Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents [Paperback]

Linda Colvin Rhodes (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: January 1, 2001

If you are preparing to take on the responsibility of caring for an aging parent, this book guides you through the difficult choices that you must make.

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If you are preparing to take on the responsibility of caring for an aging parent, this book guides you through the difficult choices that you must make.

Product Details

• Paperback: 339 pages
• Publisher: Alpha Books; 1st edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 002863943X
• ISBN-13: 978-0028639437
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #825,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read It!, August 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents (Paperback)

So helpful, so much I didn't know, so easy to read, such a needed book, loved it, refer to it constantly. How are we all going to get through all the years of care-giving that are ahead of us Baby Boomers?! You must get prepared, read this book, it will help you, and the other one I loved is ELDER RAGE or Take My Father, Please! That one really made me laugh as I learned so much too, and boy don't we need that!

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for all ages!, November 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents (Paperback)

This book is terrific. I'm a nurse at a family practice office and many of our patients are older. I'm always answering questions of their adult children about their parent's health, what they should do about their medications and what does Medicare cover? They also have no idea of how to look for a nursing home or know whether or not it's even needed in the first place. This book has the answers. It's easy to understand and overflows with information, resources, places to call and great web sites. What makes this book so special, is that Dr. Rhodes has had the personal experience of caregiving herself. Her down to earth stories of "having been there" makes what she says so much more credible. We like the book so much, that we're going to have copies in our waiting room.

Jodi Gorman, LPN Leonardtown, Maryland

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Is gold mine about caring for the aging, January 11, 2001

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This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents (Paperback)

"What I would have given for such a book when I was a caregiver to my aging parents. Each year many people are suddenly cast into the role of decision maker for their older parents. People, like me, who have no clue as to where to start to find the kind of resources their loved ones need. That is where a book like this can be worth its weight in gold. Rhodes steps up to bat with her book just in time to help those people deal with the stress of caregiving more effectively and with more awareness of the pitfalls. Of the many books about aging in my library, it is the best quick-read problem solver.....