The Fragile Years : : Proven Strategies for the Care of Aging Loved Ones
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A crisis for the aging like no other -- Recognizing your loved one's entry into the fragile years -- Preparing for your parent's fragile years -- Fidning a caring place for your parent -- The home care option -- Caring for the memory impaired and others with special challenges -- Pharmageddon: prescriptions for disaster -- Stopping repeated hospitalizations and overtreatment -- Finding your way through the maze of health care insurance and VA benefits -- Providing end of life care with compassion and grace.
"Do you have a parent or aging loved one nearing or in the most fragile years of life? Are you considering in-home care for them? Assisted living? A nursing home? Have they endured repeated hospitalization, or are they facing major surgery? Are they refusing to give up their independence? Do they have adequete savings to pay for care? Are they getting the right Medicare, Medicaid, or VA benefits? This book by a veteran care management professional will help you secure the best possible care." --Back cover.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Post Hill Press, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 211 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781642939460
1642939463
SUBJECTS
Home care services -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Caregivers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Older people -- Care.
Handbooks and manuals.