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Carregando... Elder Rage, or Take My Father... Please!: How to Survive Caring for Aging Parentsde Jacqueline Marcell
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This book was recommended to me right after my Mother was diagnosed with dementia, and little did I know how helpful it would be. Everything about this book was great. The writing was engaging, really driving the story telling, all without losing the potency of any of the facts. I'm so glad to have had read this BEFORE things got bad. Highly recommend! ( ) I'd say it was "humorous", if I wasn't dealing with a similar (yet not as advanced) situation..... Her father's psychotic dementia induced rages were not funny.... They were frightening. From her webpage: "Are You At Your Wit's End With Elder Care And coping with an elderly loved one who: • Makes unreasonable demands, wanting all of your time? • Is experiencing memory loss or dementia / Alzheimer’s? • Is obsessed with ill health, but refuses to see the doctor? • Has become depressed, manipulative, distrustful or hostile? • Refuses any mention of caregiving or elder care help? Then you'll love this riveting true story, written with compassion, heart and humor—and realize that you're not alone with your countless frustrations and conflicting emotions. This incredible roller coaster ride is a can't-put-it-down page-turner, as well as a how-to guide for struggling caregivers. Triumph with this devoted daughter as she mends her frail mother and finally turns her rebellious "Jekyll & Hyde" father around, with the right doctors and medications, adult day care, and creative behavior modification—at 85 years old! Eldercare Expert, Jacqueline Marcell, Answers Your Caregiving Questions! You Will Learn • How to get an accurate diagnosis for dementia/Alzheimer’s. • Behavioral techniques for managing challenging elders. • Creative ways to get an obstinate elder to give up driving. • Where to find resources to make caregiving less stressful. • How to successfully navigate the maze of elder care. A Book-of-the-Month Club selection, Elder Rage is a unique combination non-fiction novel and self-help book. Includes a wealth of practical information, valuable resources, Alzheimer’s disease information, startling statistics, long term care insurance, caregiving tips, eldercare services, long term care trends, recommended reading, and how to hire live-in caregiving help. Suitable for anyone facing the challenges of caregiving and for everyone who thinks it will never happen to them! "Jacqueline's story and style of writing will surely grab a large readership. Studded with flashes of humor, it demonstrates the enormous resourcefulness and resilience of the human spirit." —Hugh Downs" All I can say, is I learned several things about Elder Rage, and the loss of control that helps bring it on.... I highly recommend it for anyone dealing with elderly parents who have spontaneous outbursts of uncontrollable anger.... I left my copy for my parents to read. I read Elder Rage in quick time and could not put it down! Didn't want a how to "guide"...I wanted a real life true story with all the blood and guts, because my siblings and I are facing some very challenging moments very soon here. Jacqueline Marcell certainly "stepped up" and delivered and we thank her with all our hearts for sharing a very personal experience with the rest of us. She paves the road and lights the way, so none of us have to flounder around and hunt and peck for what to do and when to do it. I wish I had read Elder Rage years ago and would have prepared myself for this day...what can I say? Most of us (if we are human) put off things we do not believe will effect us...we are too busy these days to go looking for problems. I could have saved our family some very damaging financial situations...had I just read this book sooner. I could have saved my mother and I from the screaming, crying, door slamming (and then turn around and do it all again 10 times) fight we had a week ago...if I had only read Elder Rage before that happened! Feel so much more "competent" and "compassionate" and strong today...what a difference a few days make. Well, I won't make the same mistakes over and over, not now...Thank you so much for a book that must have been painful to write, thank you for laying yourself out there for all to see and learn. Thank you, thank you! sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Elder Rage, or Take My Father... Please: How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents--is a riveting true story as well as an extensive self-help book, with solutions for effective management, medically and behaviorally, of challenging elders who resist care. Jacqueline Marcell's poignant and often-humorous story of caring for her challenging elderly father and sweet but frail mother, addresses issues like how to get an obstinate elder to: give up driving, accept a caregiver, see a different doctor, take medication, go to adult day care, move to a new residence, etc. Includes: Behavior Modification Guidelines, 25 Q&A's=How Do I Handle My Elderly Loved One Who...', Long-Term Care Insurance, Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer's, How is Alzheimer's Diagnosed, Three Stages of Alzheimer's, Startling Statistics, Other Diseases That Act Like Alzheimer's, Jacqueline's Top Ten Recommendations, Hope For The Future, The Search for the Cure, Valuable Resources, Recommended Reading. Internationally known dementia specialist, Rodman Shankle, MS MD, contributes the Addendum: A Physician's Guide to Treating Dementia. Over 50 endorsements include: Hugh Downs, Regis Philbin, Dr. Dean Edell, Duke University Center for Aging, Dr. Nancy Snyderman/ABC News, Leeza Gibbons, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Rudy Tanzi/Harvard Medical School, and The Johns Hopkins Memory Clinic. http://www.elderrage.com Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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