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Author(s): Barbara Silverstone; Helen Kandel Hyman; Barbara Silverstone
ISBN(s): 9780198042723, 0198042728
Edition: 4
File Details: PDF, 1.97 MB
Year: 2008
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0198042728 
ISBN 13: 9780198042723
Author: Barbara Silverstone, Helen Kandel Hyman

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.

You and Your Aging Parent A Family Guide to Emotional Social Health and Financial Problems 4th Table of contents:

ONE
Introduction

PART ONE: Taking Stock

TWO
Facing Up to Feelings

  • Feelings That Spark an Emotional Tug of War

  • Special Reactions to Aging

  • Special Reactions to Caregiving

  • What Untouchable, Unresolved Feelings Can Produce

  • Feelings That Can Persist and Those That Change in a New Context

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

THREE
The Family Merry-Go-Round

  • Family Harmony or Family Discord

  • Who’s in Charge?

  • A Permanent Split or a Closer Bond?

  • Money—The Root of Many Evils

  • What About Your Own Family?

  • The Games Older People Play

  • Can Old Patterns Be Reversed?

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

FOUR
What Have They Got to Gain and to Lose?

  • The Gains

  • The Losses

  • Declining Functioning and Physical Health

  • Reduced Social Contacts

  • Fewer Familiar Roles

  • Financial Insecurity

  • Increased Dependency

  • Escalating Mental Health Problems

  • The Gains Versus the Losses and Your Role

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

FIVE
Marriage, Widowhood, Remarriage, and Sex

  • Marital Adjustment in the Retirement Years

  • In Sickness and in Health—for Richer, for Poorer

  • Discord in the ‘‘Golden Years’’

  • Widowhood

  • Remarriage

  • Sex After 65—Myth Versus Reality

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

SIX
Facing the Final Crisis

  • The Conspiracy of Silence

  • Some People Need to Talk about Death

  • Care and Concern for the Dying

  • Telling the Truth to the Dying

  • Should Life Be Prolonged?

  • Advance Directives

  • When the Family Must Decide

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

PART TWO: Taking Steps

SEVEN
Stepping Forward—Helping When They Can Manage and Preparing for When They Can’t

  • ‘‘I’m Okay’’—Those Who Can Manage and Know It

  • The Pseudo-Helpless—Those Who Can Manage but Think They Can’t

  • When to Say No

  • Prepare for the Day When They Can’t Manage

  • Prevention Measures to Facilitate Health and Safety

  • Facing the Dreaded ‘‘What If?’’

  • Living Arrangements—What Are Their Choices?

  • What about Your Own Preparedness?

  • Preparing Does Not Mean Interfering

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

EIGHT
Stepping Up to the Dollars and Sense

  • Social Security

  • Pensions

  • Supplemental Security Income

  • Non-Cash Supplements

  • Reverse Mortgages

  • Who Pays the Medical Bills?

  • Medicare

  • Private Health Insurance

  • Medicaid

  • What Can You Do?

  • Seek Legal Counseling—’’Elder Law’’

  • Pulling Your Plans Together

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

NINE
Stepping In—When They Cannot Manage and You Can Help

  • When You Are Not the Responsible Relative

  • Putting All the Pieces Together: The Assessment and Plan

  • Who Puts All the Pieces Together?

  • The Levels of Care

  • Helping Those with Dementia

  • What Does the Community Have to Offer?

  • What if They Won’t Be Helped—by You or Anyone Else?

  • ‘‘Managing Well’’

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

TEN
Stepping Back—When They Cannot Manage and Neither Can You

  • The Home Care Alternative When You Cannot Manage

  • The Geriatric Care Manager

  • The Nursing Home Alternative

  • Selecting a Nursing Home

  • Becoming a Nursing Home Resident

  • The Ongoing Roles of the Family

  • When There Is Trouble

  • Other Transitions Can Be Rocky, Too

  • Striving for a Reasonable Goal

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

ELEVEN
Keeping in Step—The Family Task Force

  • Getting Off the Merry-Go-Round

  • Step 1: Planning a Family Conference

  • Step 2: Identifying the Problem

  • Step 3: Making Commitments

  • Step 4: Agreeing on a Plan

  • Beware of Traps Along the Way

  • When There Is an Impasse

  • Looking to the Future

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

PART THREE: Extra Steps

TWELVE
Taking Heed—An Rx Alert

  • A Silent Epidemic

  • Older Bodies Are Different

  • Psychotropic Drugs: A Special Case

  • Taking Heed with Over-the-Counter Drugs

  • Herbs, Supplements, and Vitamins—Easy Magic?

  • Keeping the Medications Straight—Who’s in Charge Here?

  • Physicians Aren’t Perfect

  • Pharmacists Step Up

  • ‘‘I Won’t Take That Big Yellow Pill’’

  • The Advertised Cure

  • The Informed Consumer

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

THIRTEEN
Taking a Stand

  • The Glass: Half-Full and Half-Empty

  • Social Security—Where Is It Headed?

  • The Train Has Already Left the Station

  • Let’s Hear It from the Families

  • Society’s Unfinished Business

  • Join the Action

  • New Images for Older Adults

  • Commentary by Bob Morris

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