IF IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE:
The challenge of the aged parent
By Ann Benton
Christian Focus. 160 pages £7.99
ISBN 978 1 781 918 289
This is the updated and expanded edition of the book that first came out in 2007. I had read the original but was very glad of the excuse to re-read it. The last three chapters seem new and are really worth having.
As the large older generation ages and many more of us are finding ourselves ‘managing’ the care of our parents, this is an opportune book. The writer is well qualified to write such a book, having already written on coping with toddlers and teenagers. She also cared for a very dependent father-in-law and then for her mother-in-law who had dementia. She is honest about how hard she found it, but it seems to have led her to look into the theology of it as well as giving sound practical advice for managing carers and the cared for.
