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| View Larger Image | The Complete Eldercare Planner, Second Edition: Where to Start, Which Questions to Ask, and How to Find Help | Paperbackby Joy Loverde (Author)
| List Price: | $19.95 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Three Rivers Press | | Edition: | 2nd Edition | | Page Count: | 336 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 25, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 169,494th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
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"Am I doing the right thing?" "I work full-time -- how can I be in two places at once?" "Who's going to pay for Mom's home care?" "How do I bring up sensitive subjects like their money, moving, and not driving?" "Do we need long-term-care insurance?" "Wait! Do I really want Dad to move in?" "Where do my parents keep their legal documents?" "Do they have a will?" Caring for elderly loved ones can be a full-time job--on top of regular work and family responsibilities. How can you cope?The answer is Joy Loverde's The Complete Eldercare Planner, now fully revised and updated with the latest information to help you plan ahead and manage real-life eldercare crises. Everything you need is on these pages, with essential checklists, practical communication tips, free and low-cost resources, web-sites, step-by-step action plans, questions to ask the professionals, record-keeping forms, and The Documents Locator,™ which helps you to always have access to critical paperwork. Here's a sample of what you'll find inside:EFFECTIVE PLANNING: Where to start -- Getting caught off-guardCOMMUNICARING: Opening up the dialogue -- Turning conflict into cooperation -- Getting everyone in the family to pitch inCAREGIVERS: How to tell when your elder needs help -- Sharing the care -- Avoiding burnoutEMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Managing medications -- Coping with hospitalizationMONEY MATTERS: The cost of long-term care -- Ready cashLEGAL MATTERS: Estate planning -- Elder advocacyINSURANCE: Getting the coverage you need -- Beyond MedicareHOUSING: Home suite home -- When Mom or Dad moves inSAFE AND SECURE: Minimizing distress over distance -- Accident-proofing the homeTRANSPORTATION: When it is no longer safe to drive -- Alternative transportationHEALTH AND WELLNESS: Taking charge of health -- Communicating with the doctorDEATH AND DYING: End-of-life issues -- Saying good-byeQUALITY OF LIFE: Aging with disability -- Family powerTHE DOCUMENTS LOCATOR™ |
Amazon.com Review
"The simple truth about elders is this: they want their lives to be validated, and they do not want to die alone," writes eldercare consultant Joy Loverde in her preface to the second edition of The Complete Eldercare Planner. While that desire is entirely valid and compelling, there is an equally real parallel reality: caring for elders is a formidable responsibility, a sometimes daunting maze of financial, medical, personal, legal, and logistical issues. Acutely aware of both truths, Loverde's goal is to provide the caregiver the support and efficient, practical guidance he or she needs to be able to enjoy the often-rewarding and moving experience of caring for an aging loved one. And in an era when the fastest growing segment of the population is those 80 and older (among those, the majority are women), it becomes increasingly important for caregivers, who are themselves one day going to need care, to be informed about eldercare facts. With a clarity and authority that comes from years of consulting experience, Loverde shares techniques and step-by-step tactics for all aspects of eldercare, from how to first broach the topic with an elder that he or she needs care and finding the best insurance coverage to emergency preparedness and managing the process of dying. Thirteen chapters are organized by a series of plans that instruct and advise the caregiver on how to research, prepare for, and manage a particular issue. An "Action Checklist" and, when applicable, a list of low-cost or free resources punctuate each chapter's end. The chapters on legal matters (estate planning, insurance fraud), money (cost-cutting strategies), and insurance (options beyond Medicare, supplementary coverage, long-term policies) will be particularly helpful to those first grappling with their elder's financial position. While on occasion Loverde's recommendations may seem vague--in some cases there are too many variables for the author be more specific without sacrificing relevancy to all readers--The Complete Eldercare Planner is an accessible, comprehensive, and thoughtful resource that will inspire caregivers in their pursuit of quality health care for the aging. --Rebecca Wright |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 56 reviews)
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Displeased with company/person who sold the book to me by M. Barclay  1 Stars
October 16, 2009
The content of the book is great but the person or company who shipped the book to me is not so great. Before purchasing the book I checked out the description because I did not want a heavily marked/highlighted book but that's what I got. I think the description was faulty and I'm displeased. At the moment I do not have the info related to the person/company who offered the book for sell but as soon as I do I'll report back. I asked the person/company to send me a less "used" marked copy and never heard back.
