116 How to Start Helping Aging Parents: My New Book

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Dr. K talks to fellow geriatrician Dr. Nicole Didyk about her new book: When Your Aging Parent Needs Help: A geriatrician's guide to memory loss, safety worries, resistance, and more. Dr. Didyk is the founder of the blog and YouTube channel The Wrinkle.

They discuss:

What led Dr. K to create this step-by-step guide for children of aging parents
Why the book is set up in four sections: taking stock, taking aim, taking action, plus taking the long view
How to communicate with your aging parent attentively and respectfully
How dementia and other memory or thinking issues often play a key role in an older adult's resistance to change
Why she included practical real-life examples and printable downloadable cheatsheets that readers can reference
The A-B-C-D-E framework for taking action to help an aging parent
Why adult children often need to check themselves and accept their parents' choices

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