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Age Your Way: Create a Unique Legacy Paperback – September 25, 2016

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It’s your aging journey. Shouldn’t you be in charge?

That last act of our lives can last for decades. But when it comes to planning for this often-challenging time, too many of us have our heads in the sand. We know the day may come when we are no longer able to manage our lives independently due to aging, injury or illness, but still delay disclosing vital information until it’s too late. As a result, we cede control of how we live and even how we die to family members or sometimes strangers, leaving them to guess what we want going forward without the legal directives and financial resources they need to assist at this difficult time. It’s painful and unfair for everyone involved. Luckily, it’s also entirely avoidable.

Age Your Way was written to provide a solution. In this comprehensive, step-by-step guide, author Debbie Pearson, RN shows you how to apply control to your own aging process and avoid the heartbreak that can result from a lack of planning. Whether the goal is to create your own plan or to assist a loved one in a time of crisis, you’ll gain the incentive you need to move forward and a complete understanding of the steps needed to make sure information and wishes are clear, including:

Understanding the three stages of aging and planning options for each one
Getting the proper legal and financial information in order and available
Documenting your unique health history and medical preferences
Assisting a loved one in creating their own aging plan
Making ethical decisions on behalf of someone else
And more…

Featuring real-life stories of patients and families at every stage of the aging process, Age Your Way is more than a book—it’s a program to help you take control of your final act, document your preferences, and provide your loved ones and caregivers with the information they need to both manage your care and honor your unique wishes for living and dying.

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September 25, 2016
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About the Author

Being a nurse is not only Debbie Pearson's life's work: it's her passion. For more than 40 years, she has dedicated herself to caring for others, first during a long career as a hospital nurse, and later as a home health care nurse. Working with patients one-on-one, connecting with each individual through sight, voice and touch, she gained a deeper understanding of what patients and families need as a result of aging, injury or illness.

Helping those people eventually became her life's work.

Realizing there was a growing and unmet need for advocacy on behalf of those who can no longer care for themselves, Debbie transitioned to case management, founding Nurses Care Management (NCM) in 2000. She and her team were often given guardianship over incapacitated individuals, and were tasked with making crucial decisions for people who were no longer able to communicate their wishes or decide what would happen next in their lives. This experience--trying to somehow unlock answers to crucial questions that were hidden inside her patients--inspired Debbie to design a simple, effective format to help people accurately gather vital information and document how they want their wishes carried out. That system became Age Your Way and The Blueprint to Age Your Way.

Today, Debbie's love for nursing has become a mission, and the powerful tools she has created are helping patients, their families and their loved ones. It's all an extension of Debbie's heartfelt belief that what lives on as our legacy is what's in the hearts and minds of the people you leave behind. Or as she herself puts it, "I want to make a difference and leave something valuable for others."

Debbie is a native of Austin, Texas and a graduate of Brackenridge Hospital School of Nursing and University of Texas School of Nursing. She has spent her entire career in her beloved Austin, where she continues to live with her husband, Hank. She has three children, eight grandchildren and a large extended family.

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Publisher : Family Night Press (September 25, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 190 pages
ISBN-10 : 0997853301
ISBN-13 : 978-0997853308
Item Weight : 8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.43 x 8.5 inches

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Texas Lady

For the reader . . . and her family

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2016

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Since this book addresses my professional interest, I expected it would be a straightforward, but dull, discussion. But Debbie amazed me! This book is conversational yet respectful of the elder, filled with real clients and even more poignantly, with personal losses and lessons. The information, the links, the suggestions lead to a vast number of readings and calls we can make. Each offers a different point of view to the caretaker or the family member -- or to the senior herself.

I thank the author for her wisdom shared so generously, and for her patience with her clients. Their later years were richer and more comfortable because of Debbie. This book is for the reader. . . and for her family.

