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For Yourself and Your Aging Parent
by Carol Spargo Pierskalla, Ph.D.
A how-to book for adult children faced with making decisions regarding care for their aging parent(s).
Caring for your elderly parent is the ultimate exercise in personal responsibility. It is one area where only you can do what is necessary to rescue yourself from being trapped in the emotional minefield of family dynamics and dysfunction. In The Best You Can Do, Carol S. Pierskalla, Ph.D. offers problem-solving tools for weary and exasperated caregivers. She helps the reader learn to: Identify the 3 Types of Problems Choose Between Needs and Wants Focus on Solutions Name Pushing and Holding Forces Relinquish the Need to Control Set Limits while Ensuring Care Truly Listen to an Elder Create a Journal Beware Shoulds and Ought Tos Seek Fellow Sufferers Chart Your Problems Embrace Actions that Heal Determine Responsibility Put Your Needs First Investigate Your Resources Discover the Real Message Differentiate Between Sacrifice and Exploitation Listen Actively Care for Difficult Parents Read Body Language Respond Appropriately Focus and Be Patient Keep Parents from Feeling Like a Burden Understand Parents Who Can’t Talk Keep from Giving Yourself Reasons to Fail
Each chapter features an exercise to help you help yourself. Appendixes include: * support group affirmations * suggested reading * “Notes to the Listener” * alphabetical listing of states’ websites on aging * group discussion questions
ISBN 9781568251554
96 pages
Paperback
$14.00
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