I'll Be Right There: A Guidebook for Adults Caring for Their Aging Parents

I'll Be Right There is for all my fellow baby boomers and sandwich generation taking care of aging parents or loved ones. This can be an extremely stressful, emotional and overwhelming phase in life when we are saying "I'll be right there," all the time. Pulled in a hundred directions at once, answers need to be easy to find and access. IBRT is a guidebook to help get from day one ("I'm worried about mom/dad"), to the end and beyond ("What are we supposed to do with all this stuff????") of caring for a loved one.
Get ahead of last minute decision making to reduce stress, make things easier with step by step guides and checklists, access resources you might not know exist, find free help, get siblings to work together (even if you live miles or continents apart) and more. This comprehensive workbook is filled with stories and humor (you are not alone!) between worksheets and places to gather and store important information for each stage of your parents' aging. You only need one chapter at a time, but the others are there when you (or your neighbors or friends) have questions.
- Pages to fill-in the information you'll need to have in an emergency (passwords, accounts, names, phone numbers, medications, insurance policies, etc.) Keep everything in one place for easy retrieval.
- Go through the questions to learn what your loved ones want and hope for so you don't have to waste money, time and emotional energy by guessing or assuming.
- Complete home and health assessments to figure out where you are so you can prepare for the future before accidents and changes start happening.
- Communication strategies for the tough issues (like taking the car keys, moving out of the home, end of life planning, hiring help, etc.) - Making sense of working with financial and legal strategists and/or doctors - Managing mental and physical health challenges - and more.
I believe the hardest part of caregiving is knowing what to do and when for the people we love. Working through this book will give you the confidence, and peace of mind, knowing you CAN handle this!