Caregiving: Helping an Aging Loved One
For many years, you have had someone older looking out for you, making sure you are safe, fed, and taken care of. Now it’s your chance to return the favor! This book will show you the many ways you can help the elderly in your community.
This information-packed, medically up-to-date guide is filled with ways to keep an older person safe and comfortable at home, handle medical emergencies, locate social services, and more.
Examines and clarifies the role of adult children as service providers to elderly parents. Drawing upon extensive interviews with elderly parents and adult children, the author describes how each group...
By providing descriptions of the experiences of thirty rural Minnesota women, often in their own words, this timely and topical book examines the expectations, beliefs and values of the women as they grow old in rural America.
The guide the author wishes she had when she took on a caretaker role.By 2020, the senior population in this country will number over 115 million.
Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family ...
Whether it is coping with serious illness, seeking in-home assistance or considering a nursing home, Dr. Halpern discusses all the options. He explains how to understand the aging process, how...
Helping the Aging Family: A Guide for Professionals and Families
Home Health Care for the Aged: How to Help Older People Stay in Their Own Homes and Out of Institutions