Senior Moments

By Jacqueline D. Byrd

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976954508
• ISBN13: 9780976954507
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Byrd & Byrd, LLC
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An Elder Law Attorney and Columnist's Advice to Seniors and their Caregivers

"Senior Moments," subtitled "A book for seniors and those who love them," by Jacqueline D. Byrd (Byrd & Byrd, 2005), is based on the author's weekly "Senior Moments" column, originally written for two Maryland newspapers. Mrs. Byrd is more Baby Boomer than Senior Citizen, but as an attorney specializing in Elder Law, she is eminently qualified to advise seniors and caregivers on various issues such as estate planning, health care, senior housing, and other challenges ranging from how to tell when it's time to stop driving, how to avoid scams and frauds, and how to recognize and deal with elder abuse to how to remain active and stay happy into old age. This book is full of valuable information; the author cites and quotes various experts on aging and legal issues, and includes a detailed table of contents that makes finding specific topics and resources easy. The final chapter is more personal as Byrd discusses her own "extraordinary" mother and grandchildren and her coming sixtieth birthday. There, she contemplates "the realities and the mystery and blessing of growing older." There are many opportunities for seniors, but, writes Jackie Byrd, some seniors won't consider volunteering at a senior center, moving to assisted living when it's needed, or joining senior activity groups because "old people are there.. . . So, unneeded, they waste away, full of sadness and regret, feeling misunderstood and unloved." Anyone who reads Byrd's book carefully and heeds her advice can avoid such a fate.

Senior Moments by Debbie Byrd

I own this book and have read it. It is a wonderful resource for us older Americans, as well as their children and other relatives.