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Sarah Ritchie

Must Read for Every Family

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2017

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When my coworker returned from her Austin trip, she brought back a copy of Debbie's book, and raved about her time with Debbie, as well as NCM's phenomenal care of their clients. I was curious, and ordered a copy. :) I was blown away by what a valuable resource the "Blueprint for Aging Your Way" is. I called my parents and my grandparents and asked them each to get a copy, so that we can discuss it at our family reunion this spring. All throughout my time of working with clients and caregivers, I hear frequently that "There's no handbook for this stuff." NOW THERE IS!!! :)
I went to lunch with a friend and she was telling me about her father-in-law's sudden health decline, and how her family is relocating to be near him in his final year. His care need is growing. I told her about your book, and how it's bringing my family so much clarity and peace of mind as we build a plan together. She left me a voicemail yesterday saying that not only did she devour the whole thing, she bought copies for every member of her family, and ordered many copies to hand out to her clients, as they purchase insurance and make retirement plans etc. She was thrilled at this new resource that uncovers firm footing for families and individuals as they navigate the tricky journey of declining health.
I am currently re-reading it, and was very glad to hear you are hard at work developing a workbook version. I am sure distilling years of experiences into writing to share with others was a challenging process, and all I can say is how grateful I am that you took the time to share your expertise, as well as your heart. This is hard-won knowledge, and I am so thankful for your willingness to share.

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Clyde Farrell

As close to learning from experience as you’ll find in the pages of a book

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2016

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The author tells us on the first page why we all need this book. Otherwise, “We jump into a stranger’s car and, before we know it, we’re swerving around a bend toward an eighteen-wheeler and we realize our driver is drunk and the seatbelt doesn’t work, and…Don’t be that traveler.”

Likewise, she quotes one patient who states elegantly why we shouldn’t leave the planning to our children. “…the patient looked me straight in the eyes and said with clarity, ‘My children have no idea who I am.’”

But this book is equally valuable if you are helping someone else to plan for or cope with long-term care. And as one who does this for a living, I found it well worth reading just for the lovely and poignant stories of the author’s parents’ passages through the aging process.

I wouldn’t swap this for ten “how-to” books full of dry generalizations. It is full of real people, whom we meet through engaging anecdotes drawn from forty years of nursing and caregiving experience. Reading it is as close to learning from experience as you’ll find in the pages of a book.

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Frank

Required Reading!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2016

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This book should be required reading for anyone who values making their own decisions and loving their family well. These stories and the experience of a career nurse in navigating situations where decisions weren't made ahead of time by the patient has motivated me to do this hard work and have the hard conversations with my spouse and my children and others in my life so that my wishes about medical care are known while I can still make my own decisions. Life is uncertain but planning ahead is a choice. This book is a good, easy read with resources and action steps. I can't wait for "The Blueprint to Age Your Way" to be published in early 2017 so I can complete this work and breathe a sigh of relief. Thank you Debbie Pearson for sharing your career experience with all of us!

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L. Cohen

Debbie has done an amazing job of guiding us through the always challenging planning ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2017

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Debbie has done an amazing job of guiding us through the always challenging planning progress of our aging and inevitable decline. Her decades of experience and wonderful spirit ring true on every page. Using both both her book and workbook as a template will help all of us better predict, identify formal and informal resources to make informed decisions to then "Age Your Way". These are my new go to books professionally and as a social worker/care manager I recommend them to my clients.. Thank you Debbie.

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Sue Ronnenkamp

Learn from the BEST in the field!

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2016

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I had the honor of working wit Debbie when I lived in Austin, as one of her client referral resources. I constantly raved about her work and knowledge to everyone I knew - but I had no idea she was such a wonderful writer too! Now everyone and anyone can benefit from her knowledge, expertise, and experience. I've worked in the aging field for over 20 years but still got lots from the book and will refer back to it frequently for my own planning. All of you should as well! Great resource for aging well.

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Suzanne

Very informative & written in a very EZ format to ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017

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Very informative & written in a very EZ format to assist in future situations. She has another book, out soon, w/forms etc..
Thanks Debbie.

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Hank Pearson

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2016

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A must read for anyone who wants to take control of their lives!