She Says: She's Fine: A Daughter's Guide to Aging Parents, Falling, and the Help They Won't Accept

Your phone rings at 2 AM. Mom fell again. She says she's fine. She's not fine.
If you're the daughter who can't stop worrying, can't get her siblings to help, and can't convince your mother to accept the care she needs - this book was written for you.
She Says She's Fine is not a medical manual or a policy guide. It's the book you read at midnight when you're scared, exhausted, and running out of ideas. It gives you what no doctor's office visit or internet search can: the specific questions to ask, the exact professionals to call, and the emotional permission to stop pretending you can do this alone. Inside, you'll find:

• The 5 questions that transform a 12-minute doctor's appointment into an actual fall prevention plan - Why your mother says "no" to help - and what she actually means (it's not what you think) - The conversation technique that works when "the talk" has failed forty-seven times - How to make her house safer without her feeling like you're taking over her life - The one professional most families don't know exists - who can change everything - What to demand in the ER (and the discharge planning conversation you must not skip) - How to get your siblings to share the load - or what to do when they won't - The phone numbers, websites, and exact scripts for navigating Medicare, Medicaid, and the eldercare system - When it's okay to set a boundary - and how to do it without the guilt destroying you Every chapter stands alone. Open to the one you need tonight.
  This isn't the book you buy because everything is fine. It's the book you buy because it isn't. And because you deserve a map.