Thomas Anthony Fiction & Practical Guides

Practical Guides

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Free No Siblings, No Backup Companion Worksheets

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Free printable Free No Siblings, No Backup Companion WorksheetsFull-size, print-and-fill versions of every tool in the book. No signup, no email address, no separate purchase. Free printable Free Senior Dog Care Companion ToolsPrintable worksheets for tracking a change, preparing for the vet, and planning before a crisis. No signup, no email address.

Caring for an Aging Dog

Prevention you can do at home, before it becomes a veterinary problem.

Practical Guides A Monthly Once-Over for an Aging DogTen minutes a month beats watching anxiously every day — because gradual change is invisible from the inside. Practical Guides Making Your Home Easier for an Older DogTraction, access, lighting, and bedding. The cheapest senior-dog care there is, and the part almost nobody does until after a fall. Practical Guides Muscle, Not Just Weight, in an Older DogA dog can hold the same weight for a year while losing the muscle that gets them off the floor. Practical Guides Pain in Senior Dogs Rarely Looks Like LimpingChronic discomfort in a senior dog usually shows up as a slow narrowing of what they choose to do — which reads as age, not pain.

All senior dog care resources

Caring for Aging Parents

Building backup before a crisis makes the decisions for you.

Practical Guides If I Am Unavailable: What Another Person Needs to KnowThe single page that lets someone else keep your parent safe for two weeks without you. Practical Guides Only Child Caring for Aging Parents: Where to StartThe first five moves when you are the whole support system and nobody handed you a plan. Practical Guides How to Build a Backup Plan When You Have No SiblingsThe five seats worth filling, how to ask so people say yes, and what to do when they say no. Practical Guides What Information to Organize Before an Aging-Parent EmergencyThe seven questions you will be asked in the first hour, and the one page that answers all of them. Practical Guides Long-Distance Caregiving When You're an Only ChildYou are the only sensor, and you are four states away. How to get real information and make visits count.

All aging parent care resources

After a Parent Dies

The house, the paperwork, and the order of operations.

Practical Guides Practical First Steps for a Parent's House and Belongings After DeathSecure it, document it, find out who has authority — and do not start sorting yet.

All after a parent dies resources