Heaven Isn't On Schedule: Elder Care For Mere Mortals Hardcover – January 19, 2026

My wife and I have taken care of seven elderly family members, including our parents, over the years.We never had kids and never had to change diapers for little ones. Instead, we ended up changing diapers for big ones – our elderly parents.We’re not elder care professionals. We learned everything on our own from working with estate lawyers, nursing homes, and then funeral directors.We hope you will learn from our personal experience about the three pillars of elder care – legal documents, living arrangements and eternity planning.We’ve had our challenges – the caregiver who ran an escort service, the parent who signed her will on her deathbed, dealing with dementia and belligerent behavior and then, once, arranging two funerals two weeks apart.You will learn in this little guide the importance of planning for old age for your family and yourself.Enjoy your life but be prepared for the inevitable.Heaven isn’t on schedule. Read more