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A compendium of family scenarios for those dealing with the guilt, worry, and difficult decisions that come with eldercare.
Is it time for your aging father to stop driving?
How can you balance your career opportunities with your mother's care needs?
Can your parents cope on their own?
Is it time for long-term care? Given their reluctance, is that even an option?
Millions of people are dealing with aging parents and are stunned with the complexities and demands of their care. As demographics change and societies adapt, that caring — that parenting — isn't getting any simpler.
In the fourth edition of this eldercare classic, advocate Bart J. Mindszenthy and geriatrician Dr. Michael Gordon present twenty-seven case studies of families working through the eldercare puzzle. With new scenarios covering legalized marijuana and medically assisted dying, this revised and updated edition of Parenting Your Parents makes the case for good planning, family unity, and being aware of your loved ones' health.
With the help of Gordon and Mindszenthy's expert advice, care providers are able to shed guilt and worry and become confident that they have done all they could to make their parents' latter years as fulfilling and comfortable as possible.
Contents
Family Case Studies
1. Control: Laying on the Guilt Trip
2. Surgery: Weighing the Odds
3. Independence: Helping Parents Live Their Lives
4. Breaking the Mould: The Rebellious Grandmother
5. Tapping the Human Spirit: It Is Never Too Late to Create
6. Substance Abuse: Drinking All Day Keeps Reality Away
7. Sexuality, Romance, and the Family: When Children Worry about Their Parents
8. Culture Clash: Pitting Values Against Needs
9. The Conflicted Single Child: A Confusing Battle of Priorities
10. The Stroke: Sudden Challenges and Changes
11. Dementia and Depression: Reading the Signs
12. Advancing Dementia: When Life Gets More Difficult
13. Technology: Opening New Avenues of Care Management
14. Scams: Seniors Beware
15. Navigating the Health Care System:
Knowing How to Get the Help You Need
16. We're on Our Own: How to Plan for the Future
17. Decision Time: Planning for the Inevitable
18. When Love and the Law Conflict: Who's Right, Who Has the Right?
19. End of Life: Caring and Sharing
20. Cannabis Concerns: Is Marijuana Only for the Young?
21. The New World of MAID: Moral and Personal Dilemma
22. The Difficulties of Decision-Making: Deciding What Treatments Make the Most Sense
23. Moving On: Living Life without a Loved One
24. Being Sandwiched: Parenting Your Parents and Your Children
Our Own Experiences
A Time of Trauma Sets the Stage for Years of Hurt, Hope, and Endings by Bart Mindszenthy
More than the Birds and the Bees: Having "the Conversation" with Your Parent by Dr. Michael Gordon
Roz and Max by Dr. Michael Gordon
Now It's My Turn: When Parenting Your Parents Reaches the Next Cycle by Dr. Michael Gordon
Appendix
Vulnerability Index: How Are Your Parents Right Now?
