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Do you know what to do if your parent needs help?

As our parents age, it is important for us to understand their needs and how to best care for them. For many, becoming involved or responsible for your aging parents’ well-being is a new dimension in your relationship. My Parent Needs Help!! A Roadmap to Understanding & Caring for My Aging Parent is a practical guide to help adult children navigate the maze of caring for their aging parent.

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Plus you’ll be among the first to be notified when the book is available for purchase.

 
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Don't Get Lost in the Caregiving Maze

 

The book covers everything you need to know to provide the best care for your aging parent. In this book you’ll learn:

  • when it’s time to evaluate your parent’s health

  • how to develop an action plan for yourself

  • How to navigate your parent’s health and long-term insurance

  • What documents you’ll need to locate from your parent’s life

  • how to Locate and seek elder care resource

  • and more

Additionally, you’ll get a supplementary workbook with worksheets to help you track the process as you determine your parent’s needs.

 
 

About the Author

Barbara Applegate, MSW, ACSW, has worked with adult children and their aging parents for over 40 years. She has completed the post Master’s certification in gerontology, the scientific study of old age and the process of aging. Barbara is a member of the American Society on AGING and the Aging Life Care Association. She knows how stressful providing care to your aging parent or relative can be. She has written this book from her years of experience and knowledge from her consulting business, A.G.E. Consultants, Inc., located in Phoenix, Arizona.

In addition to writing My Parent Needs Help!!, Barbara is also the co-author of Parent Care: A Survival Guide for Adult Children of Aging Parents.

Barbara Applegate

 

 

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“This book is what every adult child needs to not only cope with their parent’s changes in their late years, but how to become prepared well ahead of time, before these needs become an emergency.”

-Patti H.

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A message from Brent Owens

Brent Owens, president of All Valley Home Health Care

“When I first met Barbara Applegate over 20 years ago, she expressed to me that clients’ needs were paramount and had to be fulfilled with integrity if I were to work with her in home care. During those early years, she impressed me with her advocacy for clients and the need to coordinate and collaborate with other professionals.

This was the first time I had collaborated with another business owner. Barbara trained me to think through the client experience and implement strategies that were effective. I’ve come to understand how concierge level service can be accomplished in adult home care. It’s not “if” but “how” when it comes to care for clients.

I believe we have been able to provide care together at the highest levels over decades because of our shared value system. It’s with great pride that I encourage any adult children seeking to help their parents or other loved ones through the aging process, to seek advice, counsel and wisdom in these pages.

In a time when service to others sometimes seems less than achievable, “My Parent Needs Help!: A Roadmap to Understanding & Caring for My Aging Parent” reflects her extensive knowledge and expertise in providing solutions and wisdom to those in need.

This comprehensive guide to parent care (or any elderly person) reflects Barbara’s lifetime in Elder Care Advising. To Barbara, there are no shortcuts when it comes to in-home care.”