Successfully Navigating Your Parents' Senior Years
Critical Information to Maximize Their Independence and Make Sure They Get the Care They Need
by Star Bradbury
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Pub Date Mar 21 2023 | Archive Date Mar 31 2023
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Description
Millions of Americans are in an active caregiver role or will be in one in the future, yet few have a solid plan for the inevitable challenges of aging.
Whether your parents are in their 60s or their 90s, and whether they have years of health ahead of them or already need more support, Successfully Navigating Your Parents’ Senior Years provides the framework and information you need to prepare for and handle with confidence the changes to come.
The responsibility of caring for an aging loved one is often daunting—and when trouble hits, the sudden barrage of questions you face can be overwhelming. Have your parents executed their Advance Directives? Do you know what to look for in a senior community (and how to ensure a spot is available when you need it)? If your parents want to stay in their home, what can you do to ensure their safety?
Certified aging life care specialist and CEO of Senior Living Strategies Star Bradbury draws on her 25 years of experience in senior living to bring you an up-to-date, comprehensive guide to navigating the tricky waters ahead—starting with putting a plan in place now that maximizes your parents’ independence while providing them with the support they need.
Successfully Navigating Your Parents’ Senior Years covers:
- How to bring up sensitive topics with your aging parents
- Steps you can take to keep your parents safely independent in their own homes for longer
- Red flags that indicate your parents may need more help
- Senior living options and the key questions to ask in choosing any kind of retirement community
- Alternative living arrangements to consider for aging parents, such as senior roommates, cohousing, and/or niche retirement communities
- How to get help paying for your parents’ medical care (you have more options than you think!)
- Legal and financial documents to have on hand in case of a sudden medical emergency
- Insider tips, helpful checklists, and more
Don’t wait for a crisis to begin planning for the future. Successfully Navigating Your Parents’ Senior Years is an indispensable blueprint that will give you the tools and knowledge you need to advocate for your parents when they need you most.
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 805047
How we approach the conversation with our parents about their end of life care and plans is very critical and the timing of when and how we approach it is key. In Successfully Navigating Your Parents' Senior Years, Star Bradbury provides readers with a helpful guide of things to consider when planning.
Star Bradbury has over 25 years of experience working in senior living and has been the director of an assisted-living and memory care facility as well as having worked in a life care community. In this book she shares with us her expertise so that we can make educated and well-informed decisions regarding our family.
Bradbury provides readers with tools to navigate the world of senior healthcare by outlining our options at each stage of the life cycle span, informing us about what types of programs exist and where we can find information and funding. She also defines many terms and professional roles that are helpful to understand as we plan and interact with medical and healthcare systems. She encourages us to consider the Medicare programs within each State and provides websites and resources for where we can do our own research.
Bradbury provides readers with basic questions to ask in order to determine the type of lifestyle that our parent's want as they age. This book is sure to help many people with family planning and end of life care/hospice planning. I love that this book takes a holistic approach to care and encourages readers to pause and process thoughts and feelings along the way. The author also encourages readers to consider how they will manage the many elements that may result in more family conflict than should be necessary which is another great aspect of this text.
Thank you to the author and publisher for the e-arc copy!
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