You, Your Parent, and Your Caregiving Journey:
Strategies, Resources, and Inspiration to Guide the Way
Are you already on the caregiving journey with aging parents? Or perhaps you are wondering—and worrying about—what care your parents may need as they get older? You are not alone!
No matter where you are on your caregiving journey, this book will provide you with a new, more positive way to think about your parent’s aging process. And it will give you tools, practical strategies, and inspiration that you can use at every stage in the journey.
You, Your Parent, and Your Caregiving Journey guides you through five important “Waypoints” of caregiving, sharing information and strategies so you can:
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Understand aging in a way that enhances the quality of your parent’s latter years;
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Have the conversations and complete the essential paperwork that will make your journey easier;
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Assess and ensure your parent’s safety;
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Make decisions with your parent about the best living options;
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Deal effectively with the changes associated with dementia; and
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Stay healthy and happy throughout your caregiving journey.
You, Your Parent, and Your Caregiving Journey will help you be a more effective, more compassionate, and less stressed caregiver. And it will help you see that your caregiving journey will be worth the taking.
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About the Author
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Carole and her mom
Dr. Carole MacNeil has spent most of her professional career as an educator and researcher focused on youth and community development. She has worked with communities all over the world on issues of intergenerational partnerships, social justice, and peacebuilding. When caregiving for parents and parents-in-law became a focus in her life, she applied her knowledge of human development to better understand the physical, cognitive, psychological-emotional, and social-behavioral changes that came with each of their unique aging processes. Throughout her own journey, she documented more than a decade of caregiving to understand it better and to share lessons learned with other caregivers.
Carole holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder, School of Education; a Master’s Degree in Education from Harvard University; and a Bachelor’s degree from Occidental College. She was the recipient of a Fulbright Award, and spent a year serving as a visiting professor at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. She has presented, trained, and published worldwide on a range of topics related to youth and community development, intergenerational partnerships, diversity, peacebuilding, and social justice. ​
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