Do It Now!
An Organizing Handbook
Second Edition Now Available
 Do It Now! an organizing handbook for families and senior citizens, walks you, step-by-step, through the decision-making processes to help you and your loved one (s) organize and prepare for your current and future needs of accessing elder care services.
Do It Now! is bound in an easy-to-use spiral format and includes everything you need to organize your important paperwork and much more!
You will find:
- An informal evaluation of a family member’s ability to perform the activities of daily living.
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Evaluation checklists for continuing care retirement communities, assisted living and long-term care facilities.
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Checklists to help you ask the “right questions” when you accompany your family member to a doctor’s office visit or at the hospital.
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Helping your parent think about staying at home with in-home health care
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Helping your parent think about living with a family member
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Making a decision to sell real estate and household belongs.
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Knowing what to look for in a nursing home, assisted living facility, rehabilitation facility or long-term care facility.
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Helping your family member part with items of great sentimental value (it might be junk to you—but mom or dad think it is a treasure).
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Involving a neutral third party to help resolve disputes and grievances.
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Safely storing important and irreplaceable documents and items.
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Involving all family members in discussions about how to “help” mom or dad.
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What to do when you think your family member can’t or should no longer drive.
and much more!
Do It Now! contains 34 checklists on paper for easy copying and use. Start Where You Are
The format allows you, as the caregiver, to ~ start where you are ~ there is no need to work through the entire workbook in any particular order. Pick out the section that fits your current needs and begin to organize for the future or start right in to make difficult decisions for an immediate need or in an emergency.
You Are Not Alone
Approximately 7 million caregivers provide or manage care long-distance (living at least an hour away) and together give approximately 15 million days of work annually.
Whether you live 5 minutes or five hours from your aging parent(s), your concerns, difficulties and challenges are similar.
If you are among the growing number of working women, and men, squeezed between the needs of your own family, a career, and caring for your aging parents, you may feel that you are all alone trying to juggle all these competing demands. Many of us are struggling to handle this situation without a clue about where to get help!
Written From Personal Experience
Do It Now! has been written by Jean Wales, a professional organizing consultant to help YOU face and manage the questions and decisions that must be made as we care for aging family members.
Jean F. Wales, author, wrote Do It Now! drawing on her own experiences as a caregiver for her father, and from her career experiences as a fire department paramedic, an adult education teacher, and as the director of a senior citizens activity center. She knows first hand the stress a family endures when they are faced with uncertainties.
 Jean Wales is a 'Featured Ask the Expert Writer.
What others are saying... Do It Now! An Organizing Handbook for Families and Senior Citizens is a remarkably thorough and helpful resource. Anyone who has parents—that is, most of us, can benefit from the handbook Jean Wales has created.
Harriet Schechter, author of Let Go of Clutter(McGraw-Hill)
This is a stunningly well-written and useful handbook. I have finished the reading of the sections and am ready to start filling the blanks. I like the idea that I do not have to go from front to back but can start on whatever topic I wish. I feel this book would be beneficial to Seniors or those responsible for their welfare.
Dennis Gray, San Diego, CA ContactTo order the book or to contact the author directly see Best Do It Now
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