When Your Aging Parent Needs Care

Practical Help for This Season of Life

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

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.

Table of contents

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