Download or read book The Unheard Voice of the Aging Parent written by Barb Kaplan and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our purpose in writing this book is to share our clinical experiences in working with seniors and elderly patients and their adult children. The primary emphasis is on how the parent uses his or her therapy to resolve conflicts in their relationships with their middle aged children. The literature already speaks volumes about how the adult child feels and behaves during the latter years of their parents' lives, however our book represents the voice of the elderly parent, which prior to this, has gone unheard. The information in our book is not only useful to the elderly parent and adult child, but it also informs the audience of mental health professionals who treat this population.
Download or read book Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents written by Cheryl A. Kuba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving dependent care receivers a voice. Caregivers will be made aware of what care receivers truly want during life's final chapters. Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal care and death, Cheryl Kuba has created a testament to the dependent elderly. This book draws on numerous interviews with aging people and discusses common caregiver mistakes and interpretations, what a caregiver should expect when an aging parent moves in, and how to care for an aging parent from afar. Kuba also delves into such phenomena as guilt, role reversal, changing family dynamics, financial stress, and caring for oneself while caring for another. The 22.4 million elderly people being cared for in the United States comprises the fastest growing segment of the population, making this reference on the opinions and concerns of care receivers invaluable.
Download or read book You and Your Aging Parent written by Barbara Silverstone and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-27 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1976, You and Your Aging Parent is a classic--the first book to shed light on the challenging relationship between adult children and their aging parents, illuminating the emotional, health, and financial difficulties that elderly parents and their children face during the senior years.Marking the 30th anniversary of this highly popular book, the new and revised edition addresses the changes that have taken place in the last three decades, but it still embraces the authors' fundamental insight--that the difficulties and challenges of the aging process are as much a family affair as in any other phase of life. Both a sensitive exploration of the dynamics of the aging family relationship (between parent and child, and sibling and sibling) and an authoritative how-to guide for seniors and their families navigating the practical problems of growing old in America, You and Your Aging Parent has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research findings and changes affecting older adults, including in health care and social services. The book also includes a running commentary by Bob Morris--playwright, author, and humorist--who provides insightful and entertaining observations about his trials and tribulations with his own parents as they aged, serving as a contemporary voice for the middle-aged caregiver of today.As the first of the baby boom generation turns 60 and their increasingly frail parents approach late retirement and final decline, this new and updated edition of You and Your Aging Parent will answer their need for authoritative, practical information about this major phase of life.
Download or read book Post Traumatic Stress Theory written by John Harvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few phenomena are as widely experienced across different individuals, cultures, and contexts as that of traumatic stress. Whether as victims, perpetrators, supporters or simply observers, most people can identify to some extent with the psychological and physical consequences produced by traumatic events. This text examines the nature of traumatic stress, the contexts in which it occurs, and the needs and coping strategies of its survivors. Topics include the survivors of rape, soldiers of war, and the nature of coping with loss or trauma in old age. Furthermore, the roles of culture, social support, and more formal organizations in the ongoing process of overcoming trauma are explored as the text details the nature of traumatic experiences, the needs of survivors, and the challenges faced by those who wish to support and help those survivors.
Download or read book The All Home Care Matters Official Family Caregivers Guide written by Lance A. Slatton and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EMBARK ON A COMPASSIONATE JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR LOVED ONE'S TWILIGHT YEARS At the heart of every family is the profound bond shared with our aging parents, a bond that becomes both clearer and more delicate as the sunset of their lives approaches. "The All Home Care Matters Official Family Caregivers' Guide" is a beacon of wisdom, meant to guide you through the complexities and emotional tides of becoming a caregiver. This pivotal guide is your ally, from witnessing the early signs of your parents needing assistance to managing the crescendo of their medical and emotional needs. Delve into Chapter 1, "Recognizing the Shifts," where you'll learn to spot the early indicators pointing to your parents' need for care, setting the stage to initiate that all-important conversation with empathy and foresight. Transitioning to Chapter 2, "The Basics of Caregiving," equips you with the knowledge to understand your role and set expectations that honor both you and your parents. Legal and financial planning steps appear in Chapter 3, presenting essential documents and benefit navigation as pillars of your caregiving foundation. Discover within Chapter 4 the heart and soul of the caregiver's emotional journey, as you learn to gracefully handle role reversals and resistance. The practical wisdom flows into health and medical needs in Chapter 5, ensuring routine care and emergency response become second nature to you. The valuable At-Home Care Strategies of Chapter 6 offer actionable advice for creating a safe and nurturing home environment. As the pages turn, you'll be methodically prepared for the eventuality of assisted living, home care, and end-of-life considerations, and-most importantly-maintaining your well-being through the chapters dedicated to avoiding burnout, seeking support, and staying connected. With comprehensive resource directories and checklists, this book is not merely a guide but a companion on your journey. Empathetic and empowering, "The All Home Care Matters Official Family Caregivers' Guide" is your transformative guide for honoring your parent's golden years with dignity, love, and unwavering support. Embrace the path ahead with confidence - your odyssey of care awaits.
