Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents, Third Edition: How to Help, How to Survive [Paperback]

A thoroughly revised edition of the authoritative guide to caring for aging parents
For women and men who are involved in caring for aging parents, and for those who see caregiving in their future, this empathetic and practical book offers complete coverage of all the practical issues you are likely to confrontwhile addressing the emotional stress and particular needs of caregivers. Claire Berman, drawing on her own experiences, the experiences of many other adult children, and interviews with specialists in the geriatric field, discusses the wide range of emotions that can accompany caregiving.
This completely updated edition includes
new discussions of the Internet as a tool for seniors
new sources of prescription drugs
information about emergency response systems
recommended exercises and exercise videos and
adaptive clothing
an extensively revised resources section
In a wise and compassionate voice,Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parentsteaches you everything you need to know to help your parents through the stressful and humbling challenges of aging.

A compassionate book that offers support for the caregiver, plus solid advice on how to fulfill your parents' needs without turning into a martyr. Horizons

Claire Bermanspecializes in writing about the emotional dimensions of relationships. Her other books includeMaking It as a StepparentandThe Day the Voices Stopped(with Ken Steele). She has appeared on national and local television and radio programs to promote her books.

Berman (Making It as a Stepparent) here offers an empathetic guide to caring for elderly parents. Drawing from personal experience, research and anecdotal reports, she cogently addresses the emotional and physical problems involved, all the while emphasizing the importance of caring for oneself. -Publishers Weekly