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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... wheelchair . All the doors have alarms , and she can't get outside without someone knowing about it immediately . There is no reason for you to have to watch her or to stop her from going anywhere . Besides , it makes her happy to move ...
... wheelchair to the front seat of my Camry . We'd done this transfer successfully scores of times , but now I had to call on the staff for help . That should have been an omen of things to come , but I remained oblivious to the obvious ...
... wheelchair and may stay there the rest of their lives . Or the staff can give them a walker and encourage them to keep walking step by step . The best nursing homes do their best to encourage independence . If some- one is in a wheelchair ...
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