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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... assets ? ( Pages 221-24 , 273-75 ) • If your parents have few assets and may need nursing care , how do you qualify them for Medicaid ? ( Pages 221-22 , 273–78 ) • How can you tell a good facility from a beautifully decorated but poorly ...
... assets income medical condition insurance coverage If their assets are in trusts , there will be additional questions regarding asset transfers going back five years . To qualify for Medicaid , a person must fall within 274 When Roles ...
... asset worth $ 80,000 and the cost of nursing home care was $ 4,000 a month , divide $ 4,000 into $ 80,000 for a twenty - month ... assets . Applying for Medicaid in California , Florida , New York , and Texas These states have a combined ...
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