Home Care category: 386 books
by Katie May
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2019
Diabetes is a condition where the sugar levels in a person's blood are too high. If left untreated, diabetes can progress over time, resulting in serious complications such as blindness, heart attacks, and kidney disease. Unfortunately, there is currently no medical cure for diabetes.
A healthy...
Aging, Fatigue and Brain Injury
Living with Head (Brain) Injury
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
TBI is a much more manageable injury today than it has been in the past, but it remains a major health problem. As people with TBI continue to live longer and face the challenges of aging with TBI, it will be our duty to provide better education and long-term programs and services. We all have brains;...
Social Support, Health, and Illness
A Complicated Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2011
When a person faces serious illness, having the support of one's partner can help protect against the full ravages of disease, and even hasten recovery. However, too much support can have grave clinical consequences for sufferers and exact a heavy emotional and financial toll on caregivers. Social...
by James E. Allen, PhD, MSPH
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
This set includes Nursing Home Administration, 6th Edition and The Licensing Exam Review Guide in Nursing Home Administration, 6th Edition.
Abuses and Excuses
How To Hold Bad Nursing Homes Accountable
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Abuses and Excuses breaks new ground in helping patients and families hold bad nursing homes accountable, sharing a wealth of insider strategies and insights that show, step-by-step, how tho hold the nursing home industry accountable for abuse and neglect. It's an eye opening account of corporate...
Residential Assisted Living Systems
12 Steps to a Six-Figure Income Caring for Seniors
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Residential Assisted Living Systems. Did you know there are 5 Investing Options to choose from? Find out which is right for you. Frances Chau will break down the Business ad the Numbers so you will have the BIG PICTURE before getting started. More importantly, she will tell you what NOT to do, so...
Alone and Invisible No More
How Grassroots Community Action and 21st Century Technologies Can Empower Elders to Stay in Their Homes and Lead Healthier, Happier Lives
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
In Alone and Invisible No More, physician Allan S. Teel, MD, describes how to overhaul our eldercare system. Based on his own efforts to create humane, affordable alternatives in Maine, Teel's program harnesses both staff and volunteers to help people remain in their homes and communities. It offers...
Too Sexy For My Bedpan
Too Sexy, #1
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2018
At the age of 30, while training for a marathon, Elizabeth began experiencing symptoms of ALS. Written by blinking her eyes using a special computer, this book is about persevering with faith at every turn. Practical, yet hilarious, it offers help to those caring and being cared for with a unique...
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.
by V.T.
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Suffering from kidney failure, or diabetes problem? You want to reserve the process and lead a normal life once more? It can be done.
The main reason for diabetes, or kidney failure is due to ... diet. Your daily sodium intake is too high. You have to learn how to control your diet from now,...
Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer's Journey
A Guide for Families and Caregivers, Fifth Edition, Revised and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The beloved best seller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition. Jolene Brackey has a vision: that we will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease to focus more of our energies on creating moments of joy. When people have short-term memory loss, their lives are made up of...
by John Roche
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
The rewards of family caregiving are many; the challenges, surprisingly impactful. You need to read this book if: —you feel that caregiving tasks previously done with ease now require extra motivation and energy to complete; —the compassion you once had is waning, and you find yourself cutting...
Family Caregiving
A Step-By-Step Guide to Successful Caregiving
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Family Caregiving explores one of the most precious and fulfilling gifts of love that can be given to a family member or a friendand also one of the most difficult tasks to undertake. The difficulty increases in magnitude because many family caregivers have no formal medical training other than basic...
How to Look After your Breath
The Definitive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
How to Look After Your Breath provides scientific facts about halitosis, along with the true stories of patients treated by doctor Jonas Nunes. Doctor Nunes, PhD in Halitosis, is a well-known researcher and the Director of the Breath Institute as well as the Halitosis Unit of the prestigious Teknon...