Respecting Your Limits When Caring for Aging Parents (Paperback)

by Vivian E. Greenberg (Author) "THE call usually begins with, "I'm really worried about my mother..." (more)
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Product Description
A practical, compassionate, and beautifully written book on how to provide appropriate care for our aging parents without stressing out or ruining our lives. An updated and revised paperback edition, with a new introduction and new references.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787941786
• ISBN-13: 978-0787941789
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #684,905 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Caring Without Caving, December 9, 1999

By A Customer

For those struggling to assist their aging parents, while managing a career and family of their own, Vivian Greenberg's book is a treasure. Through her many years of real life experience, it becomes clear in these pages that Greenberg really understands the dynamics of older parents and their adult children. The author displays a balanced point of view, compassion for older adults and understanding for their children. The situations Greenberg describes are real and her advice is solid. Her advice to adult children: Don't condescend to your parents, regardless of their changing needs--but don't cave in either. You have a right to your own life, your own space, your own needs. For those who feel they are getting lost in the daily demands of elder caregiving, this book is a breath of fresh air.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, March 22, 2006

By	Daughter (New York) - See all my reviews

A neighbor lent me this book from her professional library when I was in the process of placing my parent into assisted living/nursing home. My parent ranks in the author's "difficult parents" category. The book is an intimate, therapeutic, elegantly written life-safer. It is especially directed at daughters but of course it is very helpful to sons and really to anyone at all who is left to take care of critical problems of the elderly as they transition out of health and often into depression on the road towards death. It illustrates compassion towards the elderly, even those so impossible that they could live no other way but by making life miserable for their children and all others around them. Even more, it helps the child or caretaker keep balanced and focused on getting out of the guilt, anger, guilt cycle. It addresses those who work endlessly to make transitions easier for others, whether from love, duty, obligation, guilt, or mixed motivations. Finally, the best one can do is good enough.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Caring Without Caving, December 9, 1999

By A Customer

For those struggling to assist their aging parents, while managing a career and family of their own, Vivian Greenberg's book is a treasure. Through her many years of real life experience, it becomes clear in these pages that Greenberg really understands the dynamics of older parents and their adult children. The author displays a balanced point of view, compassion for older adults and understanding for their children. The situations Greenberg describes are real and her advice is solid. Her advice to adult children: Don't condescend to your parents, regardless of their changing needs--but don't cave in either. You have a right to your own life, your own space, your own needs. For those who feel they are getting lost in the daily demands of elder caregiving, this book is a breath of fresh air.