Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy? : How to Resolve the Most Common Dilemmas with Aging Parents

, by Ilardo, Joseph A.; Rothman, Carole R., Ph.D.

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ISBN: 9781889242149 | 1889242144
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/1/2001

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Practical guide for people whose parents are still competent and on their own but showing signs of aging-like they should stop driving but won't, etc.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Context

Harsh (and Not So Harsh) Realities

(8)

Talk So Your Parents Will Listen, and Listen So Your Parents Will Talk

(6)

At an Impasse?

(4)

S.U.R.V.I.V.E.

(24)

The Model

Solve the Problems That Are Driving You Crazy

(16)

The Dilemmas

My father can no longer drive safely, but he refuses to stop

(9)

My mother antagonizes her aide

(6)

My brother and sister won't offer to help take care of Mom and Dad

(7)

My mother clearly needs to see a doctor, but she refuses to do so

(7)

My mother is not poor, but she skimps to save money

(6)

My sisters argue constantly about taking care of our parents, and everyone calls me for help

(9)

My 82-year-old father wants to marry a woman he just met

(8)

My mother is doing fine, but she won't listen to her doctor's advice

(6)

My husband resents my father's demands on me

103

(7)

My mother won't discuss end-of-life issues

110

(8)

My mother can't manage her checking account any longer, but she refuses my help

118

(7)

My sister volunteered to take care of my mother, and now she refuses to let me help

125

(6)

My father refuses to wear his hearing aids, even though he insisted on getting them

131

(6)

My mother treats my brother like a god, but I'm the one who does all the work

137

(7)

My father wants to move in with us, but my husband is against it

144

(6)

My father insists on taking care of my mother, but he is not able to, and they both are suffering

150

(8)

My parents fight like cats and dogs, and now my mother won't take care of my father

158

(7)

My brother and I disagree with our stepmother about putting my father on life support

165

(8)

My mother is going to a doctor I think is a quack, but she refuses to stop seeing him

173

(6)

My father's public behavior embarrasses me

179

(6)

My mother is no longer stable on her feet, but she insists on climbing on chairs to reach her cabinets

185

(7)

My mother moved in with us, and it's not working

192

(8)

My sister is stealing from our mother

200

(7)

My mother's handyman borrows money from her and doesn't pay her back

207

(5)

My father's frequent phone calls are just too much

212

(6)

Notes for My Own Situation

218

(2)

Resources

220

(4)

Index

224

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Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy? : How to Resolve the Most Common Dilemmas with Aging Parents

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