The Project Manager's Guide to Aging Parents

You never applied for this role. Yet somehow you're running it. One day your parent falls, gets diagnosed, stops driving, or begins needing help. Suddenly you're managing appointments, finances, family conflict, and emotional pressure-while still trying to keep your own life together. If you're part of the Sandwich Generation, caring for aging parents while balancing work, marriage, and children, this book provides a practical framework for navigating one of life's most complex responsibilities. Unlike traditional caregiving books focused on emotions, this guide treats eldercare as what it often becomes: a high-stakes project requiring clear decisions, boundaries, risk management, and sustainable systems. Inside you'll learn how to: - Create an eldercare audit across medical, financial, and family factors - Set healthy boundaries without being controlled by guilt - Manage difficult sibling dynamics and unequal caregiving responsibilities - Protect your finances through practical caregiving cost controls - Recognize burnout before it becomes a crisis - Identify hard-stop triggers that require professional care escalation - Evaluate assisted living, memory care, and professional care options with confidence - Build a sustainable caregiving system that protects both your parent and yourself Whether you're facing a new caregiving challenge or already overwhelmed by years of responsibility, this book gives you a structured roadmap to make better decisions with less stress and greater clarity. You do not need to sacrifice your future to care for your parents. You need a framework. Start managing the project before the project starts managing you.

Sarah Jenkins spent more than fifteen years managing complex operations before applying project-management principles to the challenge of caring for an aging parent. She writes practical, framework-driven guides for adults navigating eldercare, caregiver burnout, family dynamics, and the realities of the Sandwich Generation. Her work focuses on helping readers make better decisions, protect their resources, and care for loved ones without losing themselves in the process.