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Eldercare For Dummies

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Eldercare For Dummies by Rachelle Zukerman is a practical guide that offers comprehensive advice for caring for an elderly loved one. It covers important topics such as preparing a safe home environment, understanding medical and financial needs, and navigating the complexities of eldercare. The book provides readers with strategies to manage the emotional and logistical challenges of caregiving, ensuring both caregivers and seniors maintain a good quality of life.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book may appeal to you if you're seeking practical advice and compassionate guidance for caring for elderly loved ones. It offers insightful strategies for managing the complexities of eldercare with sensitivity, addressing both emotional and practical challenges. Whether you're an experienced caregiver or new to the role, this resource can help you navigate this important journey with confidence.

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Delivers the nuts and bolts information caregivers need, whether the senior they're responsible for lives with them, lives alone in his or her own home, or resides in a long term care facility. This book explains how to help elders stay active and engaged in the face of emotional setbacks, mental difficulties, and physical changes.

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Cope with legal, financial, and medical issues

Minimise anxiety and stress and make the later years golden.

Need help caring for an elderly loved one? This sensitive, reassuring guide provides strategies for assessing older persons' needs, arranging for care, ensuring their safety, and enhancing quality of life β€” all while respecting their dignity. You'll see how to manage physical disabilities and chronic health problems, evaluate nursing homes, and help elders control their destinies.

The Dummies Way

  • Explanations in plain English
  • "Get in, get out" information
  • Icons and other navigational aids
  • Tear-out cheat sheet
  • Top ten lists
  • A dash of humour and fun

Eldercare For Dummies by Rachelle Zukerman is an invaluable resource for those seeking to support elderly loved ones with compassion and efficiency.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780764524691

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 May 2003

Country: United States

Imprint: For Dummies

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 183.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 612g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Rachelle Zukerman, PhD (Woodland Hills, CA), is a gerontologist, licensed clinical social worker, and Associate Professor of Social Welfare at the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Dr. Zukerman taught clinical gerontology as a visiting professor at Hong Kong University and was a 1998β€”99 Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan where she taught counseling methods for elderly clients and their families.

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