Rounding the Circle of Love - Softcover

Harriet Tramer

9781889409504: Rounding the Circle of Love

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ISBN 10: 1889409502 ISBN 13: 9781889409504

Publisher: LadybugPress, 2009

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How many of us will need to care for aging parents? Harriet Tramer is one who has and has researched the difficulties, concerns and rewards in order to manage the care of her own mother and to help others through the process. Fact filled book with easy reference. When you keep an elder in her home, she receives more personalized care than might otherwise be the case. Her world can be adapted to meet her needs, something that might not be possible within an institutional setting. Because it offers these obvious advantages among many others residential care has become a national trend. In spite of this, a strong warning seems warranted. Though it is often described in glowing terms, this arrangement demands a great deal from caregivers, placing them under considerable stress. They must climb a steep learning curve as they handle medical, social, financial and other challenges that arise. Any missteps they make could have disastrous consequences for both them and their elder; so, they must be constantly on the alert, not to mention well informed.

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About the Author

Harriet Tramer is Adjunct Professor at New School University Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy. She has cared for her mother, an Alzheimer patient and interviewed experts in the field of patient care and placement.

Review

Harriet Tramer captures the family caregiver experience, highlighting both the potential pitfalls and the rewards of choosing to care for an elderly loved one at home. This is a book that you will share with your siblings, spouse, and children as your family considers the options of elder care. Referencing her own personal experience of caring for her mother, age 95, Ms. Tramer makes the case that a decision such as this ought to be made by carefully, and honestly, examining limitations, skill set, and available supportive resources. --Barbara Mascio, founder of Senior Approved Services

Rounding the Circle of Love is part reference book and part support book for those considering the role of caregiver. The intent of this book is not to sway a person in any one direction. Instead, Harriet Tramer uses her personal experience and her journalism skills to shed light on both the pros and cons of caring for an elderly family member in your own home. She seeks and offers us the opinions of various professionals. She includes questionnaires to help readers make the correct decision for ...more Rounding the Circle of Love is part reference book and part support book for those considering the role of caregiver. The intent of this book is not to sway a person in any one direction. Instead, Harriet Tramer uses her personal experience and her journalism skills to shed light on both the pros and cons of caring for an elderly family member in your own home. She seeks and offers us the opinions of various professionals. She includes questionnaires to help readers make the correct decision for themselves and their family. Readers will come away with a much better sense of how to make this life-altering decision, as well as the best reasons behind whatever that decision turns out to be. --Darcia Helle

After Harriet Tramer s mother, who was in her 90s, fell and broke her leg, it was decided that after nursing home therapy, she was to come home. This is when Harriet Tramer found out what was really involved with home care of an elder. Sooner or later, most of us will be faced with the decision of placing our parents, spouse and sometimes even our children in a facility or care for them at home. In Rounding the Circle of Love, Tramer helps to make us aware of the problems we ll most likely face, how to handle them and hopefully prevent a few now and then. Through her discussion of medical situations you may be faced with, such as suctioning a tracheotomy or changing a diaper, helps prepare you for the possible and sometimes probable. She discusses money, real estate owned by the elder, taxes, possible Medicaid help, as well as how to apply for financial help. Tramer discusses how to choose a Home Health Care Agency if you decide one is needed. But one thing that she really stresses is... are you really ready, willing and capable of performing this full time job? To help you as a caregiver, Harriet Tramer talks about your own health and welfare. What facilities are available to help you for support and how to find an Adult Day Care Center that will allow you to take a break now and then. --Martha A Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

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