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Navigating the journey of aging parents : what care receivers want / Cheryl A. Kuba.
Holman Biotech Commons HQ1063.6 .K83 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuba, Cheryl A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging parents--Care.
- Aging parents.
- Parent and adult child.
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Parent-Child Relations.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Parent-Child Relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 177 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Summary:
- Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, finally giving dependent care receivers a voice. Finally, caregivers will be made aware of what care receivers truly want during life's final chapters. Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal care, and death, Cheryl Kuba has created a testament to the dependent elderly. This book draws on numerous interviews with aging people and discusses common caregiver mistakes and misinterpretations, what a caregiver should expect when an aging parent moves in, and how to care for an aging parent from afar. Kuba also delves into such phenomena as guilt, role reversal, changing family dynamics, financial stress, and caring for oneself while caring for another. The 22.4 million elderly people being cared for in the United States comprises the fastest growing segment of the population, making this reference on the opinions and concerns of care receivers invaluable.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Care Receivers: An Intimate Profile 1
- Chapter 2 Start the Conversation 11
- Chapter 3 Take Care of Yourself First 19
- Chapter 4 Growing Old and Feeling Ill: A Permanent Condition? 33
- Chapter 5 Getting Up Close and Personal 41
- Chapter 6 Driving Through the Fog 51
- Chapter 7 "Give Me the Keys" 67
- Chapter 8 Leaving Home 87
- Chapter 9 Destination: Your House 101
- Chapter 10 A Million Miles Away: Receiving Care from a Distance 117
- Chapter 11 Circling the Wagons 127
- Chapter 12 Where Is the Love? 139
- Chapter 13 What About God? Is He Still Listening to Me at This Age? 145
- Chapter 14 The End of the Road: Death as Life's Final Chapter 153.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415952880
- 0415952883
- OCLC:
- 61651306
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