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Revised and Expanded 2009 Edition of The Complete Eldercare Planner by Joy Loverde (www.elderindustry.com)  5 Stars
February 11, 2009
If you like The Complete Eldercare Planner, you'll love the revised and expanded 2009 edition of the book. To be released, April 2009. You can order copies of the book today.
New lost-cost and free resources, more chapters including in-home caregiving technolody, finding local low cost in-home assistance, caregiving from a distance, the mature driver assistance, and so much more.
Type "The Complete Eldercare Planner, Joy Loverde" in the Amazon search box.
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Vital help by Kimberly M. Swihart (Saylorsburg, PA USA)  4 Stars
January 02, 2008
This book is full of clear, common-sense talk, just the thing I needed when I bought it. Dealing with an aging parent can be tricky in the best of circumstances, and at worst can threaten the whole family structure. The level-headed advice in this book can help to keep things on track, and can help family members to develop the best plan for dealing with their particular situation, as it did with us.
I did a "speed-read" of the book in the 24 hours before a family conference. I did note a fair amount of repetition of ideas in the book, but that is not necessarily a bad thing: if you're reading just the chapters that seem most relevant, then that's where those ideas need to be mentioned. One bonus: reading the book made it clear to me that I need to be doing some elder planning for myself, and with my own children, to make things easier for them later.
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Highly recommended. by J.C. (Madison, Wisconsin) 5 Stars
February 12, 2007
For those who have been, or will be, managing the health and financial welfare of your elderly parents, this book provides very helpful and detailed guidelines on how to do this with tact and compassion, as well as providing numerous resources. I ordered copies for all of my siblings. Best resource I found on the subject.
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Concrete Plan of Action by www.forbesbookclub.com (New York, NY) 5 Stars
November 27, 2005
"Am I doing the right thing?" Every adult child of a family member requiring eldercare asks this question. The Complete Eldercare Planner will help today's busy caregivers with medical, financial, and personal issues by condensing hours of research into a concrete plan of action. In one volume, readers will learn about emergency preparedness; how to tell when your elder needs help; talking about sensitive subjects; sharing the care; long-distance assistance; money and legal matters; health and wellness; insurance; housing; safety; transportation; maintaining quality of life; aging with a disability; death and dying; and more.
This carefully designed guide also presents material in an unusually accessible way, with dozens of checklists, step-by-step mini-planning guides, lists of low-cost/free resources, website index, questions to ask with places to write down answers, spaces to record elder's vital medial, financial, and personal information, and more.
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Eldercare for Dummies
by Dr. Rachelle Zukerman (Author)
Cope with legal, financial, and medical issues Minimize anxiety and stress and make the later years golden Need help caring for an elderly loved one? This sensitive, reassuring guide provides strategies for assessing older persons’ needs, arranging for care, ensuring their safety, and enhancing quality of life – all while respecting their dignity. You’ll see how to manage physical disabilities and chronic health problems, evaluate nursing homes, and help elders control...
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| How to Care for Aging Parents (Morris, How to Care for Aging)
by Virginia Morris (Author), Robert M. Butler (Author)
The best and bestselling book of its kind. Originally published in 1995, How to Care for Aging Parents, with 220,000 copies in print, won a Books for a Better Life Award and was praised as "an indispensable book" (AARP) and "a compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion" (The Washington Post). It also catapulted its author, Virginia Morris, to national prominence as a recognized eldercare authority on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, CBS, and other media.
Nine years later, and the...
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| Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent : A Guide for Stressed-Out Children
by Grace Lebow (Author), Barbara Kane (Author), Irwin Lebow (Contributor)
Do You Have
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| Caring for Your Parents: The Complete Family Guide (AARP)
by Hugh Delehanty (Author), Elinor Ginzler (Author), Mary Pipher (Foreword)
Drawing on AARP’s deep wellspring of expertise in the topic, AARP’s Caring for Your Parents offers both sensitive counsel and a practical road map through the complex emotional terrain many of us face as our parents age. This eye-opening book guides readers through a new, creative approach to caregiving that turns familial duty into a journey of emotional development and resolution.
Based on a 32-page National Magazine Award-nominated special feature, Caring for Your Parents documents...
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| The Eldercare Handbook: Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions
by Stella Mora Henry (Author), Ann Convery (Author)
In this comprehensive and accessible guide, long-term care expert Stella Henry helps readers navigate the daunting logistics and powerful emotions of making care decisions for an elderly parent or loved one. Drawing from her 36 years as a registered nurse and a nursing home administrator, as well as her experience caring for both her parents (both of whom suffered the ravages of Alzheimer's disease), Henry tackles all the tough issues: spotting the warning signs of dementia, redefining...
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