When Roles Reverse: A Guide to Parenting Your Parents, Volume 6Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2006 - 312 halaman After his father suffered a massive stroke and his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Jim Comer found himself an overnight "parent" at the age of 51. When he walked into his father's hospital room everyone looked to him as the "man who knew all the answers." He soon realized he didn't even know the questions. In ten years of caregiving, Comer has not only learned the questions he has lived them, and with When Roles Reverse he shares his hard-won answers. He learned to deal with hospitals, insurance companies, rehab centers, his father's deafness and his mother's dementia. Through it all Jim has kept his sanity and sense of humor, in the process forging a deeper, more intimate relationship with his parents. With laugh-out-loud humor, Jim deals with improvisational moments for which there is no preparation: And offers personal experience and expert insight on the many issues it's absolutely essential to plan for such as: When Roles Reverse even includes "Fifty Questions that will save you Time, Money, and Tears," a special section designed to help families initiate vital communication and prepare for the crises, confusion and unexpected joys of caregiving. |
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... I've interviewed administrators and owners of retirement homes , assisted - living residences , and nursing homes , as well as scores of frontline employees . I've talked to elder law attorneys , social workers , long - term - care ...
... I've seen her last . For her there is no yesterday or tomorrow , no workdays or holidays . Every day might be Christmas . On the other hand , while Dad is eager for me to come , he doesn't want me to stay too long . Though happy to see ...
... I've found that patience is the currency of love . I'm a little less selfish , most days . I've gotten good at folding wheelchairs . I know my relatives on a non - holiday basis . I realize how much I have in common with the eighty- and ...
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