Surviving the STRESS of Your Parents' Old Age by Nan Mcadam

Surviving the STRESS of Your Parents' Old Age by Nan Mcadam

Baby boomers are aging and retiring, creating the largest group of seniors the world has ever known. This trend has adult children looking at uncertain futures of meeting their retirement and life goals while providing for their aging parents. Along this journey of providing care, many care givers are dealing with life crippling stress. 54% of female care givers exhibit chronic health conditions, while 51% of women caregivers exhibit life altering symptoms of depression. Nan writes from the perspective of having lived through the experience of caring for her parents. She has also been the care giver for 3 other elderly loved ones. Not only does Nan cover how to combat or prevent life crippling depression, she also helps the reader traverse the mine fields of elder care such as: * Is it time for our elder to hang up the car keys? * How to deal with hospital stays and doctor's appointments? * What happens if they get dementia? * Should they live with us, or a care facility? * How to deal with our loved ones belongs after they relocate to the nursing home or after the loved one has passed away? The reader will find themselves laughing at the humorous moments, and wiping away the tears as Nan takes you through her emotional journey. Not only will the reader be entertained but they will come away with many handy tools to put in their own personal tool box of elder care.

Nan McAdam had a long and distinguished career in agricultural and financial sales. For over 20 years, she has trained, coached, and mentored individual salespeople as well as sales teams. Nan has been a long-time enthusiast in self-improvement and has shared her expertise of leadership, parenting, and how to live a more fuller life with the readers of her blog: http://www.selfimprovementinformation.com.com. She's been featured in seventy-eight different magazines. Nan has been caring for aging relatives for over 15 years.

Enduring the Tension of Your Parents' Aging Parents was released in 2013. Nan's experience as a caregiver inspired her to write this nonfiction book. In 2015, Nan's first young adult novel was released. It's a fantasy adventure for readers in fifth grade and up.

In the first book, Saving Mim, Charlie Kadabra, Last of the Magicians, began a series. The Hidden Key of Mim, book two of the Charlie Kadabra series, was released in January 2016. Invasion of the Soul-Eater in Mim, the third book in the series, was released in January 2017. With the publishing of her debut horror/fantasy novel, Alcohol, Bibles, and Demons, in 2018, Nan is starting a new phase of her career. This book is aimed towards a more mature audience.

Nan enjoys spending time with her family when she is not caring for others or writing. She is married and has two grandchildren in addition to three adult children. She currently resides in the Midwest with her husband and two hairy four-legged family members.

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ISBN 13	9780989774420
ISBN 10	0989774422
Title	Surviving the STRESS of Your Parents' Old Age
Author	Nan Mcadam
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nan McAdam
Year published	2013-09-19
Number of pages	282
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.