Stages of Senior Care will be an invaluable resource for our clients and their adult children to help in planning for the various stages of senior care whether at home, at independent living or assisted living facilities.
The founders of Home Instead Senior Care, Paul & Lori Hogan, have just released their new book entitled: Stages of Senior Care: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Making the Best Decisions. It’s a fabulous resource book and guide to help you navigate through the often challenging maze of the various levels of senior care.
The book is already a USA Today bestseller — debuted at #44 based on combined sales figures of fiction, nonfiction, paperback, hardcover, and e-book titles, through the week ending October 25, 2009.
And here’s what Publishers Weekly had to say in their STARRED review of the book:
“Using their experience running a successful international company providing in-home, non-medical services for seniors, husband-and-wife founders of Home Instead Senior Care offer a helpful guide for families choosing among home care-giving and other assisted-living options for aging or ailing parents. The Hogans believe in helping seniors stay in their homes as long as possible, and knowledge is their most powerful tool in securing that goal; this well-researched volume is packed with information, advice and resources aimed at managing and ameliorating the sadness, confusion, guilt and anxiety of making quality-of-life decisions for a loved one.
“Emphasizing the need for planning, the Hogans offer a list of signs that indicate it’s time to consider additional care, as well as a thorough exploration of the options, including pros and cons, questions to ask and other factors when choosing among home care, senior centers, assisted living and nursing homes. The Hogans also consider options for children who live far away from their parents, and advice on what to do when siblings find themselves in disagreement. Recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, this salient volume compassionately addresses a full range of hard-to-discuss subjects, including funeral services and bereavement.”
Stages of Senior Care has been endorsed by Dr. Oz, New York Times bestselling coauthor of YOU: The Owner’s Manual: The Complete All-in-One Care Guide as well as Suzanne Mintz, President/CEO of the National Family Caregivers Association.
Here at Home Instead Senior Care of Sonoma County, we feel the book is destined to be a resource book that will be used for years to come. Those who are Boomers or at the tail end of the Boomer generation in their 40s and 50s are certainly beginning to have discussions with their senior parents in their 70s about the various stages of senior care. This guide answers questions and provides ways in which we can talk to our Mom or Dad about those subjects that are respectful, loving and caring.
So if you have questions about how to handle the situation of a senior parent or even grandparent living with you, or if your elderly loved one wants to live independently for as long as possible, you can rest assured knowing that you’ve thought through the issues surrounding those types of scenarios and have also discussed more advanced care needs that are provided by assisted living facilities, retirement or nursing homes and even hospice care.
If you have any questions about the book or are ready to talk to someone personally about your specific situation, please call our Rohnert Park office at 707.586.1516 to schedule a free, no-obligation family senior care assessment. We will provide an objective view of your situation and offer you the various ways in which we can support you in caring for your elderly Mother or Father, or refer you to facilities that can best provide your needs. And sometimes a combination is the best senior care solution.
