What Do You Do When Your Parents Live Forever?: A Practical Guide to Caring for the Elderly - Softcover

Dan Cohn-Sherbok is Professor of Judaism at University of Wales, Lampeter. Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok was formerly headmistress of West Heath School.

Highly enjoyable, accurate and informative. It is a book anybody interested in the care of the aged ought to have, as a good read, as a reference book or a guide to caring for elderly relatives. Peter Meisner, Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine IF YOU ARE IN YOUR 40s, 50s, or 60s, read this book. IF YOUR PARENTS OR LOVED ONES ARE IN THEIR 60s, 70s, 80s+, read this book. Dan and Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok provide a comprehensive guide to the wondrous and often emotionally chilling world of caring for the elderly. From retirement planning to the verities and varieties of housing for the elderly, from dementia to the difficult world of the elderly and family dynamics, they cover a wide area of subjects. Enhanced with guides, checklists, and possible scenarios, this book answers questions you may not even have considered as yet. As someone who works in the field of geriatrics, at a Continuum of Care Retirement Community, I applaud the thorough, realistic, and wide-ranging approach of this work. Warning: Avoid reading this book if you prefer to be blindsided when it is time for you or your loved ones to seek help because of increasing frailty. Likewise, ignore this work if you prefer to live in a state of denial. For the rest, John Donne was right: this bell tolls for you. Dr. David J. Zucker, Chaplain at Shalom Park Nursing Home, Denver