Stages of Senior Care: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Making the Best Decisions
A USA Today BESTSELLER!\ "Informative. Complete. And practical. This book will guide family caregivers through the surprisingly complex world of senior care."\ —MEHMET OZ, M.D., New York Times bestselling coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual: The Complete All-in-One Care Guide\ Choosing the best care for your aging parents and other seniors in your life is not only complex, with multiple options available, it's also highly personal and often emotional. This essential resource—written by the...
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A USA Today BESTSELLER!"Informative. Complete. And practical. This book will guide family caregivers through the surprisingly complex world of senior care."—MEHMET OZ, M.D., New York Times bestselling coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual: The Complete All-in-One Care GuideChoosing the best care for your aging parents and other seniors in your life is not only complex, with multiple options available, it's also highly personal and often emotional. This essential resource—written by the founders of Home Instead Senior Care, the world's largest provider of nonmedical care for seniors—guides you through a comprehensive range of things to consider, step by step, so you can make better informed decisions and be confident that the senior in your life is receiving the best care possible. Checklists and diagnostics will help you: Decide if at-home care is the right choice for you and your loved ones Evaluate the pros and cons of retirement communities, adult care centers, nonmedical caregivers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and hospice Determine the costs of senior care options and find helpful support networks"This is not just another book about caring for aging parents. It's a great reference you'll use again and again. Stages doesn't shy away from the hard questions. Rather, it shows you how to confront them."—SUZANNE MINTZ, President/CEO, National Family Caregivers Association"Recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, this salient volume compassionately addresses a full range of hard-to-discuss subjects."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLYAll of the authors' profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation.Paul and Lori Hogan founded Home Instead Senior Care in 1994. Now with 850 offices in 15 countries, Home Instead is recognized as a global leader and authority on senior care. Visit them at www.stagesofseniorcare.com. Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Using their experience running a successful international company providing in-home, non-medical services for seniors, husband-and-wife founders of Home Instead Senior Care offer a helpful guide for families choosing among home care-giving and other assisted-living options for aging or ailing parents. The Hogans believe in helping seniors stay in their homes as long as possible, and knowledge is their most powerful tool in securing that goal; this well-researched volume is packed with information, advice and resources aimed at managing and ameliorating the sadness, confusion, guilt and anxiety of making quality-of-life decisions for a loved one. Emphasizing the need for planning, the Hogans offer a list of signs that indicate it's time to consider additional care, as well as a thorough exploration of the options, including pros and cons, questions to ask and other factors when choosing among home care, senior centers, assisted living and nursing homes. The Hogans also consider options for children who live far away from their parents, and advice on what to do when siblings find themselves in disagreement. Recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, this salient volume compassionately addresses a full range of hard-to-discuss subjects, including funeral services and bereavement. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Preface viiAcknowledgments xi1 A Whole New World 1That Was Yesterday 2An Expanding World of Care Choices 5The Evolution of Senior Care 6Taking Advantage of the Advances in Care 102 You, the Caregiver 17Take Pride in Giving 18The 40-70 Rule 19Making the Decisions 243 Plan Early and Look Beyond Today 31Start Immediately 32Adult Children Take Note 364 Aging in Place 43Universal Design to Make Living Easier 45Use the Latest Safety Technology 50Aging in Village: Networks of Services 51Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities 525 Family Care 59Signs That Family Care Is Needed 60Varieties of Family Care 62Financial Cost of Family Care 65Nonmonetary Costs of Family Care 66The Ultimate Gift 716 Senior Centers and Adult Care Centers 73Senior Centers 74Adult Care Centers 777 Nonmedical Care at Home 87Determined to Stay Home 90Considering a Professional Caregiver 91Full-Time Agency Employees 100Agency Contract Employees 104Freelance Caregivers 105The Beginning of a Beautiful Relationship, Ideally 1068 Medical Care at Home 109When At-Home Medical Care Is Best 110Some Advice on Choosing a Medical Care Provider 115Potential Hazards of In-Home Medical Care 1189 Retirement and Independent Living Communities 119Looking into the Future 120Active 55+ Communities 123Continuing Care Retirement Communities 12710 Assisted Living 131A Profile of Assisted Living in the United States 132Is She Ready to Go? 134Worth the Cost? 136The Next Step 14311 Skilled Nursing Homes 147An Important Role 148Finding the Appropriate Home 153Financing a Stay 158You've DoneYour Best 16112 Hospice Care 165What Is Hospice? 166Hospice: Then and Now 171Medicare Will Pay 173Coming to Terms 174Choosing a Hospice Provider 17513 Funeral Services 183Final Gesture 184Picking the Funeral Home 188Think Ahead 188Look Back with Satisfaction 19414 Bereavement 195The Reality of Grief 196Don't Go It Alone 199Memories Soften 20315 Complicating Ailments and Issues 205Components of Geriatric Syndromes 206Resources 21916 Difficult Situations 221Antagonisms Can Get Worse 222Advice on Some Common Parent-Child Conflicts 223When You and Your Siblings Can't Agree 23017 Financing Care 233Care Is Expensive! 234Financing Alternatives 23618 Don't Forget Yourself 245Who Cares for the Caregiver? 246Get Others to Help 249Protect Your Body and Mind 25119 Planning Your Own Future 257Remarkable Senior Performances 258Prepare Now 260Estate Planning 261The Future of Financing Care 264Afterword 269Notes 273Index 287
\ Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. \ Using their experience running a successful international company providing in-home, non-medical services for seniors, husband-and-wife founders of Home Instead Senior Care offer a helpful guide for families choosing among home care-giving and other assisted-living options for aging or ailing parents. The Hogans believe in helping seniors stay in their homes as long as possible, and knowledge is their most powerful tool in securing that goal; this well-researched volume is packed with information, advice and resources aimed at managing and ameliorating the sadness, confusion, guilt and anxiety of making quality-of-life decisions for a loved one. Emphasizing the need for planning, the Hogans offer a list of signs that indicate it's time to consider additional care, as well as a thorough exploration of the options, including pros and cons, questions to ask and other factors when choosing among home care, senior centers, assisted living and nursing homes. The Hogans also consider options for children who live far away from their parents, and advice on what to do when siblings find themselves in disagreement. Recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, this salient volume compassionately addresses a full range of hard-to-discuss subjects, including funeral services and bereavement.\ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\ \ \ \ \ \ Library JournalAs the baby boomers hit retirement age, these volumes can provide valuable information to them and their families. The Hogans (founders, Home Instead Senior Care) demonstrate that options for senior care have proliferated but require careful planning, evaluation, and financial resources. They provide advice for adult children on how to initiate conversations about changes in abilities and living arrangements and stress the importance of planning early, before a crisis situation arises. Also explained are the advantages and limitations of various types of living accommodations, such as adaptations of independent living spaces, independent-living communities, assisted-living facilities, senior and day centers, nursing homes, and care at home.\ \
