Talking with Your Aging Parents - Softcover

Edinberg, Mark A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877734402 ISBN 13: 9780877734406

Publisher: Shambhala, 1988

Synopsis

With compassion and common sense, Dr. Mark Edinberg presents positive ways of communicating with the elderly about their changing needs in housing, health care, financial management, and other important areas. Through anecdotes and vignettes, he teaches communication skills and provides guidelines for breaking out of guilt and unproductive habits in family relationships. Talking With Your Aging Parents brings a message of hope to all who care about the elderly people in their lives and want to help them live independently at their highest level of ability.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Shambhala, dist. by Random. Apr. 1987. c.206p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-87773-390-2. $16.95. soc sci/psych Communication between elderly parents and adult children about changes in lifestyle created by the aging process can be a daunting task for all concerned. Speaking and listening skills, never fully developed during a family's early years, may prove inadequate in coping with such sensitive issues as the elderly person's physical or mental health, changes in financial or legal situations, death and dying, or the need for a nursing home. Edinberg, a clinical psychologist, explores communications styles, skills, and strategies and identifies basic patterns of family interaction. Amply illustrated with case studies, his book is an excellent guide for relatives who must participate in difficult family discussions, discussions which can, however, lead to greater familial understanding. Karen McNally Bensing, Metropolitan General Hospital Library, Cleveland
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0877734402
• ISBN 13: 9780877734406
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220