Aging Parents

The New Love and Sex After 60
The New Love and Sex After 60
by Robert N. Butler, M.D., Myrna I. Lewis, Ph.D.
The best authorities on whether love and sex can exist in later life are older people themselves. Frank and Marianne have been together forty-six years. They've led unremarkable lives in terms of success and lucky breaks and have had more than their share

The Pros and Cons
But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy! : The Complete Sourcebook for Starting (and Re-Starting) Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40
by Doreen Nagle
This rough and tumble guidebook covers everything you need to know about starting a family in your mid-30s and beyond! You'll learn all about the risks, rewards, rumors, and resources ... from infertility to pregnancy ... surrogacy to adoption ... single

The Sandwich Generation: The Facts
Good Daughters: Loving Our Mothers as They Age
by Patricia Beard
The expression used to describe those who are flanked by growing children and aging parents, the sandwich generation, does not quite cover the forces that threaten to scatter both bread and filling, causing the sandwich to fall apart.

A New Start: The Art of Friendship
A Dignified Life : The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care, A Guide for Family Caregivers
by Virginia Bell, MSW, David Troxel, MPH
Alzheimer's disease changes us all. Because of the associated memory loss and confusion, your mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, or partner may no longer know you or understand his or her relationship to you.

Effective Planning
The Complete Eldercare Planner: Where to Start, Which Questions to Ask, and How to Find Help
by Joy Loverde
Most of us are inadequately prepared, emotionally and otherwise, to face the complex issue associated with caring for elderly loved ones. Each situation usually involves multiple issues. How one family handles a problem is not necessarily the right

The Culture
Good Daughters: Loving Our Mothers as They Age
by Patricia Beard
Why is it so difficult to be a good daughter to an aging mother now? Partly it is hard because of the changes in the culture that our generation has made. As Victoria Secunda writes in When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends, Women who today are in

Susie
Susie & Herman : A Story of Love and Caregiving
by L. B. Smith
Dementia-for many there is no disease is more tragic- there are no physical symptoms of this disease; no need for hospital stays, no need for intrusive chemical therapy ... the mind just slowly slips away.

How to Answer The Hard Questions
The Hard Questions For Adult Children And Their Aging Parents: 100 Essential Questions For Facing The Future Together, with Courage and Compassion
by Susan Piver
No matter what the course or present state of your relationship with your parents, finding a way to speak and act from love or respect (however you define it) can ensure that this dialogue has lasting benefit for all involved.

American Woman's Home
by Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe
One of the most interesting and instructive illustrations of the design of our Creator, in the institution of the family state, is the preservation of the aged after their faculties decay and usefulness in ordinary modes seems to be ended.

Explore with Parents
The Hard Questions For Adult Children And Their Aging Parents: 100 Essential Questions For Facing The Future Together, with Courage and Compassion
by Susan Piver
Of course, it's easy to see why it's important for parents and children to discuss these topics; what's not so easy is to actually do it. No matter how practical and prepared or how committed you are to acting responsibly and lovingly toward yourself.

Facing The Future Together
The Hard Questions For Adult Children And Their Aging Parents: 100 Essential Questions For Facing The Future Together, with Courage and Compassion
by Susan Piver
When I was about ten years old, my mother began telling me what a good daughter I had been to her and saying that when she died (which, she always made sure to add, would not happen for a very, very long time), I should harbor no regrets about our

Where Have All Our Children Gone?
Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents
by Jane Isay
We raise our children to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, but when they finally do, staying close becomes more complicated than ever. And for every bewildered mother who wonders why her children don't call, there is a frustrated son or daughter

Long-Distance Caregiving
by National Institute on Aging
Long-distance caregiving can be figuring out what you can do to help Aunt Lilly sort through her medical bills or thinking about how to make the most of a weekend visit with Mom. It can include checking the references of an aide who's been hired to help