[PDF] My Parents Keeper eBook

Author : Eva Marian Brown
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 30,89 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN :

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Many adult children of mentally ill parents share similar problems óf guilt over having left home, poor self-esteem, lack of confidence, and inability to express emotions. This guide helps you to cope with guilt, bolster, self-esteem, and deepen intimacy.

Author : Jody Gastfriend
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0300221355

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A guide to caring for aging and ailing family members, which offers expert advice, illuminating vignettes, and a compassionate approach to building constructive, mutually gratifying relationships

Author : Jonathan G. Silin
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 32,8 MB
Release : 2007-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780807079652

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My Father's Keeper is the moving story of Jonathan Silin, a gay man in midlife who learned to care for his elderly parents as a series of life-threatening illnesses forced them to make the difficult transition from being independent to being reliant on their son. Their new needs and unrelenting demands brought them into intimate daily contact and radically transformed what had been a difficult and emotionally fraught relationship. My Father's Keeper chronicles the unexpected ways in which the ideas and skills Silin acquired as an early childhood educator, a specialist in life span development, and a compassionate witness to the devastation of the HIV/AIDS crisis came together with his interest in human psychology to deeply inform his thinking about the dramatic changes in his family's life and increasingly influence his role as his father's (and mother's) keeper. Through the months and years of his parents' decline, Silin reflects on their history as a family, recalling the pain of his father's psychological struggles through midlife and the uneasy, imperfect process of accepting his son as a gay man and accepting his son's partner into the family. My Father's Keeper is a book about beginnings and endings, loss and redemption, the ethics of intervention, and the pressing needs of two extremely vulnerable populations.

Author : Norman Daniels
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 13,97 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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This is an essay about the just distribution of resources between the young and old. It seeks a principled way, rooted in a theory of justice, to resolve disputes about how income support, health care, and other social resources should be allocated to different age groups in our society.

Author : Alexandra Villasante
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 33,21 MB
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0525514023

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This stunning YA debut is a timely and heartfelt speculative narrative about healing, faith, and freedom. Seventeen-year-old Marisol has always dreamed of being American, learning what Americans and the US are like from television and Mrs. Rosen, an elderly expat who had employed Marisol's mother as a maid. When she pictured an American life for herself, she dreamed of a life like Aimee and Amber's, the title characters of her favorite American TV show. She never pictured fleeing her home in El Salvador under threat of death and stealing across the US border as "an illegal", but after her brother is murdered and her younger sister, Gabi's, life is also placed in equal jeopardy, she has no choice, especially because she knows everything is her fault. If she had never fallen for the charms of a beautiful girl named Liliana, Pablo might still be alive, her mother wouldn't be in hiding and she and Gabi wouldn't have been caught crossing the border. But they have been caught and their asylum request will most certainly be denied. With truly no options remaining, Marisol jumps at an unusual opportunity to stay in the United States. She's asked to become a grief keeper, taking the grief of another into her own body to save a life. It's a risky, experimental study, but if it means Marisol can keep her sister safe, she will risk anything. She just never imagined one of the risks would be falling in love, a love that may even be powerful enough to finally help her face her own crushing grief. The Grief Keeper is a tender tale that explores the heartbreak and consequences of when both love and human beings are branded illegal.

Author : Ray W Lincoln
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 2009-12
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780984263394

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Lincoln's parenting manual explains how to understand different temperaments in order to meet a child's urgent and deep emotional needs.

Author : Tara E. Holley
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 1998-07-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780380723027

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Separated from her mother at an early age, Tara Elgin Holley became her mother's legal guardian at age 16 and set about trying to rescue the blonde fairy princess she remembered from the shambling street person her mother had become. An inspiring story of one woman's struggle to struggle through the pain to reach a better understanding of her mother, herself and a devastating mental illness.

Author : Doris Shaw
Publisher :
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2013-05-22
Category :
ISBN : 9781482713893

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My Parent's Keeper When the roles are reversed and you are the one to make the decisions for your parents, it is hard if you have no idea where you are going. Sometimes it is thrust upon us and we are unprepared for the situation. I have some topics you should contemplate before they happen. 1. Communication 2. What is best for them Can they live alone 3. Get your ducks in a Row A job is not finished until the paper work is complete 4. Appropriate care Selecting a facility 1. Money management 2. Closing the house 3. Final farewells Make the best of the situation by being informed. I have been where you are and have had good and bad results. Learn as much as you can before you need it. My Parents Keeper a self help book for those who are responsible for the care of their parents, spouse or some other person. It gives insight into what to expect and helpful hints. Make the best of the situation by being informed. I have been where you are and have had good and bad results. Learn as much as you can before you need Subject: some advice I am putting in book As long as your parent is capable of caring for self, There is nothing you can do. Are you prepared to step in when The necessity arises? It is their life, you can't live it. LISTEN to what parent wants. Really listen. You don't have to agree Be sure their basic needs are taken care of. Check the cabinets for food. (My book deals with parents who live with a child.) You have to have someone to talk too about this. Communicate with spouse and children so you are on the same page. Family should help but expect them to make excuses. Have someone to talk to can make the going easier. Make time for yourself, even if you must hire someone to stay with your parent. If you did not have a good relationship with your parent before, don't expect it to magically get better. It is your decision. Do what is best for your and your parent. Don't second guess yourself. You need a break. Get your family's support but don't be surprised if they make excuses. Ask for help. Old friends could be willing to sit for a while so you can run errands. See what help is available. Do your homework.

Author : Cosette Riggs
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Aging parents
ISBN : 9781450519120

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A guide to planning for taking care of an elderly parent. Find out who they want handling their person, their money, their medicine and their death.