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The emotional survival guide for caregivers : looking after yourself and your family while helping an aging parent / Barry J. Jacobs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, Barry J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adult children of aging parents--Family relationships.
- Adult children of aging parents.
- Aging parents--Care.
- Aging parents.
- Caregivers--Psychology.
- Caregivers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Guilford Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Helps family members navigate tough decisions and make the most of their time together as they care for an aging parent. The author urges readers to be honest about the level of commitment they're able to make, and also emphasizes the need for clear communication with each other and their aging parent.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- First days
- Defining commitments
- Utilizing support
- Handling sacrifice
- Weighing hope and acceptance, fantasy and reality
- Fostering awareness and flexibility
- Protecting intimacy
- Sustaining the spirit
- Last days
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-12421-4
- 9786611124212
- 1-59385-515-X
- OCLC:
- 228168953
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