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SURVIVAL MANUAL

for elders:

Encouraging Elders’ Resiliency Potential

Developed by the steering committee of the:

Southeast Advocacy Center For Elder Rights

A Not-For-Profit Organization dedicated to protecting

the rights and well-being of elders in society

This material was written by:

•Melanie Adair, MA, SP – President, New Senior Concepts, LLC, Chattanooga, TN

•Joe B. Adair, Ph.D. – V. President, Senior Housing Alternatives, Inc., Chattanooga, TN

•And Kort Nygard, Ph.D., Regional Vice President, Geropsych/Key Rehab Inc., Murfreesboro, TN

With Contributions By:

•Ron Blankenbaker, M.D. - UT Medical School, Assoc. Dean Emeritus, Chattanooga, TN

•Kendra Coulter, Assist. Ex. Director, Summit View Senior Community, Chattanooga, TN

•Marj Flemming, President, Launch Point Leadership Chattanooga, TN

•Mike Gorman, OT, Senior Vice President, Key Rehabilitation, Inc. Murfreesboro, TN

•Ralph Hood, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Psychology, UT- Chattanooga

•Jan Irwin, MA. SLP, President, Key Rehabilitation, Inc. Murfreesboro, TN

•Scott Rowe, PT, President, Health South Chattanooga Rehabilitation Hospital, Chattanooga, TN

•Carol Swisher, R.N. – Director of Nursing, Summit View, Chattanooga, TN

Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc.

Walden, Tennessee

SURVIVAL MANUAL FOR ELDERS:

Encouraging Elders’ Resiliency Potential

Copyright ©2012 The Southeast Advocacy Center for Elder Rights, Chattanooga, Tennessee. All rights reserved.

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

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NOTE: We hope this little book is helpful to you. It is not intended to replace other medical advice, but rather to help you benefit from what we have found to be important if elders are going to have the opportunity to maximize their potential. Always consult with your own health professional before making any changes in medications and for advice specific to individual medical histories and symptoms.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

Words of Praise for Survival Manual For Elders:

Encouraging Elders’ Resiliency Potential

•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

•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 Care-giver, Chattanooga, TN

•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.

•Survival Manual for Elders, Encouraging Elders’ Resiliency Potential Melanie Adair, Joe Adair, & Kort Nygard, Southeast Advocacy Center for Elder Rights --- Review by James S. Powers MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Program Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashvill,e TN

This book is written by a team of physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, therapists, chaplains, business and legal experts. Their collective wisdom concerning aging and passion for person-centric care with promotion of resiliency and maximum functional potential, shine through every page.

The table of contents reads like a list of questions “I wish my doctor had discussed with me.” Topics such as dignity, health promotion, healthcare choices, advance directives and goals of care, and common symptoms and conditions are accurately and readably discussed and emphasized. The section on levels of care and healthcare finances is particularly helpful in clarifying the maze of choices facing seniors and their caregivers as they negotiate our US industrial, financial, and healthcare complex. Chapters covering medication safety, cognitive and mental health concerns, and illness complications are especially well written.

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.