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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Get Ready, Get Set | |
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| Talking to Your Parents about Tough Issues | |
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| Gathering Essential Documents | |
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| Organizing Your Own Life | |
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| Caring from Afar | |
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| Your Parent and You | |
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| Adapting to New Roles | |
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| Knowing When to Intervene | |
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| Resolving Old Struggles | |
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| Managing Day-to-Day | |
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| Caring for the Caregiver | |
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| Setting Limits | |
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| Emotional Minefields: Guilt, Anger and Depression | |
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| Support Groups | |
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| Gaining a Healthy Mindset: Friends, Laughter and Tranquility | |
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| Doctor Do's and Don'ts | |
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| Rx for the Elderly | |
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| A Geriatric Assessment | |
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| Finding a Good Doctor | |
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| Being an Informed Advocate | |
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| The Body Imperfect: Part I | |
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| Vision and Hearing | |
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| Insomnia | |
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| Overmedication | |
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| Alcohol | |
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| Temperature Regulation | |
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| Dehydration | |
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| TLC for Skin, Legs and Feet | |
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| The Body Imperfect: Part II | |
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| Osteoporosis and Arthritis | |
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| Incontinence | |
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| Digestive Disorders | |
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| Depression | |
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| Delirium | |
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| Anxiety | |
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| On the Fifth Floor | |
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| Entering the Hospital | |
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| Questions about Tests, Treatments and Surgery | |
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| Dealing with Hospital Staff | |
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| Your Role as Advocate | |
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| Preparing for Discharge | |
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| Tips for Daily Living | |
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| Steps to a Safer Home | |
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| Bathing and Dressing | |
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| Eating Right | |
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| Setting Up the Bedroom | |
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| A Question of Driving | |
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| The Importance of Exercise | |
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| Quality of Life | |
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| Getting Help: Community and Home-Care Services | |
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| What's Available and How To Find It | |
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| Companions | |
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| Meal Programs | |
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| Transportation | |
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| Senior Centers | |
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| Adult Day Care | |
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| Home Health Aides and Nurses | |
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| Geriatric Care Managers | |
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| Hiring and Overseeing Workers | |
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| Respite Care | |
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| Home Away From Home | |
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| When It's Time to Move | |
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| Should Dad Move In? | |
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| Shared Housing | |
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| Senior Apartments | |
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| Assisted-Living Homes | |
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| Continuing Care Retirement Communities | |
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| A Good Nursing Home | |
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| Making the Decision | |
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| What to Look For in a Nursing Home | |
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| Getting In | |
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| A Plan of Care | |
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| Moving Day and Beyond | |
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| Your Role as Visitor and Advocate | |
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| Getting Adjusted | |
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| The Inner Circle | |
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| Sharing the Care with Siblings | |
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| A Family Meeting | |
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| Spouses | |
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| The Sandwich Generation: Aging Parents and Young Children | |
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| Balancing Career and Caregiving | |
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| Paying the Way | |
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| Talking About Money | |
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| What Medicare and Medicaid Really Cover | |
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| Medigap and Long-Term Care Insurance | |
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| Financial Planning | |
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| Homes as Collateral | |
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| Tax Tips | |
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| Hiring Financial and Legal Counsel | |
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| The Legal Issues | |
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| Wills | |
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| Power of Attorney | |
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| Advanced Directives | |
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| Guardianship | |
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| Estate Planning | |
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| Probate | |
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| Dividing the Estate | |
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| The Aging Brain | |
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| What is Normal? | |
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| Dementia | |
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| Getting Tested | |
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| Alzheimer's Disease: What to Expect | |
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| Mini-Strokes | |
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| Treating Dementia | |
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| Planning for the Future | |
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| Living With Dementia | |
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| Helping Yourself: A Clear Perspective and a Little Humor | |
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| Helping Your Parent: Simplicity, Routines and Diversions | |
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| Tips for Eating, Dressing, Communicating and More | |
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| Coping with Special Problems | |
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| In the End | |
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| Broaching the Subject of Death | |
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| Caring for Your Parent in the Hospital | |
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| Choosing Hospice Care | |
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| Medical Treatment: When Enough Is Enough | |
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| Making Advance Directives Stick | |
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| Saying Good-bye | |
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| The Face of Death | |
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| Coda: Good Grief | |
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| The Necessity of Mourning | |
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| The Surviving Parent | |
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| Growing From Grief | |
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| State Units on Aging and Long-Term Care Ombudsmen | |
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| Yellow Pages of Useful Organizations | |
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| A Patient's Bill of Rights | |
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| The ABC's of Diet | |
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| Catalogues: Where to Find What | |
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| Checklist for Touring a Nursing Home; A Resident's Bill of Rights | |
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| Funerals and Burials | |
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| Index | |