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Dad's Home Alone

Dad's Home Alone


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We are a country with a fast-growing elderly population. How can we provide the care required when our parents are elderly and wish to remain independent and in their home? In Gail Alcorn McGonigle's indispensable book, Dad's Home Alone: Caring for Your Elderly Parent, the former occupational therapist-and someone who cared for an aging father-we learn about how an elder's needs might develop chronologically-from being independent, through death and its aftermath-and how we can best intervene in the various stages, providing the care necessary to maintain their health, safety, and sense of self-respect. She covers the gamut from devices that make daily activities easier and safer, to costs and coverage, to revelations about abuses. The Tips and Tools at the end of each chapter help to make this a necessary guide for everyone engaged in caring for an aging parent. In conclusion, the section on "When It's Our Turn," gives us food for thought as we prepare for our own elder years.
About the Author: Gail Alcorn McGonigle, a retired occupational therapist, dedicated 25 years of her career to working with elderly and disabled men and women in rehabilitation hospitals, retirement homes, and private homes. As she watched her fiercely independent father age, become unsafe and no longer independent at home alone, she realized she had the skills and knowledge to help him remain there. That was a "cost" effective choice; it reduced his stress of being forced to leave his home where he once lived with his wife of 60 years, and, on his limited resources, it reduced the financial burden of moving to a care facility. "I knew what to do when the time came to care for my own father, but I learned first-hand about the emotional challenges and the services available for caring for an elderly loved one. It is possible and it's rewarding, but it is not an easy job". Following her retirement and her father's death, Gail wrote this book with the hope of providing you with resources, insights, and strategies to help you help your loved one age at home. In her retirement, Gail writes and speaks on the topics of elderly aging-in-place and seniors aging well while planning ahead for their own elder years. She and her husband, Hugh, live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Auburn.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781439241233
  • Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Booksurge Publishing
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 210
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Caring For Your Elderly Parent
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1439241236
  • Publisher Date: 28 Nov 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 363 gr


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