Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent

For the first time, here's a common-sense guide from professionals, with more than two decades in the field, on how to smooth communications with a challenging parent.Filled with practical tips for handling contentious behaviors and sample dialogues for some of the most troubling situations, this book addresses many hard issues, including:How to tell your parent he or she cannot live with you.How to avoid the cycle of nagging and recriminations.How to prevent your parent's negativity from overwhelming you.How to deal with an impaired parent who refuses to stop driving.How to assess the risk factors in deciding whether a parent is still able to live alone.