How to care for aging parents : a one-stop resource for all your medical, financial, housing, and emotional issues / Virginia Morris.
How to care for aging parents : a one-stop resource for all your medical, financial, housing, and emotional issues / Virginia Morris.
By
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Morris, Virginia.
Publication Date
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2014, 1996
Publication Information
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New York : Workman Pub.,
Edition
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3rd ed., completely revised and expanded.
Physical Description
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xvi, 671 p.
Subject Term
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Aging parents -- Care.
Caregivers -- Family relationships.
Older people.
Parent and adult child.
Summary
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How to Care for Aging Parents is an authoritative, clear, and comforting source of advice and support for the ever-growing number of Americans--now 42 million--who care for an elderly parent, relative, or friend. And now, in its third edition, it is completely overhauled and updated, chapter-by-chapter and page-by-page, with the most recent medical findings and recommendations. It includes a whole new chapter on fraud; details on the latest "aging in place" technologies; more helpful online resources; and everything you need to know about current laws and regulations. Also new are fill-in worksheets for gathering specifics on medications; caregivers' names, schedules, and contact info; doctors' phone numbers and addresses; and other essential information in one handy place at the back of the book. From having that first difficult conversation to arranging a funeral and dealing with grief--and all of the other important issues in between--How to Care for Aging Parents is the essential guide.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780761166764
General Note
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Includes Internet addresses and index.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 306.874 M83 | Checked In |