Authors: Melanie N Adair | Joe B Adair | Kort Nygard

ISBN: 978-1-935186-31-1 Paperback

ISBN: 978-1-935186-32-8 E-book

Library of Congress Control Number 2012921620

• 6″ x 9″ 
• 80 pages
• Black & White: White 50

Helps seniors and their caregivers successfully navigate the challenges of aging, make informed decisions, and focus on individualized goals of care to promote resiliency and maximum functional potential. A team of physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, therapists, chaplains, business and legal experts collaborate on topics such as dignity, health promotion, care choices, common symptoms, medication safety, cognitive and mental health concerns, illness complications, rehabilitation, and recuperation. Discussions of legal advance directives and healthcare finances are particularly helpful in clarifying the maze of choices facing seniors and their caregivers as they negotiate our US industrial, financial, and healthcare complex.

Words of praise for SURVIVAL MANUAL FOR ELDERS: ENCOURAGING ELDERS’ RESILIENCY POTENTIAL

“Unlike directories of “senior services” that paternalistically list ways in which elders can be assisted, the Survival Manual takes a different view: that elders can have resiliency and agency in navigating options for health and wellness. Rather than telling readers what to think, this manual provides information that empowers elders to ask the tough questions and create true person-directed living. This is much needed “medicine” for an aging society.”

–G. Allen Power, MD, is a board-certified internist and geriatrician, and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester. He is a Certified Eden Alternative® Educator and a member of the Eden Alternative board of directors. Dr. Power’s book, Dementia beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture of Care won a 2010 Book of the Year Award from the American Journal of Nursing, and a Merit Award from the 2011 National Mature Media Awards.

“This book Is long overdue and should be required reading for medical and nursing students, as well as other professionals in this complex maze of elder care. Instead of describing a dismal situation in our industry, the authors have provided hope and how-to’s to make caring for an elder a joy rather than a burden. Advocates for our elders are needed, and this book serves that purpose. Thanks for the inspiration.”
           —Becky A Bowles, MA, CCC/SLP, owner of Sage Senior Services: A Care Management Company, Tulsa, OK

“As baby-boomers are becoming caretakers to their parents, this book is a must-read. They often make the mistake of assuming that the medical community “knows what is best” for their loved one(s). Children know their parents better than anyone! This book will help the reader be an active and knowledgeable advocate in their health care.”

               — Debbie Mowery, Family Caregiver, Chattanooga, TN

“Adair, Adair, & Nygard and their colleagues at the Southeast Advocacy Center for Elder Rights are right-on with this refreshing person-centric, holistic approach to aging and healthcare choices. If knowledge is power, the insights offered by this book will be a strong ally for seniors and their caregivers to successfully navigate the challenges of aging, making informed decisions and focusing on individualized goals of care. This book should be on every senior’s must-read list!”
        —James S. Powers MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Program Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN