Eldercare 101 : a practical guide to later life planning, care, and wellbeing

Eldercare 101 A practical guide to later life planning, care, and wellbeing

Mary Jo Saavedra

Book - 2016

The Silver Tsunami is upon us as elder care and crisis management reaches a tipping point with the graying of America. By 2020, 54 million people in the U.S. will be over the age of 65; by 2030, that number will top 80 million. Feeling the squeeze of multi-generational home demands, children of aging parents are struggling to learn innovative eldercare management strategies and often find themselves overwhelmed by the many facets of caregiving. Eldercare 101 is the answer to making order from chaos. As a guide covering all aspects of aging and end-of-life in one place, caregivers will no longer spend endless nights trying to decode the Internet trail--confused, uncertain, and fearful of what they're missing. Whether they are proactivel...y planning ahead or need to have fast answers, this comprehensive, technology-rich resource presents steppingstones for the Sandwich Generation as they navigate caring for aging parents, grandparents, friends, and other family members. Eldercare 101 is a well-researched, organized, easy-to-understand guide for families desperately in need of help as they care for their aging loved ones. The book is organized into 6 pillars of aging wellbeing: legal, financial, living environment, social, medical, and spiritual. Each pillar is explored by an expert and offers best practices and tips for evaluating choices, making decisions, and living well wherever the road might lead. -- Publisher.

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Subjects
Older people > Care.
Caregivers.
Older people > Health and hygiene.
Older people > Finance, Personal.
Older people > Religious life.
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield [2016]
Language
English
Main Author
Mary Jo Saavedra (author)
Physical Description
xiv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index.
ISBN
9781442265462
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Legal Pillar of Aging Wellbeing
  • Legal Ease
  • 2. Financial Pillars of Aging Wellbeing
  • Money Matters
  • Getting Organized
  • Faying the Bills
  • Insurance
  • Getting Help with Financial Planning and Advice
  • 3. Living Environment Pillar of Wellbeing
  • Living Environment Options
  • Aging at Home
  • The Choice
  • The In-Home Helpers
  • The Maintenance
  • Living Options with Built-in Support
  • 4. Social Pillar of Aging Wellbeing
  • Social Considerations
  • Life Re-Imagined
  • Transportation Issues
  • Managing a Move
  • Protecting Your Elder
  • 5. Medical Pillar of Aging Wellbeing
  • Navigating the Medical Maze
  • An Ounce of Prevention
  • Time for Medical Support
  • Medical Insurance
  • Geriatric Dentistry
  • The Aging Body
  • Elders and the World of Brain Disease
  • What to Expect at the End
  • 6. Spiritual Pillar of Aging Wellbeing
  • Spirituality and the End(s) of Life: Consideration for the Cared-For and Their Care-Givers
  • Living Until the End
  • Dealing with the Dead
  • Death Dialogue
  • The Rest Is ... Spiritual Practices and Poems
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Meet the Authors
Review by Booklist Review

Gerontologist and aging life-care manager Saavedra, with the help of other experts on the elderly, delivers on the promise in her subtitle. She divides her guide to caring for parents and other family members into six useful sections: Legal Ease, Money Matters, Living Environment Options, Social Considerations, Navigating the Medical Maze, and Spirituality and the End of Life. Making ample use of boldface type and shaded boxes, she defines such terms as power of attorney (a legal document that gives someone the authority to sign documents and conduct transactions on another person's behalf) and intestacy (dying without a will) in each chapter and also in a glossary at the end. Some of the advice seems obvious, some of it can be found on the web, and an index would have been a nice addition. But this just-the-facts service guide gathers a large amount of good information in one place and fills a serious need: the over-65 population will number 54 million by 2020 and 80 million by 2030. Saavedra's book will get a lot of use.--Springen, Karen Copyright 2016 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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