Where should mom or dad live? This book provides information about living arrangements, services, and facilities available for older adults with changing health needs, as well as checklists to help you determine the living situation most appropriate for your loved one. Topics include:•Helping your loved one maintain independence as long as possible•Modifying your loved one’s home for safety and comfort•Determining the need for home services and home health care•Transitioning your loved one from their home to a caregiver’s home•Understanding the pros and cons of moving your loved one into your home•Preventing caregiver burnout•Moving your loved one to an assisted living or full-time care facilityIn addition, we will take a look at units that provide specialized care for memory problems and discuss what to do in the event that your loved one is placed in a psychiatric facility. Balancing the best interest of an aging loved one with your abilities and resources can create stress and worry. Being prepared to make decisions about their care and housing in advance can help you focus your energy on your loved one and ease their transition from one living situation to another.

Where Should Mom Live?: Living Arrangements for Older Adults

Self-Help

Town, Laura

Hoffman, Karen

Death & Grief

Omega-press

You Are Not AloneHelp Your Loved One, Relieve Your StressForty-five million people have Alzheimer's, and their caregivers are overwhelmed. The Alzheimer's Roadmap series is designed for the caregiver who has to make a million decisions, some are huge decisions and some are small. These decisions, however, have two goals in common: to protect the loved one who is suffering from this terrible disease and to make the stressful life of the caregiver easier. Knowing how to keep their loved one safe is a top concern for caregivers. With this in mind, Laura Town, a caregiver, and Karen Kassel, a doctor of pharmacology, have written an invaluable book on the care and safety of Alzheimer patients. With detailed checklists of everything from Emergency Alert systems to Fire Safety to Medication Safety, this concise compendium is the definitive guide to Alzheimer patient safety. Whether you're a medical professional or a family caregiver, you will breathe easier knowing you've taken the guesswork out of caregiving.Learn: <ul><li>How to Keep Your Loved One Safe at Home</li><li>How to Avoid Falls</li><li>How to Prevent Wandering</li><li>How to Stop Your Loved One from Driving</li><li>How to Prevent Elder Abuse and Suicide</li></ul>&#707;&#707;&#707;

Home Safety Checklist Guide and Caregiver Resources for Medication Safety, Driving, and Wandering (Alzheimer's Roadmap)

Just because you don’t have cash doesn’t mean you don’t want and need things. According to authors and business gurus Karen Hoffman and Shera Dalin, it’s time to get a little creative. Most people have a skill they can useit’s just a matter of figuring out what that is and how to use it to get something else. From piano lessons in exchange for haircuts to an engine tune-up in exchange for house painting, The Art of Barter offers step-by-step instructions in: 
<ul>
<li> Determining your tradable” skills</li>
<li> Initiating a trade</li>
<li> Figuring out a fair exchange</li>
<li> How to close a deal </li>
<li> Incorporating barter into everyday life </li>
</ul> In addition, the book is peppered with inspirational ideas on how to use barter in today’s tough economic world.

The Art of Barter: How to Trade for Almost Anything

Business & Money

Dalin, Shera

Management & Leadership

Skyhorse

The Environmental Protection Agency developed this manual as a guide for those who are about to undertake an asbestos abatement project. Prepared by professionals in the field of asbestocs abatement and control, this book was subjected to review throughout its preparation by government, academic, and indusdtry experts. Features include history and health effects of asbestos, legal and insurance considerations and waset disposal requirements and much more.

Asbestos Abatement Training for Contractors and Supervisors

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Tstc Pub

How to Save Money on Healthcare

Nutrition for Brain Health: Fighting Dementia (Third Edition) (Alzheimer's Roadmap)

Medical Books

Medicine

WilliamsTown Communications

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