The eldercare handbook a difficult choices, compassionate solutions
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061175060 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 0061175064 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 9780061175053 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 0061175056 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
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1 online resource (xviii, 254 p.) - Edition: 1st ed,
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Description based on print version record. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-245) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A time of confusion and uncertainty -- Red flags: ten signs to watch for in your parents -- Denial -- Parent-child role transfer -- Redefining sibling roles -- Unfair promises / fair promised -- "My mother doesn't have Alzheimer's, but..." -- The three stages of dementia -- Caregiver burnout -- Three ways to enter long-term care -- Levels of long-term care -- Where do you start? -- A walk through assisted living -- A walk through a nursing home -- The inquiry with the facility administrator -- More things you should know about before admitting -- CPR: the most misunderstood concept in long-term care -- The first twenty-four hours -- When and how to visit -- "Take me home!" -- Who is the CNA? -- Time to think about the final journey -- Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid: sorting through the maze -- Financial and legal affairs: making decisions. |
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Genre: | EBOOK. Electronic books. |