Caregiving category: 223 books
Interpersonal Relationships - E-Book
Professional Communication Skills for Nurses
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Acclaimed for its strong theoretical framework and consistent organization, Arnold and Boggs' Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 6thEdition, remains the definitive resource in developing effective communication with clients, families, and colleagues in order...
I'm the Bob and Cathy's Kid
Emotions - Love and Fury
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
This is a story about Suzanna Bailey, who at the age of fourteen months began experiencing epileptic seizures. Consequently, these seizures led to countless appointments with medical professionals. Six successive brain surgeries left her with life-changing brain injuries, resulting in physical disabilities and behavioural challenges.
by Lindsay Tighe
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
The Person-Centred Approach Made Easy!Learn how to enable your clients by using this simple-to-apply questioning technique that gets amazing results!Aged Care Professionals typically do too much TELLING and not enough ASKING! . . . . . . and this is widely recognised as being one of the biggest inhibitors...
Along the Continuum of Care
What Every Case Manager Must Know...
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Along the Continuum of Care creates a mind shift for the case manager in the new paradigm to be effective agents of change and resource connectors. The urgent need to improve health outcomes is resulting in moment-to-moment changes in the world of case management. Along the Continuum of Care focus...
by Elizabeth Rasheed
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
Take the guesswork out of BTEC assessment with sample student work and assessor feedback for all pass, merit and distinction criteria.
By focusing on assessment this compact guide leads students through each pass, merit and distinction criterion by clearly showing them what they are required...
The Eldercare Handbook
Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In this comprehensive and accessible guide, long-term care expert Stella Henry helps readers navigate the daunting logistics and powerful emotions of making care decisions for an elderly parent or loved one. Drawing from her 36 years as a registered nurse and a nursing home administrator, as well...
It's Enough to Make You Sick
The Failure of American Health Care and a Prescription for the Cure
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
It's Enough to Make You Sick explains how the American health care system developed and how it has deteriorated into a national disgrace. Lobosky indicts the special interests who have played a role in the demise of American health care, examines the current attempts at reform, and offers a practical, compassionate blueprint for effective change.
by John Appleby, Nancy Devlin, David Parkin
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
A practical, introductory guide to the best use of Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) to improve the quality of health care and patient health.
Only title to exclusively introduce, explain and show how PROs can be best used to improve healthcare and patient outcomes
Includes real life examples...
It's a Great Time to Be a Physician:
Building a Healthcare System That Works
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
It’s a Great Time to Be a Physician: Building a Healthcare System that Works is a call to action for physicians. It is a first-hand account of the changes being demanded of the US healthcare system and their implications for physicians. Eight trends are described that will create a better, more...
by SpeedReader Summaries
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Are you the caregiver of someone who has dementia? Does your loved one suffer from dementia?
Families and caregivers of a person suffering from dementia face many challenges in terms of care. People suffering from dementia due to conditions such as Alzheimer’s and other related diseases normally...
Caring For The Elderly: It’s Your Turn To Look After Your Parents
A Very Helpful Collection Of Tips For Caring For The Elderly That Can Help You Make The Right Choices For Selecting A Caregiver, Choosing Retirement Homes For The Elderly Or Opting For Home Health Care For Possible Independent Living
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Taking care of the elderly, whether they are your parents or not, is a very demanding responsibility. It is a service that is both testing and taxing to your body, mind and spirit since the act requires you to give away your physical strength, utilize your mental aptitude and invest your emotions....
Unexpected Gifts
My Journey With My Father's Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
“He didn’t know his age, the year, or his surroundings, but he knew his life could still make a difference. On this path, he went forward with his heart. Every emotion was authentic. Each moment was new—but it was also full of love, anger, or fear, and he had to travel through it.”
In a...
Loving, Supporting, and Caring for the Cancer Patient
A Guide to Communication, Compassion, and Courage
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
At least once in your life someone will say to you, “I have cancer,” and when she says the three words, you may struggle with a response. If a loved one or friend hasn’t informed you of a cancer diagnosis, it’s only a matter of time until they will. Every year fourteen million people worldwide...
We Carried the Mat
My Faith Journey as a Primary Caregiver …And How a Community Made All the Difference
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Months before Jays first symptoms appeared, I felt compelled to start keeping a journal. Looking back on those fledgling entries, I recognize now that my decision to begin journaling at that particular time was prophetic.
Writing in that safe place reconnected me to my heavenly Father during...