Title:
The caregiver's companion : caring for your loved one medically, financially and emotionally while caring for yourself / Carolyn A. Brent, MBA.
ISBN:
9780373893096
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Don Mills, Ontario, Canada : Harlequin, [2015]
Physical Description:
xiv, 225 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Introduction: Talk early, talk often: my caregiver story -- When should you step in? -- Caring for your loved one at home -- Moving your aging loved one into an assisted-living facility or a nursing home -- Emergencies and life-or-death decisions -- Hospice care for the end of life -- Crucial emotional conversations -- Crucial financial conversations -- How to have crucial conversations when your aging loved one is resistant -- Crucial legal conversations -- Taking care of yourself when you are a caregiver -- The caregiver's cheat sheet.
Summary:
People today are not only living longer, they are also living sicker-- making aging and caring for elderly loved ones more complicated than ever before. Brent provides a comprehensive, straightforward handbook to help family caregivers with sibling and parent-child communication, end-of-life decision making, and guidance for how to help a loved one medically, financially, and emotionally.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
ocn881447340
Availability:
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