Caregiving category: 223 books
by John Luciew
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2012
THIS JUST MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK YOU READ ALL YEAR.
Your life can change in a heartbeat. None of us know where, when or how. But a catastrophic medical condition lies in wait for us all - or our loved ones. How will we respond? How will our families react? It could be the difference between life -- or death.
Dealing Daily with Dementia
2000+ Practical Hints & Strategies for Carers
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Many books have been written about dementia, usually dealing with the symptoms and the medical side of the condition. But here is a thoroughly practical book for carers and families, written by someone with first-hand experience of caring for a person with dementia over many years.
Drawing...
What Your Doctor Really Thinks
Diagnosing the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Q. You’ve been sent for a stress test. Does this mean your doctor thinks there’s something wrong with your heart?
A. Not necessarily. Doctors often schedule stress tests when they are certain a patient’s heart is healthy. So why the test?
In What Your Doctor Really Thinks, Ian...
Letters From Madelyn
Chronicles of a Caregiver
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Madelyn Kubin was a 70-year-old Kansas farm wife. She appeared to be fragile because of her thinning white hair, macular degeneration, osteoporosis, congestive heart failure, and severe hearing loss. But when her husband Quentin suffered a debilitating stroke, she was forced to summon all of her physical,...
by Suzette Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
This book is for all of the caregivers out there who slowly found themselves in the position of taking care of a loved one who may no longer even recognize them due to the ravages of Alzheimer's. Through Brown's experience watching from the sidelines as her mother slowly declined, to the day-to-day...
The Ninefold Path
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Anthony Alioto was diagnosed with end stage renal disease in 1993 and was forced to go on dialysis for several years before receiving a successful kidney transplant in 2000.
In The Ninefold Path, he invites readers to join him on a harrowing personal journey through a labyrinth of tests, “what...
by ubaldo sagripanti
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Queste pagine raccontano i medici che si potrebbero incontrare oggi in un ospedale italiano: donne e uomini che nella vita hanno scelto di curare gli altri. Per farlo è necessario non lasciarsi coinvolgere, e nello stesso tempo partecipare intimamente alla vita di chi chiede aiuto. Si sa. Ma in un...
Stand By Her
A Breast Cancer Guide For Loved Ones
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
One in eight American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes—over 246,000 women in 2016 alone. That means one in three Americans will be a breast cancer caregiver for their wife, partner, mother, daughter, or sister (and that doesn’t count their friends or coworkers)....
Responding to Older Adults with Substance Use, Mental Health and Gambling Challenges
A Guide for Workers and Volunteers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2006
Understanding how substance use, mental health and gambling problems affect older adults can help people who work with them to respond more sensitively and effectively when difficult situations arise.
This easy-to-read booklet is designed to help workers and volunteers understand and recognize...
I Lost My Child To Cancer
A Mother's Story from Diagnosis to Healing After Loss
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
In the spring of 2006, Shelly Dubois is as happy as she’s ever been. A recent move to beautiful Vancouver Island has proven to be a terrific decision. Her husband Jean is pleased with his new job, their younger daughter Aleida is adjusting well, and their eighteen-year-old, Chantal, is finishing up...
by Bonita Bandaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
A Promise Kept is a memoir of the author's life as caregiver to her aging parent. She shares lessons learned through keeping a promise to care for her mother at home. The book sheds light on the emotional conflicts of family care-giving and encourages caregivers to find persistence, strength, and...
La via del ritorno alla vita
Guarire in Italia tra Sanità e Medicina Integrata
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Questo libro, scritto in collaborazione con due medici e tratto dall’esperienza diretta dell’autore, è un’istantanea sincera e limpida su quanto e come ogni giorno in Italia le persone vivano sulla propria pelle il tema della malattia, del disagio, del doversi confrontare con se stessi e con...
The Journey Home
Walking Through and Rising Above Times of Hardship and Pain
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
When Dr. Gene Baillie's wife, Gini, was diagnozed with a rare form of brain cancer, their world was forever changed. This book shares the lessons that Gini and Gene learned as God led them through--and--beyond their darkest valleys on their own journey home. The Journey Home is divided into 30 chapters,...
No one wants to die, alone
When a loved one is faced with terminal cancer
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2014
"This is the story of Carmen, who loses her life to lung cancer at age 60. Told by her sister Nicole, it is the gut-wrenching account of Carmen’s final year and her family’s journey through this crisis with her. The story is graphic, often humorous, and always intensely moving. Above all,...