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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... John Comer raised so much hell . My father's caseworker bemoaned his negativity and lack of cooperation . She complained that he would not do his exercises , often screamed at the staff , and showed no signs of wanting to recover . She ...
A Guide to Parenting Your Parents Jim Comer. COMBAT CREW THE STORY OF 25 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER NORTH - WEST EUROPE JOHN COMER of World War II battles and an appearance by a B - 17 . Naturally , we never missed one . The field was hot ...
... Comer John Smith Comer , age 95 , passed away peacefully on December 26 , 2005 at the Wesleyan Nursing Home in Georgetown , Texas with his wife and son by his side . John was born in Ennis , Texas on March 1 , 1910 and graduated from ...
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