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The best and bestselling book of its kind. Revised in 2004.
Workman Publishing Company
October 2004
656 pages ISBN: 0761134263 Trade Size (reprint)
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The best and bestselling book of its kind. Originally
published in 1995, How to Care for Aging Parents, with
220,000 copies in print, won a Books for a Better Life
Award and was praised as "an indispensable book" (AARP)
and "a compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion" (The
Washington Post). It also catapulted its author, Virginia
Morris, to national prominence as a recognized eldercare
authority on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, CBS, and
other media. Nine years later, and the need for the book is mushrooming:
the number of adult children caring for a parent has
increased from 4 million to 19.5 million, with roughly 80%
of the nation's elderly cared for at home. Virginia Morris
responds with a completely revised, up-to-date new edition.
Expanded from 450 to over 650 pages, it covers all the
emotional, legal, financial, medical, and logistical issues
in caring for the elderly. There are new sections on
expanded housing options, alternative therapies, balancing
career and caregiving, and dealing with difficult parents.
It covers the biggest change in caregiving--the newfound
independence of seniors and benefits of healthy aging--and
the reverse: three chapters are dedicated to caring for
parents with Alzheimers. At the end of the book is an
invaluable 100-page "Yellow Pages" guide to all the
resources and services of the enormous eldercare industry.
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