PARENTING OUR PARENTS by Jane Wolf Frances is described as a "must read" by the publisher. I respectfully disagree. The prologue spends several pages describing why a book about taking care of aged parents is needed (however, readers have acknowledged that need just by picking up the book, right?). And then the author (who had several years ago published this book as Jane Wolf Waterman) continues a rather dull, overly introspective writing style through the rest of the text. As a specialist in geriatric psychotherapy, she did provide some added insight by including sections that were written from the elderly parents' point of view (but not before agonizing over whether her parents would have approved the invasion of their privacy). Sadly, this is much more of a memoir of her family's experiences (now rather dated since they began 20 years ago) than it is a helpful, motivating checklist or roadmap for other adult children of currently aging parents. I would instead heartily recommend Cameron Huddleston's book titled Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk, or even beginning with materials that are available from the Alzheimer's Association or from government groups like the CDC.

Parenting out Parents is a interesting book with good information. Well written, informative, and a good read for those people with aging parents.