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Doris Inc.: A Business Approach to Caring for Your Elderly Parents

A Business Approach to Caring for Your Elderly Parents

Author: Shirley Roberts  

Proven strategies for finding balance in your life and career while maximizing the quality of life for an elderly person When Shirley Roberts' father passed away, her life and career were put on hold as the demands of caring for her elderly mother, Doris, began consuming more and more of her time and energy.

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Proven strategies for finding balance in your life and career while maximizing the quality of life for an elderly person When Shirley Roberts' father passed away, her life and career were put on hold as the demands of caring for her elderly mother, Doris, began consuming more and more of her time and energy.

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Proven strategies for finding balance in your life and career while maximizing the quality of life for an elderly person

When Shirley Roberts' father passed away, her life and career were put on hold as the demands of caring for her elderly mother, Doris, began consuming more and more of her time and energy. Using her business prowess, Shirley, with the help of her financial advisor brother, developed Doris Inc. Using their business skills, they found ways to maintain their own lives and careers while ensuring that their mother received top-notch care. Much of their success has come from sound management practices and an original financial forecasting tool tailored for elders. In this heartfelt, beautifully written book, Shirley offers sage advice on how to cope with the emotional roller coaster of eldercare, along with proven care and financial planning strategies and tools that have worked so well for her.Features concrete lessons and proven strategies for handling the challenges of eldercare; making tough decisions, finding help, reducing stressful crises and planning for the high costs of eldercareOffers practical guidance to avoid sacrificing your own life while providing the best care for your loved onesTips on confronting and planning for your own golden years to ensure that you'll have a fulfilling life after retirement and that those who'll be caring for you won't be overly burdened

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About the Author

Shirley Roberts is a graduate of the Ivey School of Business. She ran her own consulting firm, Market-Driven Solutions Inc., before becoming a published author and a consumer trend-spotter, whose research and advice were sought by media and large corporations. Shirley was a board member of Parkinson Society Canada from 2006-2009 and was the primary caregiver of her mother for seven years.

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Health/ Eldercare Keep your life in balance while maximizing the quality of life of an elderly loved one When Shirley Roberts' father passed away, her life and career were put on hold as she focused on the demands of caring for her ailing mother, Doris. Drawing on their extensive business experience, Shirley and her brother devised a solution that they called Doris Inc. They applied management practices to caregiving to ensure that their mother received top-notch care, and they could still have lives of their own. In Doris Inc. Shirley Roberts shares the strategies that worked so well for her family including: Concrete advice about making tough decisions Help navigating the health-care maze Financial pitfalls and ways to avoid them How to get help in a crisis Tips on planning for your own golden years... Praise for Doris Inc. "I was thrust into a caregiving role for my parents without much support or guidance. It was a grueling and life-altering experience. I know just how significant a contribution Doris Inc. will make to the lives of caregivers and their loved ones." -- Christine Lasky, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Toronto "Doris Inc. has empowering insights that will help family caregivers lower their fear and stress and approach their role in a prepared, informed and proactive way." -- Kathi Colwell, RN, Program Manager, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Providence Care Hospital, Kingston

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Keep your life in balance while maximizing the quality of life of an elderly loved one When Shirley Roberts' father passed away, her life and career were put on hold as she focused on the demands of caring for her ailing mother, Doris. Drawing on their extensive business experience, Shirley and her brother devised a solution that they called Doris Inc. They applied management practices to caregiving to ensure that their mother received top-notch care, and they could still have lives of their own. In Doris Inc. Shirley Roberts shares the strategies that worked so well for her family including: Concrete advice about making tough decisions Help navigating the health-care maze Financial pitfalls and ways to avoid them How to get help in a crisis Tips on planning for your own golden years . . . Praise for Doris Inc. "I was thrust into a caregiving role for my parents without much support or guidance. It was a grueling and life-altering experience. I know just how significant a contribution Doris Inc. will make to the lives of caregivers and their loved ones." Christine Lasky , Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Toronto " Doris Inc. has empowering insights that will help family caregivers lower their fear and stress and approach their role in a prepared, informed and proactive way." Kathi Colwell , RN, Program Manager, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Providence Care Hospital, Kingston

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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons | John Wiley & Sons Inc
Published
6th January 2012
Edition
1st
Pages
262
ISBN
9781118100226

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