ISBN: 9798194016969 - the weekend aging parent home check: a 48-hour visit plan for adult children who live far away (1 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your aging parent says everything is fine. You live hours away. Then a visit, a missed medication, an unpaid bill, a fall, or a hospital call makes you wonder how much you are not seeing from a distance.The Weekend Aging Parent Home Check gives adult children a calm, practical 48-hour framework for using one visit to understand what is working, what has changed, what deserves attention, and what needs to happen after you leave.Inside, you will learn how to: - Notice meaningful changes without turning a family visit into an interrogation.- Walk the home for practical safety problems and everyday friction.- Organize medication information, doctors, food, mail, bills, and emergency details.- Have difficult conversations without immediately attacking a parent's independence.- Build a local safety net when you live far away.- Turn vague concerns into specific actions, owners, deadlines, and review dates.- Respond more calmly to falls, hospital calls, and discharge planning.- Recognize when the current living arrangement may need more support.- Divide responsibilities among siblings and protect the caregiver's own limits.The book also includes a 24-tool Weekend Toolkit with checklists, planning sheets, action boards, emergency snapshots, hospital and discharge pages, and 7-day and 30-day follow-up plans.This is not a medical diagnostic guide. It is a family planning system designed to replace vague worry with clearer observations, better questions, and concrete next steps.You may have only a weekend. Use it to come home with a clearer picture - and leave with a plan that still works after you go.…