{"product_id":"eldercare-for-dummies-isbn-9780764524691","title":"Eldercare For Dummies","description":"\u003cb\u003eCope with legal, financial, and medical issues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Minimize anxiety and stress and make the later years golden\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Need help caring for an elderly loved one? This sensitive, reassuring guide provides strategies for assessing older persons' needs, arranging for care, ensuring their safety, and enhancing quality of life - all while respecting their dignity. You'll see how to manage physical disabilities and chronic health problems, evaluate nursing homes, and help elders control their destinies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Dummies Way\u003cbr\u003e * Explanations in plain English\u003cbr\u003e * \"Get in, get out\" information\u003cbr\u003e * Icons and other navigational aids\u003cbr\u003e * Tear-out cheat sheet\u003cbr\u003e * Top ten lists\u003cbr\u003e * A dash of humor and fun  Introduction.  \u003cp\u003ePart I: Entering the World of Caregiving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Eldercare Basics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Elderly Are Like Vintage Computers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Old Age Is a Family Affair: Deciding Who, What, Where, and When.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Where to Turn When Your Elder Needs a New Home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Mastering Everyday Challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Sleeping Well Means Doing Well.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Helping Finicky Eaters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Helping Elderly People Be All That They Can Be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Sharing the Caring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Growing Closer and Dearer: Improving Relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Keeping Elderly Folks Safe and Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Living Well with Chronic Medical Conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Just Say “Yes” to Health-Giving Drugs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Protective Doohickeys and Thingamajigs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Dealing with Leaky Plumbing and Other Incontinence Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Getting Out and About.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: The Blues, the “Good Old Days,” and Other Senior Moments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: When the Clouds Roll In: Dealing with Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Managing Anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: All About Alzheimer’s Disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Managing the Distressing Behavior and Emotions of Confused Elderly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: Making the Final Years Golden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: When “The Apple of Your Eye” Needs a Peer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Keeping Your Elder at the Helm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Keeping the Bill Collector from the Door.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Helping Spiritual and Religious Elderly “Keep the Faith”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Ensuring a Good Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VI: The Part of Tens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Ten Tests to Help You Assess a Nursing Home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25: Ten Ways (More or Less) That Elders Hide Their Feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e Rachelle Zukerman, PhD (Woodland Hills, CA), is a gerontologist, licensed clinical social worker, and Associate Professor of Social Welfare at the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Dr. Zukerman taught clinical gerontology as a visiting professor at Hong Kong University and was a 1998—99 Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan where she taught counseling methods for elderly clients and their families.  Cope with legal, financial, and medical issues  \u003cp\u003eMinimize anxiety and stress and make the later years golden\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeed help caring for an elderly loved one? This sensitive, reassuring guide provides strategies for assessing older persons’ needs, arranging for care, ensuring their safety, and enhancing quality of life – all while respecting their dignity. 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