Caregiving category: 223 books
The Good Caregiver
A One-of-a-Kind Compassionate Resource for Anyone Caring for an Aging Loved One
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
A survival guide with an insider's perspective, for the millions of unprepared caregivers of aging loved ones.
As Americans are living longer, an unprecedented number of people now require long-term care during their last years. More than 15 million adult children now care for their elderly...
Living in the Land of Limbo
Fiction and Poetry about Family Caregiving
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Living in the Land of Limbo is the first anthology of short stories and poems about family caregivers. These men and women find themselves in "limbo," as they struggle to take care of a family member or friend in the uncertain world of chronic illness. The authors explore caregivers' experiences...
Leaning into Sharp Points
Practical Guidance and Nurturing Support for Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2012
Whether you’re coping with a loved one who has received a terminal diagnosis, has a long-term illness or disability, or suffers with dementia, caregiving is challenging and crucial. Those who face this responsibility, whether occasionally or 24/7, are brushing up against life’s sharpest point....
The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Rock Star Caregiving: How to Help Someone Who Is Seriously Ill
The Practical Caregiver, #3
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
What do rock stars and seriously ill people have in common? They need good managers to help them cope with the challenges of their often chaotic and stressful lives.
How do you become a rock star caregiver? You provide comfort, compassion, and companionship to someone whose life is fraught...
The Dementia Caregiver
A Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Becoming a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another neurocognitive disorder can be an unexpected, undesirable, underappreciated—and yet noble role. It is heartbreaking to watch someone lose the very cognitive capacities that once helped to define them as a person. But because...
Ants in the Fridge
Journey of a Caregiver
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Extended care and assistance for the elderly is now classified as caregiving. In this world of caregiving there exists the good, the bad and the ugly. Who knew?
Mosaic Moon
Caregiving Through Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
MOSAIC MOON is much more than an extraordinary collection of inspirational poetry. Here is a unique resource for anyone with a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other long-term illness. Created from poetry workshops conducted by the Alzheimer's Association Aloha Chapter, this writing tool...
Tears In My Gumbo
The Caregiver's Recipe for Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Tears in My Gumbo, The Caregiver's Recipe for Resilience is a heartfelt manuscript that speaks personally and passionately to the 44 million caregivers caught up in the silver tsunami sweeping this country and for all of the people who care about the caregiver. The book inspires and supports caregivers...
Children as Caregivers
The Global Fight against Tuberculosis and HIV in Zambia
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
In Zambia, due to the rise of tuberculosis and the closely connected HIV epidemic, a large number of children have experienced the illness or death of at least one parent. Children as Caregivers examines how well intentioned practitioners fail to realize that children take on active caregiving roles...
by OB Nwaogbe
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
We hear about parents taking care of their child with a disability, but not much attention is paid to siblings who have the full time job of being a caregiver. Never fully prepared for a tremendous amount of responsibility, some siblings find themselves playing the role of caregiver sometimes starting...
It's My Life, Too!
Reclaim Your Caregiver Sanity by Learning When to Say "Yes" and When to Say "No"
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
There is no book on the market that addresses the needs of long-term caregivers regardless of the challenges faced by their loved ones. Most books focus on specific illnesses or conditions such as survivors of stroke, head or spinal injuries, dementia and Alzheimer’s, or parenting an or disabled...
A Turbulent Mind
A Poetry Collection of a Mother's Journey with Alzheimer's
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Amid Alzheimer’s storm are rainbow moments that lead to pots of gold and flashes of sunshine that push dark clouds away. The 39 poems in this collection were inspired by the authors experiences and interactions with her mother who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. The most useful thing those of us...
Catch Your Breath
Tender Meditations for Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
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""One of the meditations from Catch Your Breath cited in Oprah Magazine""
Whether you have chosen to be a caregiver or were hijacked by circumstances, Catch Your Breath, a series of touching meditations by Linda Spalla, will become a wisp of sanity and a day-to-day...
Take My Hand
The Caregiver’s Journey
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Take My Hand is a welcome, practical guide for the emotional journey of caregiving.
The caregiver’s twisting and emotional journey is often bittersweet, combining feelings of exhaustion, reflection, love, frustration, delight, denial, connection, and loneliness. Just as they have taken on...