Respecting Your Limits When Caring for Aging Parents

by Vivian E. Greenberg

Vivian Greenberg explains how to understand and accept the limits of what we can do for our parents. With insight and skill, she offers valuable information on how to recognize unrealistic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787941786
• ISBN13: 9780787941789
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Caring Without Caving

For those struggling to assist their aging parents, while managing a career and family of their own, Vivian Greenberg's book is a treasure. Through her many years of real life experience, it becomes clear in these pages that Greenberg really understands the dynamics of older parents and their adult children. The author displays a balanced point of view, compassion for older adults and understanding for their children. The situations Greenberg describes are real and her advice is solid. Her advice to adult children: Don't condescend to your parents, regardless of their changing needs--but don't cave in either. You have a right to your own life, your own space, your own needs. For those who feel they are getting lost in the daily demands of elder caregiving, this book is a breath of fresh air.