- 339 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
About this book
This book is a "must read" for anyone who is presently caring for their aging parents, anyone who will eventually care for their aging parents or anyone planning on growing older. The author brings her decades of professional experiences as a psychotherapist, an attorney, a coach and a daughter to this book. She simultaneously chronicles her own heart-warming and touching journey as well as providing a comprehensive guide on doing effective family caregiving in the 21st century. Many report feeling "deeply understood" reading this book as they resonated with the candid revelations of the author's inner struggles. Others find hers "a sane voice in a difficult world." You will not be disappointed with reading the dilemmas, insights and decisions told in "My Story," as you see what can be learned from this expert's mistakes as well as her successes.
Jane Wolf Frances offers many valuable tips and insights as she guides you from the beginning of the POPcycle, as she's termed it, all the way to the end of her own parents' lives. Whether you're one of the 75 million Americans who are lucky enough to be "ParentingOurParents," or you're still struggling with overwhelm and confusion, you'll need to know what's being offered here. You will learn how you can:
read the signs your parents need help; have "the talk" with your folks; make crucial decisions to get the maximum benefits available;enroll more family to be on the team; balance the elements in the new life you're taking on as ParentingOurParents will change your life;transform the remarkable challenges of role reversals - legal, emotional, practical, residential - into a true journey of love.
Jane Wolf Frances offers many valuable tips and insights as she guides you from the beginning of the POPcycle, as she's termed it, all the way to the end of her own parents' lives. Whether you're one of the 75 million Americans who are lucky enough to be "ParentingOurParents," or you're still struggling with overwhelm and confusion, you'll need to know what's being offered here. You will learn how you can:
read the signs your parents need help; have "the talk" with your folks; make crucial decisions to get the maximum benefits available;enroll more family to be on the team; balance the elements in the new life you're taking on as ParentingOurParents will change your life;transform the remarkable challenges of role reversals - legal, emotional, practical, residential - into a true journey of love.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1 Finding Out Our Parents Need Someone to Help Them
- 2 Choosing POPāor Not
- 3 Entering POP in the Middle of a Crisis
- 4 Learning More Than We Wanted to Know
- 5 Doing and Undoing Paperwork
- 6 Facing Down the Life-and-Death Mission of POPāTheirs and Yours
- 7 Discovering Our Parents May Need to Leave Home
- 8 Finding the Best Fit for Our Parentsā New Home
- 9 Dealing with All Our Parentsā Stuff
- 10 Settling Our Parents into Their New Lives
- 11 Trying to Make a Permanent POPlan
- 12 Expecting the Unexpected When Weāre Doing POP
- 13 Turning POP into Our Giant Do-Over
- 14 Waiting as Our Parents Become Frailer, Weaker, Smaller,and Maybe Worse
- 15 Doing the Only Thing Left
- 16 Letting Go of the Beloved Parents Weāve Parented
- 17 When POP Is Over and We Need to Launch Our New Lives
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Suggested Reading
- Index
- About the Author