What Do You Do When Your Parents Live Forever?

This is a timely and highly practical book. It is based on the increasing likelihood that people will be living into the 80s and 90s and that aren't parents will need help through the difficulties that are almost inevitable in the final years of life. Carers, however, need to balance the needs of their parents with other equally pressing priorities. The book begins with a description of physical changes associated with ageing, moving on to caring for parents, managing healthcare, issues arising from remaining at home, challenges of daily living, financial planning, residential homes and assisted living, finding a nursing home, and finally death and funerals. There is an amazing amount of practical guidance in each section, with action points or criteria for decision-making set out for each condition or situation. This is all illustrated with relevant case histories. An indispensable handbook for those in middle age caring for elderly parents. We can then pass it onto our own children when we are reaching backstage ourselves! As a cushion cover puts it, 'live long enough to be a problem to your children.'