CRRL Health: When Your Parents Are Getting Older

Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers at Home

by Lambert, Amanda

Book - 2018

If hiring an in-home caregiver for yourself or an older parent is a possibility, check out this guide to help you determine what kind of care is needed and lead you through the hiring process. If hiring an in-home caregiver for yourself or an older parent is a possibility, check out this guide to help you determine what kind of care is needed and lead you through the hiring process. Show less

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Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

[a Memoir]

by Chast, Roz

Book - 2014

Biting, occasionally dark humor in graphic novel form from the loving and frustrated daughter whose parents didn't want to talk about the inevitable. Biting, occasionally dark humor in graphic novel form from the loving and frustrated daughter whose parents didn't want to talk about the inevitable. Show less

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The Caregiver's Survival Handbook

How to Care for your Aging Parent Without Losing Yourself

by Abramson, Alexis

Book - 2004

Written particularly for those family members, often women, who take on caregiver roles and need emotional support themselves. Written particularly for those family members, often women, who take on caregiver roles and need emotional support themselves. Show less

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The Complete Eldercare Planner

Where to Start, Which Questions to Ask, and How to Find Help

by Loverde, Joy

Book - 2009

From housing to medicine to money issues, this book lays out the questions families must face together. From housing to medicine to money issues, this book lays out the questions families must face together. Show less

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Eldercare 101

A Practical Guide to Later Life Planning, Care, and Wellbeing

by Saavedra, Mary Jo

Book - 2016

A guide to all aspects of aging, including end-of-life issues, that will help both those who are preparing well in advance, along with those who have to make quick decisions. A guide to all aspects of aging, including end-of-life issues, that will help both those who are preparing well in advance, along with those who have to make quick decisions. Show less

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The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers

Looking After Yourself and your Family While Helping An Aging Parent

by Jacobs, Barry J.

Book - 2006

This book uniquely addresses the more emotional as well practical concerns by crafting its questions and answers to go with the fictional narrative of a pair of sisters who are helping their mother, a cancer patient. This book uniquely addresses the more emotional as well practical concerns by crafting its questions and answers to go with the fictional narrative of a pair of sisters who are helping their mother, a cancer patient. Show less

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How to Care for Aging Parents

A One-stop Resource for All your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues

by Morris, Virginia

Book - 2014

A manual that covers a lot of ground and is broken into manageable sections. A bestseller of its kind, it is recommended by the AARP. A manual that covers a lot of ground and is broken into manageable sections. A bestseller of its kind, it is recommended by the AARP. Show less

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Necessary Conversations Between Families and Their Aging Parents

by Kaufman, Gerald W.

Book - 2017

Family counselors give advice on how to have those necessary, difficult conversations before a crisis hits. Family counselors give advice on how to have those necessary, difficult conversations before a crisis hits. Show less

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Stages of Senior Care

Your Step-by-step Guide to Making the Best Decisions

by Hogan, Paul

Book - 2009

The people behind "Home Instead" home care company lay out advice and answer questions about how to make decisions on care as time goes on. The people behind "Home Instead" home care company lay out advice and answer questions about how to make decisions on care as time goes on. Show less

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Strength for the Sandwich Generation

Help to Thrive While Simultaneously Caring for Our Kids and Our Aging Parents

by Bertini, Kristine

eBook - 2011

Caregiving is difficult if it's for "only" one person, but, when caught between two sets of people with very different needs--possibly while try...Show more Caregiving is difficult if it's for "only" one person, but, when caught between two sets of people with very different needs--possibly while trying to hold another job, it can sometimes seem unbearable. But others have done what you are undertaking, and your journey can be made easier with their wisdom. Show less

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They're your Parents, Too!

How Siblings Can Survive Their Parents' Aging Without Driving Each Other Crazy

by Russo, Francine

Book - 2010

Grown kids acting like, well, kids when their parents really need them is an all too common problem. Grown kids acting like, well, kids when their parents really need them is an all too common problem. Show less

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Caring for An Aging Parent : Reflections and Advice

by Chearney, Lee Ann

Book - 1998

With her 65-year-old mother living in a nursing home due to Parkinsons and her 85-year-old grandmother living independently, the author had a unique perspective on how to keep caring under different circumstances. With her 65-year-old mother living in a nursing home due to Parkinsons and her 85-year-old grandmother living independently, the author had a unique perspective on how to keep caring under different circumstances. Show less

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Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old?

Plan Now to Safeguard your Health and Happiness in Old Age

by Loverde, Joy

Book - 2017

If you don't have children or close friends who are willing to help you as you get older, you still need a plan. This book equips readers to prepare for medical, financial, and health decisions on their own. If you don't have children or close friends who are willing to help you as you get older, you still need a plan. This book equips readers to prepare for medical, financial, and health decisions on their own. Show less

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http://www.elderhelpers.org/

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A non-profit that matches background-checked volunteers with seniors in need of assistance. A non-profit that matches background-checked volunteers with seniors in need of assistance. Show less

How to hire in-home help when your aging parents don’t want to move

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/dont-want-move-hiring-home-help/

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PBS gives an overview of the problems and solutions possible when parents want to stay at home but do need help. Links to resources. PBS gives an overview of the problems and solutions possible when parents want to stay at home but do need help. Links to resources. Show less

SeniorNavigator: A Virginia Navigator Web Site

http://www.seniornavigator.org/

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If you need to find services or advice on caring for elderly friends or relatives, this is a good place to start. If you need to find services or advice on caring for elderly friends or relatives, this is a good place to start. Show less

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