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Author : Carolyn Banks,Janis Rizzo
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : American literature
ISBN : 0816156204
Read-aloud stories for the elderly.
Author : Mike Barnes
Publisher : Biblioasis
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781771962445
SHORTLISTED FOR THE TORONTO BOOK AWARD AS SEEN ON GLOBAL NEWS TV'S THE MORNING SHOW A CBC CANADIAN BOOK TO READ FOR MENTAL HEALTH WEEK Drawing on the author’s seven years of caring for his mother through Alzheimer’s, Be With: Letters to a Caregiver is what its title promises: four dispatches to an anonymous long-term caregiver. In brief passages that cast fresh light on what it means to live with dementia, Barnes shares trials, insights, solace—and, ultimately, inspiration. Meant to be a companion in waiting rooms, on bus routes, or while a loved one naps, Be With is a dippable source of clarity for harried readers who might only have time for a few lines or paragraphs. Mike Barnes writes with sensitivity and grace about fellowship, responsibility, and joyful relatedness—what it means to simply be with the people that we love.
Author : Sherri Snelling
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781452559148
What caregiving role will you play? How will you avoid the caregiving cost drain? Are you prepared for the end? How will you overcome stress, burn-out, depression, guilt? How will you find happiness and support? How do you start the caregiving conversation with a loved one? Are you caring for yourself while caregiving? More than 65 million Americans are caring for a loved one yet most dont know what they are facing or where to get help. Caregiving expert Sherri Snelling shines a spotlight on the world of caregiving and interviews celebrities who have taken the caregiving journey and shared their lessons learned. This how-to guide also covers caregiving topics A to Z, self-care advice and more. Inside you will find numerous expert interviews and tips on how to have the C-A-R-E Conversation and how to find your Me Time Monday. Written to inspire and empower you, this is your screenplay for health and happiness while caregiving. As Dorothy said in The Wizard of Oz, Toto, I have a feeling were not in Kansas anymore. Welcome to the Cast of Caregivers.
Author : Nell Lake
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781451674163
A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers—spouses, parents, and friends of the elderly and ill—illuminating critical issues of old age, end-of-life care, medical reform, and social policy—and “providing comfort in the time-honored form of shared experience” (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune). In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting in on the weekly meetings of a local hospital’s caregivers support group. Soon members invited her into their lives. For two years, she brought empathy, insight, and an eye for detail to understanding Penny, a fifty-year-old botanist caring for her aging mother; Daniel, a survivor of Nazi Germany who tends his ailing wife; William, whose wife suffers from Alzheimer’s; and others with whom all caregivers will identify. Witnessing acts of devotion and frustration, lessons in patience and in letting go, Lake illuminates the intimate exchanges of caregiving and care-receiving and considers important and timely social issues: How can we care for the aging, ill, and dying with skill and compassion, even as the costs and labors of care increase? How might the medical profession take into account the needs of caregivers as well as patients? In The Caregivers Nell Lake shares a thoughtful and tenderly reported depiction of the real-life predicaments that evoke these crucial questions. With more and more people spending their late years ill and frail, and 43 million Americans already caring for family members over age fifty, this is an important chronicle of a widely shared experience and a public concern. “The Caregivers is as elegantly constructed as a novel, but more than that, Lake writes about these people with such warmth and vividness that they feel as memorable as our favorite fictional characters. It is a beautifully written account” (The Boston Globe).
Author : Nell Lake
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781451674156
"From a gifted writer who spent two years in a support group for people caring for elderly and ill spouses, parents, and friends, The Caregivers chronicles the daily experiences--heart-breaking, poignant, and redemptive--of ordinary Americans as they face their final life passages"--
Author : Joan Lunden,Amy Newmark
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781611592023
Readers caring for an ailing family member will find support and encouragement in these stories by others like them. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Caregivers will inspire and uplift family members who are making sacrifices to make sure their loved ones are well cared for. Do you have a family member who requires constant care? You are not alone. This collection offers support and encouragement in its 101 stories for family caregivers of all ages, including the “sandwich” generation caring for a family member while raising their children. With stories by those on the receiving end of the care too. These stories of love, sacrifice, and lessons will inspire and uplift family members making sacrifices to make sure their loved ones are well cared for, whether in their own homes or elsewhere.
Author : Brenda Avadian
Publisher : 1st Impression Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Alzheimer's disease
ISBN : 0963275240
Explains the history of the rodeo, important rodeo figures, and different kinds of rodeos.
Author : Lynda A. Markut,Anatole Crane
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780826514790
Replete with the powerful words of experienced caregivers, Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories is an essential guidebook for anyone who must attend to the needs of a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. In these pages, members of caregivers' support groups - representing twenty-six families and a variety of professions and income levels - speak candidly about the challenges they have faced at every step in the caregiving process, from recognizing early symptoms of dementia to dealing with its advanced stages. Highlighting the ingenuity and resourcefulness of caregivers, the book brims with inspirational stories, practical advice, and creative approaches to problem-solving. Among the issues addressed are: Becoming a caregiver, whether for a spouse or parent Dealing with the personality changes caused by dementia, from anxiety and paranoia to hallucinations and impulsive behavior Keeping dementia sufferers meaningfully involved in life Handling the emotions and stresses of caregiving Seeking help through support groups and other sources, including medical professionals, clergy, and other family members The authors, who have both been caregivers themselves, augment their interviewees' stories with connective commentary and their own personal stories. A useful resource section is included to refer readers to associations and help-lines.
