How to Care for Aging Parents: A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues

by Virginia B. Morris

Book Overview

The book that answers all the questions you hoped you'd never have to ask.

Hailed as "an excellent resource" by the Family Caregiver Alliance, How to Care for Aging Parents is an indispensable source of information and support.

Now completely revised and updated, this compassionate, comprehensive caregiver's bible tackles all the touch subjects, from how to avoid becoming your parent's "parent," to understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761166769
• ISBN13: 9780761166764
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A MUST READ - and great gift for those family and friends

Initially, I picked up an earlier edition at nearby yard sale. I kept it because I have older family members that I wanted to see how I might help. Bought 2 different editions, one most current and one older to give as gifts to my family member's adult children. I have also strongly recommended book to friends that might need to rally round their siblings when addressing parents issues. Did you know - 57% of abuse of elderly is by family member? Just because someone is 'being taken care of' doesn't mean it is according to their wishes. So if latest edition is not available, older editions are still valuable.

One of the best books around

As part of my research for building caring.com, I read six eldercare handbooks and found Virginia's one of the very best. The tone is practical and compassionate, and every subject is covered in depth. She knows firsthand about the challenges of taking care of a sick parent, and her book will help you get through them.

Excellent guide to tough questions

Virginia Morris' book "How to Care For Aging Parents" is the essential reference book for anyone who is or will be caring for the elderly. It is clearly written, carefully researched and thoroughly indexed to provide quick access to all questions. As a psychotherapist I keep this book close at hand to help unsnarl any issues with or about the aging population.

Highly recommended and very helpful

This is a wonderful book, and will be helpful for anyone facing the inevitable issue of parents or other relatives growing older and needing care of any kind. Easy to read through, as I have just done, it is also a wonderful resource to pull off the shelf as these issues manifest, from talking to your parents about what needs to be discussed as soon as possible, to knowing when to intervene and when to get out of the way, what questions to ask whom, and what to expect. Information about contacts and agencies is liberally sprinkled throughout the book, and a helpful index at the back helps you to find whatever you need at a moment's notice. An initial read-through makes you familiar with what the book has to offer, making it more familiar as the needs arise. Highly recommended.

Finally, something I can really use!

Caring for my father and now my mother, this book saved me emotionally.I just don't know what I would have done without it. Open at any point and is easily understandable, a real tool with real solutions. Desperate friend calls it her Bible. Easily read,perfectly organized, concise, not cluttered where you have to dig for answers. It has everything, not just medical aspects. I can't say enough other than please just try it.

Tremendously helpful during a difficult time

This book helped me tremendously as I stuggled through a difficult time being both a parent to my children and having to care for an ill parent. The book is easy to use with helpful information and resources, as well as being emotionally supportive. Easily read, not cover to cover, but as I needed help and support at different moments I picked it up. I have kept it next to my bedside...