Emotional Intelligence , Book Review , Psycology , taking care of our aging parents

1. BOOK REVIEW
CARING FOR YOUR AGING PARENTS
-RAEANN BERMAN
BERNARD H.SHULMAN , MD
BY
DN VAISNAVI
17BBT057

2. ABOUTTHE BOOK
AUTHORS : Raeann Berman , Bernard H.Shulman , MD
PUBLISHER : SourceBooks ,Inc @1988
INTENDED READERS : Self help / Aging
PRICE : $19.99 U.S , In INDIA 1437 rupees
TOTAL PAGES : 243
THEME : An Emotional Guide to Nuturing your Loved Ones While Taking
Care of Yourself.
SAILENT FEATURES : Each chapter deals with Emotions + Problems +
Elderly parents = solutions.

3. ABOUTTHE AUTHORS
• RAEANN BERMAN :
1. Award – winning journalist
2. Published more than 150 articles in national magazines.
3. She completed her journalism in University of Maryland .
• BERNARD H.SHULMAN , MD :
1. Clinical Professor of psychiatry .(50 yrs experience)
2. Completed medicine at Northwestern University School of Medicine.
3. Faculty member of Alfred Adler institute .
4.

4. BOOK STRUCTURE
• Contents
• Acknowledgement
• Prologue
• Resources
• Bibilography
• Index
• About the authors

5. REASONTO WRITETHIS BOOK
• To help middle aged adults to take care of their elderly parents.
• To sort out all the problems which arises between old parents and their
children with no reasons in different situations.
• Helps to bridge a gap between aging parents and their children.
“useful , easy to read , and most informative.”
- Dr.Daniel Thursz,President , National Council on Aging.

6. AUTHORS WRITING STYLE
• Style of writing : Expository and Narrative.
• Based on American people and society.
• Presented in American English.
• Good clarity
• Short and precise for explaining each situation.

7. TO IMBIBE SOMEVALUES
1. Feeling of loosing something – when aging parents unable to fulfil
their demands of the day.
2. Aged widow parents – feeling lonely
3. Getting angry with our parents and feeling guilty over it.
4. Can we talk ? Situation
5. Usage of words carefully with our elderly parents.
6. Whatever may be the situation finally its our FAMILY !
7. Stress management .
8. To find best living arrangements when our parents has to move .

8. CONTI…..
9. Thanking our parents.
10. Talking about Illness and consultations.
11. Confused thinking ,being Senile.
12. Tea and toast Syndrome .
13. “filial Maturity” .

9. STRENGTHS ANDWEAKNESSES
• Each emotional situation was
made to a story with different
characters , for better
understanding .
• Story’s were crisp and short.
• Same characters can be used
for different situations , it would
be continuous .
• Switching over different
characters is a bit deviation .
• Important Emotional values
can be highlighted and
summarized in each chapter.

10. BOOK AND MY PERSONAL AGENDA
• Parents physical aging – cant be accepted by their children.
• When I read this book , Mrs.Harrington’s story touched my heart ,
Asking her daughter “ when you will reach home my dear ?” – sign of
loneliness.

11. AMERICAN’S ORGANISATION
• CAPS – Children of Aging Parents
• Alzheimer’s Association
• AAGP – American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
• AARP – Americans association of Retired Persons
• ASA – American society on Aging
• ACA – American Counseling Association
• National Institute on Aging

12. SOURCES