Author : Vada Wolter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Dementia
ISBN : 1432776428
BY READING THE CAREGIVER'S STORY YOU WILL...* Learn about the three stages of AD *Learn how to know each stage and how to be a better caregiver * Understand that trials can make you stronger *Learn how to face challenges *Know when you can't change the circumstance...you can change your attitude.Facing many difficult challenges throughout my life, I grew stronger with each experience. Each one prepared me for my biggest challengebeing a caregiver for my Dementia Mother.This story is about a familys struggle of caring for an aging parent suffering from Dementia. My desire is that in the reading of my caregivers story you will understand my survival of personal struggles. Perhaps by reading this book you will understand my world, and it will give you encouragement to survive your own.
Author : Jane Sweeney
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1478726512
Calling All Caregivers... This book will help you! You are not alone! BE ALERT, BE HOPEFUL, BE READY! YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTCOME! This is a love story of Jane & Bernie. Two hearts united by God. The man he was and the woman, who loved him, cared for him 'til the end. It gives insight to understanding Lewy Body Dementia & Alzheimer's, through stories of challenges & triumphs. It tells many funny stories that will warm your heart! This was a beautifully written story, both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Truly an inspirational guide to all caregivers...teaching them they are "Never Alone" and to "Always choose love and happiness over fear." This book is for all those who do not know where to turn when your loved one is starting to be a little more than forgetful. It is scary to think something may truly be wrong. Where do you start? What is to come? Everyone's experience caring for a loved one with dementia will be different, but this book offers the reader hope that love can persevere through even the most trying of circumstances, "that an individual can find within themselves a light in the darkness." Facing dementia will change you and everything around you! Facing dementia is a call to love and care more deeply! "Love it!!! Find it refreshing and not so negative, but sweet and caring. I think that you have done a wonderful thing with the book and I am so pleased that you did it...can't wait to see it in print!!!" You are not alone!
Author : Peggy Bushy
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Caregivers
ISBN : 1537771027
In her seventies, Peggy Bushy's mother, Francesca, started telling unbelievable stories. She claimed that people were invading her home and trying to kill her. She also became anxious and reclusive. For several discouraging years, Bushy searched in vain for a reason for her mother's behavior. Finally, Francesca was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. Although it's the third-most-common cause of dementia, Bushy was unable to find much information on the disease, and the medical community was frustratingly unhelpful. Lewy, Mom, and Me is the book that Bushy wished had been available when her mother was first diagnosed. It details her personal journey of discovery, with all its challenges and revelations, and is written in a compassionate, empathetic style that will comfort any reader dealing with a parent's decline. Bushy explains how she learned to accept the changes in her mother and to support Francesca emotionally as she grappled with her frightening illness. She also describes what was involved in caring for her mother first at home, then in long-term care, and finally in hospice. Part memoir and part survival guide, this compelling testimony offers support and information for family caregivers of aging parents.
Author : Melanie Bonnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798748673921
Become a caregiver and take care of your family is not such an easy mission for every parent. This book is about the journey in becoming a caregiver that began with my mother-in-law. It was a uniquely different role from anything else the author has experienced in her life thus far. It became a journey of self-discovery at times.
Author : Lynda A. Markut,Anatole Crane
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0826514804
Filled with practical advice and innovative approaches to problem-solving, this essential guidebook presents the powerful words of people who have had to care for a parent or spouse with dementia. The interviewees talk about the challenges faced during every step in the caregiving process, from recognizing early symptoms of dementia to dealing with its advanced stages.
Author : Bobbi Carducci
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1633200620
For more than seven years, Bobbi Carducci was the caregiver for her father-in-law, Rodger. She soon realized how unprepared she was for the task. But she was passionate, and still is. Now recognized as a speaker on caregiving issues, Bobbi strives to improve the lives of caregivers and the loved ones in their care by sharing caregivers' stories. It is estimated that one in three seniors will die with some form of dementia, and the numbers are expected to double in the next ten years. When family members are called upon to become caregivers, they often have only their good intentions to pilot them. Fatigue, grief, and anger soon overwhelm them. They feel alone. You Are Not Alone is an anthology of caregiver stories representing varying ages, genders, and family dynamics-all doing the hardest job they ever had to do. Each story is followed by an essay written by Bobbi, reflecting on personal experiences and her feelings while caring for her father-in-law, Rodger. A time when she felt very much alone.
Author : Oliver J. Desofi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781456701123
This book is about the author's personal experience as a caregiver, how he became one, everything he learned along the way and what a wonderful life two people can have together regardless of the situation. The author wants to share what he learned; information from doctors, insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, disability claims and a number of other important issues including positive thinking and a happy life. His real life experiences have been "battle" tested in the totality of caregiving. The information he shares relates to all caregivers and many situations; from diseases, accidental disability and war wounded veterans. He further describes how one caregiver, over a period of 24 years, was able to maneuver across the "battlefield," still survive and not succumb to battle fatigue. Someone else's knowledge about something negative can make things more positive for you...and that is an important part of what this book is about. Many books out there are a wonderful collection of data compiled from the internet and government sources and provide answers to many issues. This book covers the "must do" items which are based on his experiences that can be used as a reference guide and adapted to your individualized situation. Every patient is different and in order to earn the "Caregiver of the year" award, you must find what works best for them. The most important issue is to realize that a severely disabled person needs to be treated with respect and dignity. Unfortunately, too many handicapped patients are disposed of like a useless piece of furniture or parked out of sight at some poorly run institution. What would you want to happen to you, should you ever be disabled as a result of an accident or disease? REMEMBER - it can happen to anyone - anytime, including YOU!