MOM, DAD ... CAN WE TALK ?

INSIGHT and PERSPECTIVE to HELP US DO WHAT'S BEST for OUR AGING PARENTS

When two or more gather with a cup of hot coffee or tea, the door to conversation opens. Whether it’s around the kitchen table, at a neighborhood coffee shop or local café – the stage is set. People are relaxed and ready to share. Mom, Dad...Can We Talk? is the conversation starter. The topic is aging and elderly parents.

Mom, Dad...Can We Talk? is written for adult children to help them stop and think, to anticipate, communicate, navigate, and, yes, to celebrate the challenges of this phase of family life and the parent-child relationship.

The book is rich with nearly 100 personal stories and quotes from adult children that help personalize and humanize support for elderly parents and the final stage of the parent-child relationship, to help ensure the best possible outcome - that of no regrets.

It also includes practical advice for initiating caring conversations such as, "Mom, we're worried about you living alone," and "Mom, Dad, we need you tell us what you want us to do" are combined with helpful hints such as how to manage the Big D's of growing older: dementia, drinking, depression and driving.

Each of us is someone's child; many of us have parents living; and all of us
should have an older person in our life to share with, learn from and care for.
Mom, Dad...Can We Talk? will help honor this relationship while providing the tools to provide support for elderly parents.