Contents:
Let’s Talk - The Care-Years (Taking Care of Our Parents,
Planning for Ourselves)
“Let’s Talk The Care-Years…Taking
Care Of Our Parents/Planning For Ourselves” has been written
for daughters and sons, especially those 50 years and over, to
use on their care-giving journey with their aging parents
And
May also be used by today and tomorrow’s
seniors when planning for their own up-coming care-years.
Filled with planning strategies on:
- Health Care
- Legal Matters
- Organizational Requirements
- Financial Concerns
- Family Responsibilities
Offers suggestions and examples on how to:
- Respond to emergencies
- Obtain at-home care
- Access financial assistance programs
- Hire live-in caregivers
- Organize respite care
- Become medication-wise
- Recognize symptoms and warning signs
- Put necessary documents in order
- Make difficult decisions
- Decide on care home residences
- Care from a distance
- Make an environment elder-safe
- Become aware of end-of-life wishes
- Organize house-hold budgets
- Understand the costs of care
- Purchase helpful insurance
- Reduce risks to savings and investments
- Respond as an advocate
- Accept changes in one’s life
- Also contains news clippings of interest, helpful hints and
inspirational quotations
Since quality of life and independence continue to be important
at any age, this guidebook is a must-have. It is guaranteed to
help you and your family during some very challenging times.
 One reviewer states the following about this guidebook:
***** TEXTBOOK FOR CANADIAN BABY BOOMERS
April 6 2008
By Dr. Gordon S. Anderson
Coming from South Africa and working as family physician in Alberta, I have become more and more aware of the need (and the lack of planning) for long term care amongst my friends and patients. And their families. The attitude of "the government has to look after me" still exists so strongly in our era. Waiting until grandparents get into a health crisis is the most common scenario we are confronted with as health workers.
My family and I were shocked into the reality of dependency on health care services at home after a motor vehicle accident in January 2007. My wife fractured her pelvis. And we have discovered, as Patty Randall abruptly has, that there is nothing "sexy" about care at home and being dependant on health care services.
I began research on taking charge of our personal health and long term care planning for the future. This lead me to discover this amazing text book of Patty Randall - "Let's talk- The Care-Years." Patty leads the reader (which should be every Baby Boomer) through her so called "unexpected catastrophic parent crisis". We all are so guilty of not planning for our parents' and our own long term care needs.
Patty doesn't only share her own experiences in this book, but she also provides so much helpful information on her research and the road she had to follow with her parents. As family physician understanding the issue, I was very impressed with the endless contact information on websites, government support and different organizations. Patty covers all the basic steps (and much more) that each and every family in Canada should follow to to prepare themselves for their long term care needs.
I regard Patty's book to be life changing. This is "THE BOOK" for all Baby Boomers to read. This is your text book to plan sensibly for your future and retirement and to be in charge of your long term care years.
Dr. Gordon S. Anderson
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