The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of

The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

In a powerful blending of memoir and practical strategies from a medical doctorâ€™s perspective, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents â€“ and ourselves - from the Perils of Modern Healthcare reveals the hidden side of modern healthcare practices for aging Americans. This ground-breaking book, co-written by award-winning author Marcy Houle and nationally-recognized geriatrician and public health advocate, Elizabeth Eckstrom MD MPH, sheds new light on aging by showing it from twin perspectives: the story of a daughter desperately seeking help for the parents she loves, and a geriatrician who offers life-changing strategies that can protect our loved ones and ourselves.

Today, for many older adults, the medical delivery system is confusing, fragmented, and ill-equipped to provide comprehensive, person-centered care. Under our current healthcare model, thousands of aging persons face unnecessary suffering, hospitalizations and nursing home stays, and even preventable death.

Seniors and families often feel powerless as they travel this sad journey. Not having knowledge of agingâ€™s changes, they resign themselves to believing there is nothing anyone can do to help, while some health care professionals simply write off symptoms seniors endure as â€œjust old age.â€

But as Marcy Houle discovered in caring for her parents, many of the problems often are not â€œjust old age.â€ Further, the real issue is not that the answers to ease suffering donâ€™t exist. Rather, what we need to know is generally not available to the general public. Even more concerning, many health care professionals have had little or no training in the care of older adults.

The Gift of Caring hopes to change that. It is written to give empowerment to all older adults, family members, and health care professionals, by sharing much needed knowledge and practical strategies. The Gift of Caring shows the best ways to advocate for our parentâ€™s health care â€¦ and our own â€¦ by giving us the tools we need to insist upon the better way.

Your parents and you deserve the best healthcare as you age- But there are so many reasons why thatâ€™s not happening.You can change that.
Country USA
Brand Taylor Trade Publishing
Manufacturer Taylor Trade Publishing
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 3 tables
ReleaseDate 2015-07-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781493010035

Country	USA
Brand	Taylor Trade Publishing
Manufacturer	Taylor Trade Publishing
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	3 tables
ReleaseDate	2015-07-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781493010035

The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

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