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The Eldercare Handbook: Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions
Product Description
▼▲In this accessible book, she helps readers navigate the daunting logistics and powerful emotions of making care decisions for a loved one. She tackles all the tough issues, from spotting the warning signs of dementia to redefining sibling roles; from the all-important walk-through at the assisted living facility or nursing home to making the move; from when and how to visit to coping with demands of "Take me home!" She also demystifies the medical/legal/insurance maze.
Product Information
▼▲| Title: The Eldercare Handbook: Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions By: Stella Mora Henry R.N. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Vendor: HarperCollins | Publication Date: 2006 Weight: 9 ounces ISBN: 0060776919 ISBN-13: 9780060776916 Stock No: WW76919 |
Publisher's Description
▼▲Author Bio
▼▲Stella Mora Henry, R.N., is an eldercare specialist and the cofounder of Vista del Sol Care Center in Culver City, California. She has been featured in Time, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and on NPR.
Ann Convery has written for numerous magazines. This is her second book.
Editorial Reviews
▼▲. . .analytical and caring, professional and compassionate. . . [this] is a book for our times. - Henry Cisneros, former Mayor of San Antonio and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
a must-read for adult children of aging parents - Rosalie Sederoff Gotz, Director, Culver City Senior Center
Whether you are a caregiver today or are likely to be in the future, this is the book you will want to have to see you through the many questions, problems, and emotional issues associated with caring for a loved one. - Monika White, Ph.D., M.S.W., C.M.C., Senior Research Associate, USC Andrus Gerontology Center in Los Angeles
This is the book you will want. - Monika White, Ph.D., M.S.W., C.M.C., Senior Research Associate, USC Andrus Gerontology Center in Los Angeles
The Eldercare Handbook is a must-read for adult children of aging parents. - Rosalie Sederoff Gotz, Director, Culver City Senior Center
Moving and compassionate. . . .I wish that this book had been available to me when I needed it. - Judy Wunsch, Director of Volunteers, Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
I will be recommending The Eldercare Handbook to the families I work with, and to nursing home staff. - D.A. Brechtelsbauer, M.D., C.M.D., Director of Geriatrics Training, Center for Family Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Board Member, American Medical Directors Association
realistic and concise - Richard Wolfe, M.S., Chair of Caregiver and Kinship Committee of the Los Angeles Department of Aging; Certified Health Care and Operations Risk Manager, CSL
This is the most complete and up-to-date book I have read on caregiving and placement issues. - David W. Trader, M.D., Geriatric Psychiatrist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA
Stella Henrys book expresses the exact issues that I discuss with my patients and their families every day. For a long time, we have been limited in options for references on cognitive impairment--I now regularly recommend this book in my practice. - Wayne S. Saltsman, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Lahey Clinic
Comprehensive and sensitive. . . an excellent introduction to a delicate and difficult problem facing many Latino families. Highly recommended. - Criticas (starred review)
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