LifeBridge Health offers what may be the most reader-friendly and thorough guide to the care of the old available.
It?s called “The Who, What and Where of Elder Care” by Jill R. E. Yesko and Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, who received help and advice from the staffs of Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and the Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home.
The accumulated wisdom of those staffs shows on every page. The paperback?s subtitle is “A handy, step-by-step guide to help navigate the maze of caregiving,” and the book is precisely that.
Want to know “When It?s Time To Intervene,” and get care for your parents?
There is a checklist of “Signs of Trouble,” with the gentle suggestion that “knowing when to intervene in the care of an elder loved one is often based on a gut feeling rather than a hard-and-fast set of rules ? you know something?s amiss, but you just can?t put your finger on what it is.”
Many people find themselves confronting the need to provide help when a parent suddenly becomes unable to care for him or herself.
This book won?t cause the sadness that comes at such times to disappear right away, but it will most certainly make life easier for those who must face the crisis.
