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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... burial plan , or planned a funeral service . Given my parents ' advanced ages , I can't believe I stayed so ... burial plans . In two or three days , families had to notify friends and relatives , select a casket , plan a service ...
A Guide to Parenting Your Parents Jim Comer. 34 Funeral Planning : Get It in Writing Because I'm the only surviving child , no one questioned my decisions about Dad's burial plan , casket , funeral service , or what to do with his few ...
... plan the funeral they want someone leading the service , but they may not know where to turn or what readings and music to use . Most families from small towns usually have a burial plot . Those from urban or highly mobile families ...
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