When love is not enough—and regrettably, it never is—this is the essential guide.Help for every difficult issue:Knowing when to interveneCoping with dementiaCaring for the caregiverThe question of drivingPaying for long-term careSharing the care with siblingsCaregiving from a distanceHome care vs. a nursing homeThe hospice option"Indispensable!" —AARP"A must-read . . . [Morris] thoroughly addresses the subject. . . . Her frank approach manages to be both compassionate and direct." —Publishers Weekly, starred review Read more