If It's Not Too Much Trouble

by Ann Benton

"Professional carer" - it's almost a contradiction in terms. Let down by the ?system' Ann Benton, aided by a team of helpers, charts the journey of her father-in-law from unsatisfactory hospital care, through spectacularly absent ?care in the community', to being looked after at home. In eight easy-to-digest chapters she gives a Christian perspective on caring for your aged parent as well as giving practical tools to help those, who find themselves in the same situation, negotiate the difficulties more easily. Ann brings out the positive benefits of caring for those unable to look after themselves in her light-hearted, poignant and straightforward manner. In an aging population virtually all of us will have to face the issues that are presented in this book. We should be thankful that we will have such wise and clear advice when we get to that moment.

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 2007

About the author

Ann Benton is a graduate in Developmental Psychology and has been involved in schools both as a teacher and chair of governors. She and her husband John have raised four children. Ann is the author of a number of successful books dealing with family issues and frequently speaks at conferences and runs parenting courses. She lives in Guildford, Surrey, where John has been pastor of Chertsey St Baptist Church for over thirty years.

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This met me right where I am. Ann Benton writes about caring for an aged parent from a Christian viewpoint. She knows the grim hardships from personal experience and yet shows how pleasing it is to God to care for elderly parents.
A good read for anyone facing this challenge.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvellous. Challenging and encouraging.