Mama Can't Remember Anymore: Care Management of Aging Parents and Loved Ones [Paperback]

Nancy Wexler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1996

A "must-have" guide for anyone caring and providing for an elderly loved one. A definitive book providing the answers to numerous perplexing problems such as: how to locate specialists; how does managed care affect your choices; what is the field of "elder law"; what are symptoms of disease in the elderly; what is dementia; what is long distance care-giving; how to tell "good" from "bad" facilities; and much more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I'm happy to tell you that I am using the second edition of Mama Can't Remember Anymore:Care Management of Aging Parents and Loved Ones as a supplementary text in my teaching.

In the Economics of Aging, we emphasize issues of health and long-term care. The book is especially valuable in giving students your unique practitioner-based perspective on assisted living, nursing homes, Alzheimer's Disease, and the profession of geriatric care management. It provides the human, professional, and geriatric perspective to which all of these students should be exposed." -- Neal E. Cutler, University of Pennsylvania Adjunct Professor of Gerontology and Social Policy

...your contributions to the field through your writing, speaking, referrals and overall participation are unparalleled. -- Peter S. Belson, Family Logistics, former President, National Association for Professional Geriatric Care Managers

A comprehensive layperson's guide on how to handle the complicated issues of parent care. -- Storm Rogers, MSW, LCSW, Gerontologist

A formidable work for consumers, very well written and informative. It will have a special place on my shelf. -- Peter J. Strauss, Esq., Author, Aging and The Law

A terrific and helpful book that is also highly readable. Will help assuage the guilt and frustration with elder care. -- Jeanne Gordon, writer and Newsweek contributor, in GCM Journal

I have recommended it as required reading to family members. One of the most helpful resources that they have encountered. -- Paula P. Tchirkow, LSW,ACSW, President, Allegheny Geriatric Consultants, Pitt., PA

It saved my sanity and perhaps my life. Your book is my bible. My children and I thank you. -- Anna Renetsky, Westake Village, CA

This manual provides the answers to the many perplexing questions for potential caregivers. Wexler's book is not a do-it-yourself manual... It is a guide for people who must provide for an elderly loved one. Wexler is a pioneer in the field of private geriatric care management. This manual provides the answers to many perplexing questions for potential care-givers, She presents a convincing case for the need for qualified personnel in this new field... It is an important manual for professionals and for families with elders.... -- Sol H. Marshall, B'nai Brith Messenger

About the Author

A gerontologist in practice for over 20 years, Nancy Wexler, MFT, specializes in the problems of middle-aged and older adults who are caring for their aging parents and loved ones. She has help thousands find their way through the complex maze of medical, psychological, legal, and custodial care options.

Product Details

• Paperback: 375 pages
• Publisher: Nancy Wexler Inc; 2nd edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962935824
• ISBN-13: 978-0962935824
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,225,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional, Caring, Personal Help to Ease Guilt & Fear, August 21, 2000

By 

Jesse Westbrook (Los Angeles, London, and Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mama Can't Remember Anymore: Care Management of Aging Parents and Loved Ones (Paperback)

This is the most useful, warm, and accurate book I've read on the painful subject of caring for your loved one (spouse, relative, friend) who is losing their unique humanity to Alzheimer's. It is not cold and clinical, but touches the heart with joyfulness, deep understanding, and compassion. Most of all, it details, point-by-point, the signs of Alzheimer's and the emotionally difficult steps necessary to care for such individuals. It is not a "New Age" feel-good book full of rambling cute stories, but a highly readable book that focuses on specific and reality. The author has a lifetime of professional experience and credentials, and is supported by countless favorable reviews by other eminent professionals in all areas of expertise. This is THE book for average people and even for other professionals who want to understand and deal with one of the realities of growing old. It doesn't offer fantasies or pie-in-the sky cures, but it does offer hope that both you and your loved one can go on living the most "quality" life possible. I brought the book with me to Asia and Europe, and despite the huge differences in cultures, it was very well-received and considered extremely useful by the suffering children of Alzheimer's patients.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended, July 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mama Can't Remember Anymore: Care Management of Aging Parents and Loved Ones (Paperback)

This book seemed to be written to promote the services of Geriatric Care Managers, with all of the anecdotes and suggestions tailored to that end. "I did this" and "I did that" comments abound. It would be of no use to anyone outside the USA, and possibly no use to people in the US either. Try Gruetzner's book or "Person to person" or "The 36 hour day" instead.