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The CARE MAP: A Loving Guide for Navigating Change with an Aging Parent
A free ebook for anyone standing in the middle of a hard season with someone they love, with a simple seven-step framework and useful worksheets. Your parent isn’t a problem to manage. They’re a partner in their own care.
A fall. A hospital stay. A confusing phone call that changes everything. If you’re caring for an aging parent, you already know how fast an ordinary week can turn into a maze of decisions you never trained for.
The CARE MAP gives you a place to begin with seven clear steps for noticing what’s changed, ruling out what’s urgent, protecting your parent’s voice and dignity, building a plan the whole family can actually use, and checking that it’s sustainable for you, too.
This isn’t a checklist that treats your parent like a case file. It’s a guide built on one belief: caregiving is a collaboration, not something we do to someone we love. It’s with them, for as long as that’s possible, and it never stops honoring who they are.
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Now What?
How to Handle the First 30 Days After a Parent’s Fall, Medical Diagnosis or Hospital Stay
By Susie Arnett
When a parent’s health crisis changes everything, this practical guide helps families navigate those first decisions with more clarity. It covers hospital and discharge questions, medication and legal information, care options, family communication and offers a 30-day plan to navigate one of life’s most difficult moments.