Download or read book Give Your Parents a Standing Ovation written by Gybrilla Ballard-Blakes and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a child, they read you bedtime stories and tucked you in. As a teenager, they gave you advice on your latest crush, mean teachers and how to drive safely. Now you're all grown, and they need you.... Many people are faced with the challenges of caring for an aging parent or loved one. This book explores some of the challenges of caring for aging parents and offers tips and solutions for the caregiver. How do you handle the role reversal? How do you get along with other family members? What resources are available to help with handling legal and financial issues? What is an important ingredient that all successful caregivers must have? This book also offers special resources for caregivers whose parents have Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. In Give Your Parents a Standing Ovation, Ballard-Blakes shares her testament of faith through her journey as a caregiver for her parents. From her early life as the tenth of twelve children, she always stepped in when it came to helping her parents or any elderly person. Dr. Gybrilla Ballard-Blakes is living proof that being a caregiver doesn't have to stress you out.
Download or read book Ex Acute written by Dr. Josh Luke and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Former Hospital CEO tells all on Whats Wrong with American Healthcare What every American needs to know is a tell-all book revealing health-care industry secrets to explain concepts and advise how to survive in Americas ever-changing health-care delivery system. Dr. Luke, a husband and father of three, became a hospital CEO at age thirty-two and spent more than fifteen years in health-care management, questioning misguided incentives along the way. This book is a must read for professionals, adult children caring for seniors, and parents wanting to ensure the best access to health-care services for their children.
Download or read book A Voice Unheard written by Ruth Enns and published by Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood Pub.. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the stigma attached to disabled persons in Canadian society and continues the debate surrounding Robert Latimer and Tracy Latimer. "A Voice Unheard" shows the positive options for Canadians with disabilities and reveals the opinion held by many people with disabilities that death was not Tracy Latimer's only option.
Download or read book Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mid and Later Life written by Scott D. Wright and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together international academics and professionals who are actively researching and working in the field, this pioneering scholarly volume covers the issues faced by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) in mid and later life. Including a range of personal, academic and clinical perspectives, the book considers historical and contemporary perspectives on autism, including diagnosis, developmental outcomes and life course issues. Attention is given to medical, care and psychological issues that arise as people with ASD age, such as declining cognitive function and speech and communication issues. Family, community support, housing, advocacy, and socio-cultural considerations for older adults with ASD are also given careful consideration, and there are chapters on relationship and sexuality issues and on environmental design.
Download or read book Anno Domini Anthology written by Christopher Young and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard Back Addition: The Anthology is a collective of the novels in the anno Domini series bound into one. The idea of convience and savings was my goal. You can have all the works in one book. The previews for each books bound in this single addition can be found right here on this website under this listing. Thank you for your continued support and great emails.
Download or read book Men Giving Care written by Phyllis B. Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is divided into two major parts, the first on husbands and the second on sons, with Chapter 1 providing background for both parts. Chapter 1 gives a brief description of previous research on husbands and sons as caregivers. It also describes the method used to gather information for this study from the 60 men interviewed and outlines the four research questions that guided the study: (1) What is it like for a man to take on a major caregiving role? (2) How does he adapt to and cope with his new functions? (3) What are his motivations for taking on this role? And (4) What, if any, meaning does he derive from this caregiving experience? First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book The Recession and Older Americans written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Say Yes to What s Next written by Lori Allen and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women today are facing so much uncertainty—about life and the future. The need to pivot is stronger than ever, but many of us feel powerless to change or simply don’t know how to take that essential first step. For Lori Allen, business owner, breast cancer survivor, and star of TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, these vital life lessons are the inspiration for her new book. Say Yes to What’s Next is more than just a guide for our best tomorrows, it’s the beginning of a life-makeover movement for women of all ages. Lori Allen’s advice stems from the ups and downs of her personal life: from building one of the biggest and busiest bridal megasalons in the country to navigating her position in the sandwich generation and caring for a husband battling cancer during her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Lori shares her life experiences with confidence, wisdom, and her signature humor to model how today’s women—especially those of us approaching age fifty and beyond—can live out the coming years as the best of our lives. Whether you’re feeling invisible, ignored, or like your voice doesn’t matter, or you’re simply uncertain about what’s next, Lori offers advice on what to do, what not do, and how to see your way through the unexpected. In Say Yes to What’s Next, Lori addresses crucial issues, such as how to pivot, embrace the unexpected, and live out your passion how to practice essential self-care that enriches your mind, body, and spirit how to make space for yourself and your priorities while still being a caring partner, parent, and friend how to maintain a close circle of girlfriends at every age and stage of life how to take charge of your money and attain financial freedom and security Say Yes to What’s Next is a life makeover and therapy session all in one, as Lori helps women from all walks of life shape their futures with confidence, style, and sass. This is your opportunity to get real with yourself, to give yourself the truest form of self-care by putting yourself first. Discover your potential by saying yes to what’s next.
Download or read book School Nursing written by Janice Selekman and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced in cooperation with the National Association of School Nurses, this text includes comprehensive coverage of the multiple facets of school nursing—from the foundations of practice and the roles and functions of a school nurse through episodic and chronic illness and behavioral issues, to legal issues and leading and managing within school settings. Written and edited by school nurses and pediatric experts, it features real-world-tested, best practices based on evidence and experience. There’s content here that you won’t find in other books, such as health assessments, individualized health plan development, mental health conditions including adolescent depression, contemporary legal issues, and current policy statements essential to school nursing.
Download or read book Practicing Anthropology written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grandparenting written by Susan Moore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandparenting: Contemporary Perspectives is one of the first books of its kind to offer a dedicated account of the social and psychological research on this important life stage. Reflecting the contemporary positive approach to ageing, it covers many of the issues that impact the grandparent experience today, such as care-giving and changing family structures, to reveal the health and wellbeing benefits of the grandparent role. It examines biological, psychological, social/ familial, gender, cultural and economic dimensions to map out the current landscape in this emerging field. Moore and Rosenthal draw on quantitative and qualitative, experimental, survey, observation and case study research, including unique data on grandfathers. They examine how people respond to the challenges and possibilities of grandparenting, and how this influences intergenerational relationships and adapting to growing older. The book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date evidence base for students in health, sociology and psychology and those interested in gerontology and the lifespan.
Download or read book 13 Things Rich People Won t Tell You written by Jennifer Merritt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you read about the janitor who donated $1 million dollars to his local library? Do you ever watch in amazement as your well-off boss haggles over the price of a tuna fish sandwich? Is it possible to find an advisor to help you invest your money—without losing it all to a Bernie Madoff-like con man? In the same spirit of Reader’s Digest magazine’s popular 13 Things They Won’t Tell You series, the editors at America’s Most Trusted Magazine have developed the ultimate roadmap for making the most of your money and avoiding the wallet-sucking scams that are keeping you off Easy Street. We talked to everyday and not-so-everyday rich folks, and to the experts who helped make them rich, to learn their secrets on what to save for, how much to save—and where to stash cash so that it grows (hint: not that bank savings account). We also got their tips for developing “rich guy vision”: The uncanny ability to make financial goals and reach them in five, ten even 20 years—while smartly navigating economic pitfalls and surprises. You’ll learn what services you should be getting for free, how to ask the right questions to get behind-the-scenes deals, and how to “live rich” even on an everyday budget. You’ll stop wasting money, blowing your budget (or flying blind without one), and getting scammed. This book will enlighten you, horrify you, and give you a whole new perspective on when to spend and when to stash it deep in your pockets. Inside you’ll discover countless eye-opening strategies for: Saving and investing. The savvy tricks you need to know to grow your money wisely—from branching out beyond your 401K to getting tax breaks you didn’t know you deserved. Plus: what the IRS, stockbrokers, and bankers won’t tell you. House and home. All the tips your rich neighbors might not want you to know, including: smart versus stupid renovations; smart ways to increase your home’s value; advice on first and second mortgages; buying and selling your home. Plus, what your mortgage lender and real estate agent won’t tell you. The Household Budget: How to build a budget that lets you “live rich” while saving. Topics include smart vs. stupid splurges; online budget tools and calculators; tips for saving on utilities, gasoline, groceries and car repairs. College planning. Some of the most famous rich people in the country (Mark Zuckerberg, anyone?) are also famous for dropping out of college. You’ll get out-of-the-box thinking about the value of private versus public universities; 529 plans; loans, scholarships, and financial aid; advice from college admissions officers. Of course, millionaires also tell us how they made money by following their hearts and doing what they love—and you can approach your kids’ education with that in mind. Plus: what your scholarship and test-prep services, financial planner, and student-loan company won’t tell you. Retirement. How the rich really want to spend their golden years, and the clever ways they seed the ground now to ensure their retirement dreams bloom and flourish later. Plus what your 401(k) manager, pension plan, and financial planner won’t tell you. Along the way, you’ll discover top savings strategies for clipping coupons and hunting down bargains, how to pass Go and collect the big salaries, and the biggest mistakes that cost the rich their fortunes. With this handy companion, you’ll have all the savvy, patience, and smarts you’ll ever need to get ahead—and stay there.
