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Foreword Mary Pipher xi
Introduction Hugh Delehanty 1
Bringing Up the Subject 11
The New Touchy Subject
Competing Agendas
Ghosts in the Room
Beyond Either/Or
The Pre-Talk Talk
What Could They Be Thinking?
Breaking the Ice
Organizing a Family Meeting
The Actual Talk
Resources
Sidebars
Decisions for the Future
The Best-Laid Plans
Practically Speaking
The Sibling Balancing Act 29
Resentment, Take 2
Opening the Lines
"To Bring Them Together Again"
Old Family Scripts
Cultural Imperatives
Resources
Sidebars
Caregiving at a Distance
Choosing a Geriatric Care Manager
VSS: Vanishing Sibling Syndrome
But Who Will Care for Me?
Eight Is Just Enough
Your Parent's Best Advocate 45
The Organized Advocate
Managing Health Care
Hospital Bills and Insurance Claims
Dealing with Nursing Homes
Scam Alert!
Lawyering Up
Resources
Sidebars
Laying the Groundwork
Questions for the Doctor
Decoding a Prescription
Issues of Race and Class
A Patient's Bill of Rights
Coping with Hospital Bills
A Nursing Home Resident's Bill of Rights
Shred, Don't Pitch
Money Matters 65
Sizing Up the Situation
And the Bottom Line Is...
Things Look Good for Now-What's Next?
The Question of Long-Term Care
Do Your Homework
Reality Knocks
Resources
Sidebars
Key Questions
Should You Worry?
Making Ends Meet (Sort of)
Be a Fraud Detector
Choosing a FinancialPlanner
Long-Term Care Insurance Costs
A Small Family Relying on Friends
The Body 83
What Is "Normal" Aging?
Choosing a Doctor
A Pound of Prevention
The Changing Senses
Common Ailments
Didn't Sleep a Wink
Resources
Sidebars
A Test in Time
Mountain Man
Preventing Falls
The Unsinkable Wally Ristow
Warning Signs 1
Warning Signs 2
Getting Some Shut-Eye
The Brain 103
The Truth About Depression
No Turning Back
"Everything Has an Air of Strangeness"
The Road Ahead
Resources
Sidebars
My Father's Blog
Signs of Depression
Is It Alzheimer's?
Minimizing Stroke Damage
Routine Therapy
Design for Living with Dementia
At the Crossroads
The Medicare Maze 121
The ABCDs of Medicare
Medicare Part A: Hospital Insurance
Medicare Part B: Medical Insurance
Medicare Part C: Medicare Advantage
Medicare Part D: Prescription Drug Benefit
Filling in the (Medi)Gap
Blinded by the Fine Print
Resources
Sidebars
Names and Numbers You'll Need
How to Decipher a Summary Notice
Check List of Choices
Medicare Surprises: Pleasant and Otherwise
Who You Gonna Call?
Lose Some, Lose Some
Making a Medicare Appeal
And Sometimes You Win One
Living Arrangements 141
Staying Put
Day-Tripping
Making Room for Mom or Dad
Independent Living 101
When a Nursing Home Makes Sense
Resources
Sidebars
Who Lives Where
How Safe Is Your Parents' Home?
Choosing a Home Health Aide
Tradition vs. Reality
Two Parents, Two Arrangements
Build Your Own Village
Caring for the Caregiver 159
The Hidden Patients
The Stress Factor
Making Yourself a Priority
Lightening the Load
Give the Pros a Chance
Resources
Sidebars
The Art of Self-Preservation
Rewrite Your Inner Script
Take a Breath
Share the Care
Choosing Adult Day Center Programs
Saying Good-bye 173
A New Intimacy
Making Arrangements Ahead of Time
Achieving Closure
The Hospice Solution
Getting Down to "What Was Good"
Resources
Sidebars
Managing Pain
Choosing Hospice Care
Letting Go
As the End Nears
Not Quite Ready Yet
The Last Details
The Shape of Tomorrow 189
The Phases of Grief
Variations on a Theme
Yourself and Others
The Rightness of Ritual
The Stages of Healing
A New Way of Being Together
Resources
Sidebars
When to Seek Help
The One Left Behind
Children and Grief
Facing the Holidays
Grieving Well
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Afterword Elinor Ginzler 203
Appendix 209
Glossary 227
About the Authors 231
Acknowledgments 232
Index 233
Photography Credits 238
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