Frail Elders and the Wounded Caregiver

By Thelma J. Lofquist

This is a direct approach to the realities of providing care for the frail elderly. Whether you are providing care for a family member with whom you have never had a good relationship or for a spouse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0832304832
• ISBN13: 9780832304835
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Binford & Mort Pub
• Length: 81 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Takes the reader through the dilemmas of elder care

Section 1 sets the tone for this book:"Just because you're old, doesn't mean you'reA. NiceB. Easy to care forC. Easy to get along with"Taking the reader through the many dilemmas of caring for the elderly - finding help, nurturing the caregiver and finally designing one's own aging makes these eighty-one pages a valuable guide.Suggestions for designing our own aging include first, deciding the way we want to be - this is done by following the good mental and physical health habits that we know. Then we should practice making changes, we should make some written plans, look at long-term custodial care insurance policies, write letters to ourselves, make living wills and leave letters for family members.After giving careful consideration to these suggestions Dr. Lofquist says "Forget it. We have no way of knowing the future. We can live in the moment. That's all we have anyway."Ilene Holmgren, church librarian