Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care by Cynthia Neher Martindale enables one in giving better care. It better prepares you to search options for seniors who need more care, and helps to choose customized help services depending on the character traits of the senior. Cynthia also speaks of caring for the caregiver: how to find the balance, the ways to look for an accurate financial picture, and complete legal paperwork. The importance of telemedicine in helping the old and infirm, how to handle movement and transfers of such people between homes or clinics, assisted living and independent living are some of the other topics discussed.

Graceful Last Chapters by Cynthia Neher Martindale is a complete guide to elderly care, more so from the caregiver’s angle. All matters of interest to those tending to such needs are discussed in rather good detail, with suggestions for further reading and relevant web links. I think this is a good read for people belonging to any of the four strata: those who have been caregivers; those who are currently caregivers; those who will be caregivers; or those who will need caregivers. Appropriately, its pages are filled with support and guidance for caregivers, clearly defined options for care, and the ways and means for readers to craft their own successful journey through caregiving challenges and heartbreak. However, one thing I noticed is that this book is more or less abstract in its approach to the issue and the reader may have to formulate an action plan suitable to one's specific requirements.

In a wonderful guide for families who are facing the realities of aging parents, grandparents or other family members, author Cynthia Neher Martindale's book, Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care, everything a person needs to consider regarding elder living choices is carefully evaluated and outlined. This includes chapters that guide the reader through evaluating their own feelings about the care needs of their loved ones, and evaluating what their loved one wants and needs, all the way to assisting with choosing between care settings and caregivers, moving in, and finally, dealing with end of life issues. In a time that can be emotional and overwhelming for all members of the family or caregiving circle, this book serves as a useful tool to help process and navigate this often difficult and heart-wrenching time period that becomes necessary in many people's lives. Using real life examples from the author's personal and professional experiences, this book gives families the ability to see the challenges and joys possible during this time.

Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care is a sensitively and empathetically written book that will serve to assist many people in an emotionally charged time. Providing an absolute wealth of information in the field of geriatrics and housing and care options, this book does an excellent job of guiding loving family members, step-by-step, through the process of finding the right scenario and setting for their loved one, and feeling at peace with the decisions they make. I highly recommend this book to any reader who is looking for information on selecting the appropriate options for their elderly loved one, and I certainly hope that author Cynthia Neher Martindale is continuing to use her experiences in this area to write another very useful and helpful book in this vein.

I loved the personal examples in Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care by Cynthia Neher Martindale and the fact that the book talks about the author's credentials. In any non fiction book, the reader wants to know the expertise of the author so they can judge whether or not to trust the information that is being put forward. The credentials were up front and honest and really gave the reader the sense that this author could be trusted. When it comes to the elderly, the author knows her stuff. She has the experience, both personally and professionally, to back up what she is talking about and is a source that can be trusted.

Not only does she have the credentials, the book backs up those credentials with personalized stories that relate well to the topics at hand. I think this is another important aspect of Graceful Last Chapters by Cynthia Neher Martindale. I love reading a non fiction book that incorporates real examples of the author that relate directly to the topic at hand. Hearing real life stories about families that make poor planning decisions helps me as a reader to make better decisions, and also helps me to understand that I am not the only one dealing with these types of issues when it comes to elderly parents. There are many people dealing with the same issues, but luckily there is a resource for us to use to make sure we are making the best possible choices for our loved ones.

At some point in time we will all become elderly and need some assistance and care. Everyone has different levels of needs, but regardless, whenever it’s your time or that of your loved ones, will you be prepared? Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care by Cynthia Neher Martindale is poignant, power-packed, and offers a wealth of information in preparing you for the golden years. Cynthia has taken her twenty years of experience within the senior care industry to help guide the reader through the steps of care and preparation. Cynthia has it covered from financial planning and dealing with the stress of caring and seeing your loved ones impaired to what’s next. You can’t predict everything but with Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care by Cynthia Neher Martindale you will know that there is someone who has gone through these same challenges and can help you through these difficult times.

Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care by Cynthia Neher Martindale is the real deal. I have seen several families' members being challenged with dementia and/or Alzheimer’s. I have firsthand knowledge and have watched all of the emotional, mental and financial distress that happens in trying to maintain a certain quality of life and keep the loved ones in the comforts of their own homes. Preparation is key. Support is essential. Relaxation is warranted. If you are truly looking for information that will hold your hand and take you through the steps of caring and preparing for your family, getting your own copy of Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care by Cynthia Neher Martindale is vital to your success in this arena. Get yours today!