When Someone You Love Needs Nursing Home, Assisted Living, or In-Home Care

Newly revised and updated, this acclaimed, complete guide delivers what people need to know to help an aging loved one--a must for all caregivers

Written by two distinguished psychologists for spouses, siblings, and adult children, this frank and highly useful guide is meticulously organized to provide answers, dispel myths, anticipate needs, and provide strategies for dealing with every aspect of in-home and facility care.

With chapters on choosing the right placement setting, navigating the bureaucracy of today's eldercare system, and determining how best to pay for services, this revised edition includes new information on:

diagnosisinterventionsinsurance, legal, and policy mattersas well as updated checklists, phone and Internet lists, budget worksheets, and questionnaires.