When My Mother No Longer Knew My Name A Son's

Name: When My Mother No Longer Knew My Name A Son's
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ISBN: 9781555717018

ISBN-10: 1555717012

ISBN-13: 9781555717018

Edition: N/A

Authors: Stephen L. Goldstein

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"When My Mother No Longer Knew My Name: A Son's 'Course' in 'Rational' Caregiving should be the first book families read to prepare themselves for caring for aging relatives. It's a one-man support group, written like a friend who's "been-there-done-that," talking anecdotally, but authoritatively, to a friend who needs help. It is raw and gritty, as well as funny and inspiring--offering hope that one can overcome a mountain of seemingly insurmountable challenges, for which they likely feel devastatingly unprepared.Each brief, compelling, highly readable chapter tells how a son learned "on-the-job" to deal with different situations all caregivers face as his caregiving role evolved from…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: L & R Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 186
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction



Determining Your "Caregiving Readiness": Pre-Assessment



Getting Us Both Psyched for My Mother's Moving In



Converging of the Twain



Passing a Crash Course in Unconditional Love



Discovering the Wisdom of Asking, "So What?"



Always Folding the Napkin



Creating Miracles



Keeping My Mother From Choking to Death



Becoming a Nobody Without a Name



Scrambling Fictitious Eggs



Always Speaking to the Person Who's Still There



Trying to Get Through to the Person Who Isn't "There"



Demanding My Mother's Due-and Getting It



Changing My Mother's Diaper



Getting Used to Finding a Sandwich in the Clothes Dryer



Rejecting Rejection



Caregiving for Mother's Soul



Dying by Design



Planning for "Continuity of Care"-Or Not!



Gaining My Freedom by Giving It Up



Taming My Guilty Imagination



Reversing Role-Reversal



Forgiving Folks Who Don't Seem to Care



Not Being Strong Enough to Ask for Help



Getting Real Respite Without Taking Any Time Off



Exchanging One Self for Another



Passing a Crash Course in Unconditional Living and Dying



Achieving My Caregiving from Within



Caregiving of Everyone, by Everyone, and for Everyone



Determining Your "Caregiving Readiness": Post- Assessment


Acknowledgments