Home Away from Home
Sometimes we all have to face the inevitable and make tough choices. Dealing with the aging of your parents is one of them. Finding your loved ones the right home is a delicate matter, and it can be a stressful time as it is easy to get lost in the mounds of information. That’s why you need this book. It was written by an insider who worked in all the levels of the system and she wants to share all she knows about the system with you.
Your Elderly Parents Failing Health. Is It Ageing or a Treatable Condition
The biggest change in Aged Care in years by challenging ageism, negative attitudes to the elderly and providing holistic comprehensive medical care. “YOUR ELDERLY PARENTS FAILING HEALTH. IS IT AGEING OR A TREATABLE CONDITION? By Dr Peter Lipski. Geriatrician. Many people experience the frustration of watching their elderly relatives’ health decline every day only to be told that it’s just “old age” that causes dizziness, falls, confusion, malnutrition, and breathlessness and more. Frustrated families hear time again “”what do you expect- he is 89 years old you know!” Too many older people end up in the overcrowded public hospital emergency department when this could be prevented by better medical care. How often do we see our elderly relatives or friends physically declining, slowing up, taking too many pills and struggling at home alone?