How To Take Care of Old People Without Losing Your Marbles

A practical guide to eldercare laced with humor. Chock full of helpful tips, useful guidance and great resources - written for anyone responsible for the care of an aging parent, in-law, friend or relative. Topics include: financial planning for the elderly, legal documentation, hiring home health aides, organizational checklists, selecting the right housing options, hospice, Medicare, downsizing the "treasures" and much more. Eldercare is punctuated by emergencies. This book helps you be prepared for whatever emergency your elder faces next. It gives you guidance, resources and shortcuts in an easy-to-read-while-in-a-hurry format. Suzanne Blankenship is in her second decade of eldercare with aging parents and in-laws. She has used her business background to develop tools, tips, and guidance that bring an organized approach to an otherwise randomly arriving responsibility. Even if your parents or elders are not in need of much care yet, this book helps you plan and put things in place so that, when they do need more from you, you can offer more care and less panic. How To Take Care of Old People Without Losing Your Marbles can be read in one night and put in your briefcase or tote bag for reference anytime you face another vexing eldercare issue. Suzanne's humor is soft, tongue-in-cheek and spot on without being offensive or disrespectful. If you've walked this journey in any way, you'll immediately get her humor and you'll appreciate it. It lightens the load of an emotionally-laden topic, refreshes your perspective so you can keep going, allowing you to stay the course with your decisions and your care. The cartoons are hilarious - full of truth, giving you permission to laugh at what you are facing in eldercare. This book is a must-read and a great tool to help save your sanity in the midst of some tough times and hard choices. Tools from the trenches, served with spot-on humor and a realistic perspective - you'll love reading How To Take Care of Old People Without Losing Your Marbles and you'll return to it for guidance over and over as you face new and different dilemmas.
ASIN: 0996373926
VSKU: LFV.0996373926.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Suzanne Asaff Blankenship|James Hallman
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book is in very good condition. Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.