Caring for the Parents Who Cared for You: What to Do When an Aging Parent Needs You [Hardcover]

Kenneth P. Scileppi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

Written in a straightforward style, this book offers compassionate, comprehensive advice on how to care for an aging parent, including how to calm a nervous parent and distrust, and what questions to ask a doctor in order to prevent tragic mistakes.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

As medical advances continue to prolong human life, more adults in the prime of life are having to care for their parents as well as their children. Scileppi offers counsel on such matters as when to start worrying about parents' ability to continue living on their own, and then he simply, succinctly addresses specific health concerns of the elderly: falling, nutrition, incontinence, etc. In the final chapter, he deals sensibly and sensitively with the hardest problem of all, "The Right Time to Let Go." This exemplarily organized, highly readable resource for the "sandwich generation" may help many a family more fully enjoy one another at all stages of their lives. Mike Tribby

Review

What to do when an aging parent needs an adult child's assistance? Dr. Scileppi has worked with the elderly and their children for years: tips range from physical to psychological ailments and provide caregivers with excellent tips on how to cope with typical problems of the elderly. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 242 pages
• Publisher: Birch Lane Pr; Ex-Library edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155972367X
• ISBN-13: 978-1559723671
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,433,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource!, August 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Caring for the Parents Who Cared for You: What to Do When an Aging Parent Needs You (Hardcover)

A most helpful book, filled with wisdom, insight, pratical advice, places to turn for concrete help. So glad I stumbled upon it and now telling all my friends who are going through it to read this. I just did not want to be my mother's mother, no, not going to go there, ran away from it for years, until I finally had to face it, and now that I have accepted it and learned what to do becuase of this book, I am so furious at myself for running away for so long. With knowledge comes coping skills, and this book will give you that and more. The other great book that will help you cope is "Elder Rage".

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for a huge problem, July 17, 2006

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This review is from: Caring for the Parents Who Cared for You: What to Do When an Aging Parent Needs You (Paperback)

My mother went through so many of the things this doctor describes. It still makes me very sad to think about what happened to her. This is a very difficult situation to face and Dr. Scileppi gives really helpful, sane, HONEST, thoughts and advice. A no-nonsense guide to dealing with something no one wants to face. I had to deal with this all by myself (I am an only child with a single parent) and I can tell you it is pure, unadulterated stress. This book didn't come out till my mother had already died, but when I read it I saw everything I had to deal with right there in print.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great advice from a great doctor, November 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Caring for the Parents Who Cared for You: What to Do When an Aging Parent Needs You (Paperback)

My mother is old. Like, really really old. I mean, I'm old but come ON! Point is, she's senile and no fun, really. So when I found Dr. S.'s book, I was elated. He had all sorts of advice like how to hide pills in her food and what kind of entertainment the elderly like (bright colors, soft music, long stories). Sooner or later you're gonna get old too, so it's a good thing we've got enormous geniuses like the blessed Dr. Scileppi around to help us out. His wife must be very lucky-- she'll have a great caretaker when she reaches old age.