The Hard Questions for Adult Children and Their Aging Parents
Gotham/Putnam 2005
$15 hardcover
– Susan Piver’s new book helps us face important realities with gentleness and courage. It offers families a chance to act responsibly and deepen relationships.
Andrew Weil, M.D, Author of 8 Weeks to Optimum Health
These are hard issues to broach indeed, but Susan Piver provides all family members with most helpful, sensitive, and intelligent guidance.
– Barrie Cassileth, Ph.D., Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
I will use this book gratefully the next time I teach my course on Grief Counseling a a local ecumenical seminary. It is a treasure for clergy, pastoral counselors, and those they serve!
– The Rev. Bill Hug, Ph.D.
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About the Book
What do our parents really want from us as they age? Simply this – our companionship and care. If we can share concerns, speak about our hopes and fears, and express real feelings, this companionship naturally arises. The questions in this book can help.
With 100 questions ranging from the practical to the emotional and spiritual, The Hard Questions makes it possible to have candid, comforting conversations that will have lasting benefits.
Sample questions:
1. If you become unable to care for yourself, where would you like to live? Whom would you like to make healthcare decisions for you if you are not capable of making them yourself?
2. If you have any unfinished financial business you feel unable to complete, is there any way we can help?
3. Do you have health insurance and if so, what services does it cover?
4. What do you most want us to remember about your relationship?
5. What family traditions are most important to you?
6. After you’re gone, what can we do, say, think, or be to carry on the meaning of your life with us?