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Recommended Books

Elderwerks recommended books to help you understand the transitioning needs of seniors.

 

Don't Let Dementia Steal Everything

Role Reversal: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents

By Iris Waichler

A comprehensive guide for the 45 million people currently taking care of family members who need assistance because of health-related problems.


Don't Let Dementia Steal Everything

Don't Let Dementia Steal Everything: Avoid Mistakes, Save Money, and Take Control

By Kerry Peck

Kerry Peck, Managing Partner at Peck Richey, LLC has written a book discussing why it's important, legally, to get your estate set up to protect you and your assets as you age.


Getting Real about Getting Older: Conversations about Aging Better

Getting Real about Getting Older: Conversations about Aging Better

By Linda K. Stroh and Karen K. Brees

Aging doesn’t mean act old! This book discusses the fact that getting older is not a bad thing. The golden years can be the best of your life!


This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism

By Ashton Applewhite

People are happiest at the beginnings and the ends of their lives. The vast majority of Americans over 65 live independently. The older people get, the less afraid they are of dying. Aging is a natural, lifelong, powerful process. So how come so many of us unthinkingly assume that depression, diapers, and dementia lie ahead? That the 20th century’s astonishing leap in life expectancy is a disaster-in-the making? Underlying all the hand-wringing is ageism: discrimination that sidelines and silences older people.


How Do I Know You? A Caregiver's Lifesaver for Dealing with Dementia

How Do I Know You? A Caregiver's Lifesaver for Dealing with Dementia

By C. Charlotte Bishop and Steven R. Steiber

A family crisis doesn’t make an appointment. Therefore, you’ve got to be ready when it shows up. In excess of 8 million Americans have some form of dementia, As a caregiver to a loved one with dementia, it can wear you down, stress you, worry you and make you sad. It may create a financial hardship for you or your loved one. It can become your other full-time job. And it can burn you out!


Green Nails and Other Acts of Rebellion: Life After Loss

Green Nails and Other Acts of Rebellion: Life After Loss

By Elaine Soloway

Early in 2009, after more than a decade of marriage, Elaine Soloway's husband, Tommy, began to change—exhibiting inappropriate behaviors at times, becoming inexplicably weepy at others. More troublesome, he began to have difficulty finding words. Ultimately, Tommy’s doctors discovered that he had frontotemporal degeneration—a diagnosis that explained Tommy’s baffling symptoms and transformed Soloway from irritated wife to unflappable, devoted caregiver in one fell swoop. In Green Nails and Other Acts of Rebellion Soloway documents Tommy’s deteriorating health and eventual death, shedding light on the day-to-day realities of those who assume the caregiver role in a relationship with uncompromising honesty and wry humor. Charming, frank, and ultimately uplifting, Soloway’s story reveals how rich with love and appreciation a life compromised by an incurable illness can be—and how even widowhood can open a door to a new, invigorated life.


2019 Illinois Senior Directory

2020 Elderwerks Senior Resource Directory for Illinois

By Elderwerks

The 2020 Edition of our Elderwerks Senior Resource Directory includes all local and federal programming in Illinois.


Alzheimer's and the Law

Alzheimer's and the Law

By Kerry Peck, Rick Law

About 4-5 million people in the United States have some degree of dementia, and Alzheimer's is the most common form. This timely new resource gives lawyers the information they need to understand both the law and the emotions of working with a client who has Alzheimer's disease. You'll find valuable information on:

  • The ethics of working with clients with Alzheimer's
  • Health care options and how they affect the patient, the family and spouse
  • The long-term legal outlook, and protecting the family assets
  • and much, much more!

This ground-breaking book will provide the knowledge you need to answer client questions, and guide them through the arduous journey of dealing with dementia. The book also includes interviews with doctors, a hospice nurse, and the leaders of the Alzheimer's Association.


The Caregiver's Survival Handbook: How to Care for Your Aging Parent Without Losing Yourself

The Caregiver's Survival Handbook: How to Care for Your Aging Parent Without Losing Yourself

By Alexis Abramson

One in four families in the U.S. is caring for parents or other senior relatives-and 72% of the primary caregivers in these families are women. This book is written for those 16 million women who are part of the "sandwich generation"-caught between the needs of their elderly relatives and their young families. These women often feel invisible, their own needs unobserved and unappreciated by those around them.


The 24 Hour Rule: Living with Alzheimer's

The 24 Hour Rule: Living with Alzheimer's

By Cheryl Levin-Folio

A wife taking care of her husband who has early onset Alzheimer's Disease writes a book to help others with the disease.


The Eldercare Handbook

The Eldercare Handbook

By Stella Henry and Ann Convery

A guide to help prepare you for your transitioning parents through all aspects of senior housing.


They're Your Parents, Too!

They're Your Parents, Too!

By Francine Russo

How Siblings Can Survive Their Parents' Aging Without Driving Each Other Crazy


Senior Housing 101

Senior Housing 101

By Randalynn Kaye, CMP

Your basic field guide to understanding today's complex senior housing market.


The Case Manager's Handbook, Third Edition

The Case Manager's Handbook, Third Edition

By Catherine Mullahy

The ultimate how-to guide for Case Managers. It is designed to define good case management, examine the process and present practical procedural information.


Students Study Guide for The Case Manager's Handbook

Students Study Guide for The Case Manager's Handbook

By Catherine Mullahy

 


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