Fourteen Friends' Guide to Eldercaring: Practical Advice, Inspiration, Shared Experiences, Space for Your Thoughts

By Fourteen Friends LLC

As featured on "The Today Show," "Diane Rehm Show, and "Jim Lehrer Newshour"--this book is like a good friend, offering practical advice, great resources, personal experiences and understanding to all... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767906004
• ISBN13: 9780767906005
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Broadway
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

This book is practical, informative, and uplifiting.

This book gives practical advice and guidance to caregivers of both the elderly and others requiring on-going care. In addition, the book gives positive encouragement and uplifiting thoughts. It would have helped me in the past and I know it will help me in the future. Every family seems to be facing caregiving situations these days. This book will help!

Great book to help deal with the stress of caregiving

A superior book to help all ages deal with the feelings associated with caregiving to aging parents. It is a guide to help deal with the non-system of healthcare, healthcare financing, and disjointed services. The key contribution of the book is the interactive format which encourages recording of vital information prior to the time that it is needed in crisis. The 14 friends have made a great contribution of their own experiences and honestly shared emotions to help guide others through tough times. The book is be a must read for all people facing the care of parents. After you read it you will be comforted by the clear understanding that you are not alone and there are sources of help!

Inspiring in so many ways.

This book gives advice on both practical aspects of caring forthe eldery and the more emotional aspect of understanding theiractions. I found that I made quite a few realizations about the behavior of my grandparents (any one of which would have made the book worth my time). The section for recording information such as "Grocery stores that deliver" gave me great ideas about ways to improve their access to things they need. There are so many little things that make a huge impact on our elderly loved ones. This book gives great suggestions. I highly recommend it.

if you are caring for elderly parents, this book is a must

This book affords those caring for parents the wisdom of those who have been through it and is an essential resource for those of us finding all of a sudden that our parents need us. It affords important info re sources of help, important advice as to how to overcome the emotional problems so inherent in caring for elderly parents' needs, and it imparts experiences that everyone in our generation is in the same boat and can learn from one another.

Inspiring support for care-givers!

I watched the 14 friends talking with Katie on the Today Show this morning. What an uplifting group of women! Their tips for giving comfort to the elderly and to care-givers was a shot in the arm for me. I highly recommend their book.