Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes appendixes and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part 1: Problem solving amid confusion -- What's really wrong with my parents -- Definining problems: considering all viewpoints -- Developing a caregiver game plan -- Getting your caregiving plan organized -- managing your stress -- Part 2: The elder care landscape: know more, act confidently -- Caregiving services to the rescue -- Finding the best living option -- Common legal matters and how to work through them -- Part 3: Managing medical life -- Getting organized medically -- Insurance maze -- When your parent is hospitalized -- End-of-life care -- Part 4: Family dynamics in the swirl of caregiving -- Working through the generational gap -- siblings and caregiving: making it work -- Making family dynamic work -- Part 5: Communicating in sync -- Reaching accord: styles of communicationg for caregivers -- Four classic elder care conflicts -- Talking through money issues -- Talking through dementia.