How do you find a nursing home? And can you pay for it? Are you eligible for any financial help from the government? How do you find a good doctor? What is the power of attorney and when do you need it? How do you avoid becoming your parent's "parent"?

Virginia Morris, a health-care journalist who cared for her own father through a terminal illness, has taken a tough subject and turned it into a smart, compassionate, timely book for everyone with aging parents. It's all here-the emotional, medical, financial, and legal issues.

She covers what is normal in old age and what is not, and how to avoid "ageism"-the attitude (prevalent even among doctors) that infirmities of the elderly are just part of getting old. She shows how to redefine your relationship with your parent, leaven it with humor, and temper it with reduced expectations. How to make a parent's world easier to see, easier to hear, easier to get around in. How to cope with incontinence and other physical disorders. What to expect of a parent with dementia or Alzheimer's, and what to do about it. How to provide home care-everything from putting together an easy-to-dress wardrobe to installing grab bars and reflective tape. And how to get professional help, from cleaning services to meals-on-wheels to full-time skilled nursing. Winner, Books for a Better Life Award and a selection of the Rodale Book Club Featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, CNN, CBS and other national programs. Over 123,000 copies in print.

Focusing on emotional, medical, financial, and legal issues, a health-care journalist who cared for her own father through a terminal illness turns a tough subject into a smart, compassionate, timely book for every person with aging parents.

This is a tremendous work.truly excellent. It will be a great help to many people. Ronald Miller, M.D.

Medical Director, Geriatric Assessment Center

Yale-New Haven Hospital

"HOW TO CARE FOR AGING PARENTS is well-researched and comprehensive.a practical resource.that can be of enormous assistance to contemporary older persons as well as to Baby Boomers and the generations that follow."

From the Foreword by Robert N. Butler, M.D.

Founder, National Institute on Aging

Compassionate, timely, thorough, and thoroughly researched, HOW TO CARE FOR AGING PARENTS tackles all the tough subjects: from how to avoid becoming your parent's "parent," to understanding what happens to the body in old age, to getting help finding a nursing home - to preparing for the time to say good-bye. When love is not enough, it's an indispensable source of information and support. Includes a complete yellow pages of resource,

HELP FOR EVERY DIFFICULT DECISION

-FINDING GOOD MEDICAL CARE

-DEALING WITH GUILT

-HOME CARE VS. A NURSING HOME

-REDEFINING PARENT/CHILD ROLES

-KNOWING WHEN TO INTERVENE

-SIBLING CONFLICTS

-GETTING POWER OF ATTORNEY

-COPING WITH DEMENTIA

-CARE FOR THE CAREGIVER

-THE HOSPICE OPTION

-LOCATING COMMUNITY SERVICES

Virginia Morris is an award-winning author and journalist, and a nationally recognized authority on eldercare. Her previous book is Talking About Death, published in paperback by Algonquin. Ms. Morris lives with her family in Sag Harbor, New York.