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

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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".

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.

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.