The Sandwich Generation's Guide to Eldercare - Softcover

Wickert, Kimberly McCrone; Dresden, Danielle Schultz; Rumrill, Phillip D., Jr.

 
9781936303434: The Sandwich Generation's Guide to Eldercare
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1936303434 ISBN 13: 9781936303434
Verlag: Demos Medical Publishing, 2013

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Gold Winner, 2013 Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year Awards, Family & Relationships Category

A practical, accessible, and comprehensive guide to the legal, financial, emotional and daily living challenges of caring for aging parents while raising your own family.

If you are caring for an elderly loved one while raising a child, you may feel overwhelmed and unprepared. The Sandwich Generationvås Guide to Eldercare, written by three experts with extensive professional and personal experience with eldercare, provides the information and resources you need to make important decisions, balance your responsibilities, and ensure your elders well-being as well as your own.

It includes how to:

  • Create a good eldercare plan and the key financial, healthcare, and legal documents you should have executed
  • Choose the right level of care and ease the transition, including how to avoid the most common mistakes people make in this process
  • Find the best ways to help elderly loved ones maintain their independence and dignity
  • Navigate the maze of government agencies and benefits
  • Involve other family members while minimizing tension or conflict
  • Prevent caregiver burnout and deal with the strain on family life, children, and relationships

With useful checklists, worksheets, step-by-step action plans, lists of questions to ask, and a robust resources section, you'll have everything you need to care for your family.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Phillip D. Rumrill is a Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling and Director of the Center for Disability Studies at Kent State University. He has a Ph.D, in Rehabilitation from the University of Arkansas and has co-authored many professional books and also the Demos Health book Employment issues and Multiple Sclerosis (Second Edition). He writes for many journals and professional outlets and speaks frequently.

Kimberly Wickert is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor who has worked with individuals in the field of rehabilitation for more than 20 years. She has a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Wright State University. Kimberly has worked with people with disabilities and their families.

Danielle Dresden is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor who has been working with people with disabilities and their families for 14 years. She has a Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Kent State University. She has served as the primary caregiver for several family members.

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Verlag
Demos Medical Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1936303434
ISBN 13 
9781936303434
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
207
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