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Author Loverde, Joy, author.

Title Who will take care of me when I'm old? : plan now to safeguard your health and happiness in old age / Joy Loverde.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Da Capo Lifelong, 2017.
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.64 LOVERDE    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  362.6 LOV    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.6 LOVERDE    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  362.6 LOVERDE    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  362.6 LOVERDE    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  362.6 LOVERDE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  362.6 LOV    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  362.6 LOV    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.64 LOVERDE    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  362.64 LOVERDE    Check Shelf

Edition First edition
Description xviii, 313 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-296) and index.
Contents Part one. Personal readiness -- Meet your future self: discovering who you have yet to become -- Good-bye change, hello transition: meeting the unknowns of old age head on -- Think like a strategist: mastering critical thinking -- You are tougher than you look: thriving in times of uncertainty -- The fierce urgency of money: staying afloat financially -- Part two. Where you live matters -- Aging in place alone--what you need to know: averting the risks of aging home alone -- Bring livability home: establishing equity, health, and safety for all -- Moving on: determining optimal housing options -- Part three. Ties that bind and unwind -- The broken hearts club: accepting relationships as moving targets -- Zero isolation: foraging for family -- Love is love: pets are family, too: adopting a pet for two-way love and caring -- Part four. Safety nets -- Doctor me: reframing sickness and health -- Chronic illness: the game changer: repairing holes in your safety net -- Early-onset Alzheimer's: the value of knowing: preparing for the day you hope will never come -- Part five. No tomorrow -- "Just shoot me" is not a plan: learning lessons from the dying -- Places to go and things to do: facing to be and not to be -- Cross it off your list.
Summary Asserts that growing old does not mean a decline into helplessness, and argues that it is essential to have a plan in place in order to maintain a high quality of life in later years, providing advice on the medical, financial, and housing decisions thatmust be made.
Subject Older people -- Life skills guides.
Older people -- Care.
Older people -- Psychology.
Self-management (Psychology)
Aging parents -- Care -- Planning.
Retirement -- Planning.
Aging parents -- Care -- Planning. (OCoLC)fst00800364
Older people. (OCoLC)fst01199093
Older people -- Care. (OCoLC)fst01199096
Older people -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01199124
Retirement -- Planning. (OCoLC)fst01096304
Self-management (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01111782
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Later Years.
SELF-HELP / Aging.
Genre/Form Life skills guides. (OCoLC)fst01423810
ISBN 9780738219639 (paperback)
0738219630 (paperback)
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