How to Honor Your Aging Parents: Fundamental Principles of Caregiving

by Johnson Richard P.

Too often, people enter the role of caregiver for an aging parent unprepared, and, as a result of exhaustion, exasperation, and guilt, fail in their objective. These are not bad, lazy, negligent people. Most of the time, they simply tried to do too much. Written for any person who is caregiving or who anticipates that they will be called upon to give some form of care to an elder, this book sets out to prepare caregivers to do the best job possible to truly honor their aging parent, relative, or friend and yet not lose themselves in the process.



Paperback

128 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 25, 1999

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm really torn between 3 and 4 stars: this book is a combination of five-star chapters and two-star space-fillers. There is great advice on relationship quality and taking care of yourself, and some nice guidance (though now ubiquitous in eldercare) on creating an autobiography. Especially good advice on maintaining boundaries. And while it may not be fair hold this 20-year-old book accountable for advice given frequently and better elsewhere, some sections (eg, the discussion of stereotypes) fails to provide anything actionable. Same for the discussion questions - some great, provocative questions, some that merely repeat prior theses as interrogatives. But it's an easy short read (despite some really poor font choices on the chapter title pages) and it's worth a couple hours if you find yourself entering the target demographic.