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Everything you need to know to plan for your own safe, financially secure, healthy, and happy old age
For those who have no support system in place, the thought of aging without help can be a frightening, isolating prospect. Whether you have friends and family ready and able to help you or not, growing old does not have to be an inevitable decline into helplessness. It is possible to maintain a good quality of life in your later years, but having a plan is essential. Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old? equips readers with everything they need to prepare on their own:
Advice on the tough medical, financial, and housing decisions to come Real solutions to create a support network Questions about aging solo readers don't know to ask Customizable worksheets and checklists that help keep plans on course Guidance on new products, services, technology, and resources
Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old ? goes way beyond estate planning to help readers prepare for all the changes in store. Readers are empowered to make proactive plans for their own lives rather than entrusting decisions to family and community.
Author Notes
Joy Loverde is a leading consultant in the mature-market industry, a trusted advisor in aging, caregiving, and eldercare-related issues, and the author of The Complete Eldercare Planner. Joy's work has been featured on Today, the CBS Early Show, NPR, and in USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. She lives in Chicago.
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Library Journal Review
Loverde (The Complete Eldercare Planner) provides seniors with the resources to plan for and maintain a strong quality of life. She offers ideas for creating a support network, strategies to foster smarter decision-making, alternative ways to think about aging, and assistance with end-of-life services. Worksheets address dozens of topics such as downsizing, finding appropriate housing, and establishing channels of support in the community. Resources include YouTube videos, songs, TED talks, and further reading lists. -VERDICT Highly recommended for anyone over 60 and their loved ones. © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Get Real | p. xi |
| Don't Read This Book. Work It. | p. xvii |
| Part 1 Personal Readiness | |
| 1 Meet Your Future Self: Discovering who you have yet to become | p. 3 |
| 2 Good-bye Change, Hello Transition: Meeting the unknowns of old age head on | p. 13 |
| 3 Think Like a Strategist: Mastering critical thinking | p. 27 |
| 4 You Are Tougher Than You Look: Thriving in times of uncertainty | p. 45 |
| 5 The Fierce Urgency of Money: Staying afloat financially | p. 57 |
| Part 2 Where You Live Matters | |
| 6 Aging in Place Alone-What You Need to Know: Averting the risks of aging home alone | p. 85 |
| 7 Bring Livability Home: Establishing equity, health, and safety for all | p. 103 |
| 8 Moving On: Determining optimal housing options | p. 119 |
| Part 3 Ties That Bind And Unwind | |
| 9 The Broken Hearts Clud: Accepting relationships as moving targets | p. 139 |
| 10 Zero Isolation: Foraging for family | p. 151 |
| 11 Love Is Love: Pets Are Family, Two: Adopting a pet for two-way love and caring | p. 167 |
| Part 4 Safety Nets | |
| 12 Doctor Me: Reframing sickness and health | p. 179 |
| 13 Chronic Illness: The Game Changer: Repairing holes in your safety net | p. 197 |
| 14 Early-Onset Alzheimer's: The Value of Knowing: Preparing for the day you hope will never come | p. 211 |
| Part 5 No Tomorrow | |
| 15 "Just Shoot Me" Is Not a Plan: Learning lessons from the dying | p. 227 |
| 16 Place to Go and Things to Do: Facing to be and not to be | p. 241 |
| Cross It Off Your List | p. 253 |
| Worksheets and Checklists | p. 259 |
| Websites | p. 261 |
| Recommended Reading | p. 279 |
| Recommended Movies | p. 281 |
| Recommended YouTube | p. 283 |
| Recommended Television Shows | p. 285 |
| Recommended Songs | p. 287 |
| Recommended TED Talks | p. 289 |
| Gratitudes | p. 291 |
| Notes | p. 293 |
| Index | p. 297 |
| About the Author | p. 313 |