The Caregiver's Survival Handbook: How to Care for Your Aging Parent Without Losing Yourself
- ISBN-10
- 0399529985
- ISBN-13
- 9780399529986
- Category
- Self-Help
- Pages
- 263
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- Alexis Abramson, Mary Anne Dunkin
Description
A practical handbook for women confronting the problems of caring for an aging parent explains how to deal with the changing parent/child roles, foster aging parents' independence, get help from other family members, find time for oneself, and balance work, family, and caregiving responsibilities. Original.
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