When Your Aging Parent Needs Care
eBook - PDF

When Your Aging Parent Needs Care

Practical Help for This Season of Life

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  1. 306 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

When Your Aging Parent Needs Care

Practical Help for This Season of Life

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About this book

In nearly a quarter of households in the US, someone is caring for an elderly parent. Authors Candy Arrington and Kim Atchley draw from their personal experiences to speak to and support those who face the challenges of caring for a parent. With compassion and guidance, Arrington and Atchley partner with readers to help a parent with limited mobility, memory, ability, and resources draw from the wisdom of Scripture for sustenance understand the elderly parent's perspective on giving up control, illness, and aging effectively organize forms, prescriptions, care, housing, and finances find personal balance by nurturing their own health, faith, and family What begins as a way to honor those they love becomes, for many, a confusing and stressful time. This resource of hope provides caregivers with the support and direction they need to be spiritually, physically, and emotionally prepared for what they face day by day.

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Information

Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9780736947350
Edition
0
Topic
Theology & Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Welcome to the High Wire: Balancing Your Life with Caregiving
  10. 2. Assessing Your Juggling Act: Relationships and Caregiving Dynamics
  11. 3. Understanding and Caring for the Primary Caregiver: Caregiving Roles
  12. 4. Long-Distance Caregiving: Managing Across the Miles
  13. 5. A Survival Manual: How to Set Up a Primary Caregiver’s Notebook
  14. 6. The Essential Back-Up Plan: Formulating a Plan for a Caregiver in Crisis
  15. 7. Interacting with Practitioners: Developing Effective Perspectives
  16. 8. Effective Communication: Breaking Communication Barriers and Understanding Personality Types
  17. 9. Confronting High-Tension Issues: Addressing Difficult Topics
  18. 10. Mobility Assistance and Obstacle Courses: Aiding Safe Ambulation
  19. 11. Navigating the DMV and Avoiding Treacherous Travel: Transportation Challenges
  20. 12. Finding Healthy Perspectives: Nurturing Emotional Stability—Yours and Theirs
  21. 13. Which Hat Are You Wearing Today?: The Flexible Mind-set of Multiple Roles
  22. 14. When Home Care Isn’t the Best Care: Lifestyle and Care Options
  23. 15. Money Management: Becoming Involved in Your Parents’ Finances
  24. 16. Ear Trumpets and Spectacles: Hearing and Vision Changes
  25. 17. Cognitive Decline: Facing Fears and Learning Facts
  26. 18. Social Needs: Understanding Your Parents’ Need for Companionship
  27. 19. Mental and Spiritual Health: Dealing with Depression and Encouraging Spiritual Connection
  28. 20. Seeing a New Horizon: Coping as Death Approaches
  29. 21. Stepping onto Shore: Making the Transition When Your Caregiving Role Ends
  30. 22. Medical Office Procedures (MOPs)
  31. 23. Forms
  32. 24. Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Kim’s Vision
  33. Endnotes
  34. Other books to encourage you on your care-giving journey