Mom's Fallen and I Can't Get Up: Learning to Care for Yourself, While Caring for Your Elderly Parents

Download or read book Mom's Fallen and I Can't Get Up: Learning to Care for Yourself, While Caring for Your Elderly Parents written by D. Collins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a humorous and realistic view of caring for your parents as they age and it's effects on the entire family. Being in the Sandwich Generation can be trying at times. You are raising your kids at home and then taking care of your parents as they age. They both need your time and attention, often simultaneously. This is both a beautiful and challenging time of life for the elderly and the caregiver. Sometimes you cry, and sometimes to laugh. The author has many years experience caring for elderly parents as well as juggling home and work life. From running to the hospital to running to soccer games, the experiences are first hand accounts of how fun and sad life can be when caring for ones parents. The author is part of the 'Sandwich Generation'. Sandwiched between their kids and their parents and caring for both.