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A practical guide to caring for aging parents with trusted nursing guidance and practical strategies.
Caring for an aging parent can feel overwhelming, especially when health changes happen gradually and important decisions need to be made.
Written by Registered Nurse Joanne De Rubeis, Care Starts Now combines more than 40 years of nursing and caregiver experience with practical strategies, evidence-informed guidance, and easy-to-use checklists to help you recognize changes early, plan ahead, and navigate caregiving with confidence.
About the Book
Whether you're caring for an aging parent, supporting a loved one, or planning ahead for your own future, Care Starts Now provides trusted, evidence-informed guidance to help you navigate change with confidence.
Drawing on more than 40 years of nursing, education, and caregiver experience, this book combines practical strategies, easy-to-use checklists, and expert nursing advice to help you recognize changes early, make informed care decisions, and plan ahead with confidence.
Inside the Book
Practical guidance for every stage of caregiving and healthy aging
Identify changes before they become crises
Health and chronic conditions
Memory and cognitive changes
Mobility and falls prevention
Nutrition, hydration, and medications
When to seek medical attention
Stay organized and make informed decisions
Care planning
Healthcare navigation
Family communication
Legal and financial planning
Healthcare management
Promote dignity and independence
Safe home environments
Aging in place
Dignity and autonomy
Caregiver well-being
End-of-life planning
Care Starts Now
Practical guidance for individuals, families, professionals, and organizations.
Practical guidance for caring for aging parents, spouses, relatives, and loved ones.
Plan ahead, stay organized, and make informed decisions to support healthy aging.
A practical resource for nurses, PSWs, students, home care providers, and other healthcare professionals.
Ideal for healthcare organizations, community agencies, libraries, educational institutions, and caregiver support programs.
Care Starts Now
Practical, evidence-informed guidance to help you navigate caregiving with greater confidence.
✓ Practical nursing guidance for everyday caregiving
✓ Easy-to-use checklists and actionable strategies
✓ Evidence-informed guidance for confident decisions
✓ Recognize changes early and plan ahead
✓ Healthy aging and healthcare navigation
✓ Home safety and aging-in-place strategies
✓ Support independence and quality of life
✓ Written by an RN with 40+ years of nursing, education, and caregiver experience
Care Starts Now
Trusted nursing guidance from more than 40 years of healthcare, education, and caregiver experience
Joanne De Rubeis is a Registered Nurse, educator, consultant, and founder of Gold Cross Caregiver Solutions. With more than 40 years of experience in healthcare, education, home care, and caregiver support, she has dedicated her career to helping individuals, families, professionals, and organizations navigate aging with confidence.
Drawing on decades of clinical and educational experience, Joanne combines evidence-informed guidance with practical strategies that help readers recognize changes early, make informed decisions, and plan ahead with confidence.
Care Starts Now
Available in Canada and internationally through leading booksellers.
Take the first step toward more confident caregiving with trusted nursing guidance, practical strategies, and evidence-informed tools to help you navigate aging with confidence.
Available in paperback, hardcover, and eBook.