How to Talk to Your Senior Parents About Really Important Things

How To Talk to Your Senior Parents About Really Important Things is a hands-on guide for adult children who want to talk to their parents about many of life's most challenging issues, including sensitive topics such as driving safety, choosing alternative living arrangements, dealing with grief and bereavement, avoiding scams that target the elderly, unwise romances, and much more.This comprehensive and handy resource offers useful guidelines and expert advice that can be adapted to fit your family dynamics. It will give you a solid foundation for building frank and candid communication with your senior parents.

Theresa Foy DiGeronimo is the coauthor of the best-selling books from Jossey-Bass How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things (1994), How to Talk to Your Teens About Really Important Things (1999), and the author of How To Talk to Your Senior Parents About Really Important Things (2001). She is adjunct professor of English at the William Paterson, University of New Jersey. She lives in Hawthorne, New Jersey with her husband and three children.