05463nam 2200625 450 991080786420332120230807204056.0(CKB)2560000000365784(EBL)2081424(SSID)ssj0001515305(PQKBManifestationID)12621959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001515305(PQKBWorkID)11480925(PQKB)10781586(MiAaPQ)EBC2081424(EXLCZ)99256000000036578420150714h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe gift of caring saving our parents from the perils of modern healthcare /Marcy Cottrell Houle and Elizabeth EckstromLanham, Maryland :Taylor Trade Publishing,2015.©20151 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Houle, Marcy Cottrell, 1953- Gift of caring : saving our parents from the perils of modern healthcare. Lanham, Maryland : Taylor Trade Publishing, c2015 xi, 307 pages 9781493010035 2015000560 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Foreword; PART I. THE AIRPLANE DIARIES; Chapter 1. Colliding Worlds; Chapter 2. First Decline; What I Wish I'd Known. Early Warning Signs of Dementia; Chapter 3. Panic Attack; Chapter 4. Countdown to Advocacy; What I Wish I'd Known. What Is Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease . . . and How Do You Tell the Difference?; Chapter 5. A New Way of Seeing; Chapter 6. Passages; What I Wish I'd Known. How to Find a Good Memory Facility; Chapter 7. Montavilla Beginnings; What I Wish I'd Known. Moving Day-How to Ease the Transition; Chapter 8. Dallas IIChapter 9. Visiting HoursChapter 10. The Phone Call; What I Wish I'd Known. Falls-A Leading Cause of Death in Older Adults and What You Can Do to Prevent Them; Chapter 11. Surgery for an Alzheimer's Patient; Chapter 12. It's a Matter of Life or Death; What I Wish I'd Known. A Deadly Fate with Few Symptoms-Dehydration-How to Recognize It and How to Prevent It; Chapter 13. Forsaken; Chapter 14. No Man Is an Island; Chapter 15. Do No Harm; What I Wish I'd Known. The Problem of Pain in Dementia and Why Millions of Seniors Are Suffering; Chapter 16. Return of the Man; PART II. A GOOD ENDINGChapter 17. A Radical PrescriptionWhat I Wish I'd Known. The Best "Anti-aging" Pill of Them All; Chapter 18. No Senior Left Inside; What I Wish I'd Known. The ABC'S of Exercise; Chapter 19. I'm Not Cedaring; I'm Scissoring; What I Wish I'd Known. How to Ensure Parents' Wishes for Care Are Met-Before a Crisis Hits; Chapter 20. Who's Shelby?; What I Wish I'd Known. What Is a TIA? And What Do I Do If I Think My Parent Is Having One?; Chapter 21. Stories from the Fall; Chapter 22. The Very Best Christmas Ever; Chapter 23. Three ThingsWhat I Wish I'd Known. The Art to Aging . . . Healthfully . . . for Your Body and Your MindChapter 24. I See Little Green Men; What I Wish I'd Known. Come to Your Senses! The Value of Aids; Chapter 25. Delirious; Chapter 26. Paging Doctor HIP!; What I Wish I'd Known. What Delirium Is and Why It's Essential You Know How to Spot It; Chapter 27. "Sometimes It's Better If They Never Wake Up"; What I Wish I'd Known. The Most Important Medical Word That Can Save Your Parent's Life-"Baseline"; Chapter 28. Where Old People Are Sent to Die; Chapter 29. The Lazarus SyndromeChapter 30. A Hope and a FutureChapter 31. So What's a Geriatrician and Why Should I Care?; What I Wish I'd Known. The Tsunami Is Coming . . . and Why You Should Be Worried; Chapter 32. Pharmacopeia; What I Wish I'd Known. Too Many Pills-The Fourth-Leading Cause of Death in Seniors; Chapter 33. The Search Begins; Chapter 34. Honey and Dummy; Chapter 35. Mountains and Valleys; What I Wish I'd Known. The Care and Maintenance of Caregivers; Chapter 36. Who's Taking the Trazodone?; What I Wish I'd Known. How to Get a Good Night's Rest-Naturally; Chapter 37. The Art of CaregivingChapter 38. Living to One Hundred<span><span>In the next few years, 66 million Americans will be caring for an aging parent. </span><span>The desire to help our elders navigate health issues is clear and universal-how to assure proper care and a good ending is not. This book brings the reader into the all-too-familiar scenarios facing our aging parents, and provides the tools needed to help them spend the last years of their life with dignity. Houle and Eckstrom offer answers to the questions we may not otherwise know to ask until it's too late.</span></span>Aging parentsCareAging parentsHealth and hygieneAging parentsMedical careAdult children of aging parentsAging parentsCare.Aging parentsHealth and hygiene.Aging parentsMedical care.Adult children of aging parents.383.209387454FAM017000HEA028000bisacshHoule Marcy Cottrell1953-1688943Eckstrom ElizabethMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807864203321The gift of caring4063582UNINA