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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... dentures . Even then , he could not guarantee that Mother would be able to wear them due to her advanced age and bone loss . He warned me that getting used to new dentures might be too painful for her . I responded , " Let's get started ...
... dentures . He believed the adjustment to new ones would be too difficult and doubted Mother would be able to wear them . He told me that he hated to see us waste our money . Since the check would have gone to him , I was impressed by ...
... dentures as well . As Yogi Berra said , " It was déjà vu all over again . " I didn't find out about the missing teeth until Dad got back to the nursing home , but this time I was not going to let the matter drop without a fight . I ...
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