Caregiving category: 223 books
Supporting Parents with Alzheimer's
Your parents took care of you, now how do you take care of them?
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Many of us are unprepared and confused about how to proceed when our parent begins to suffer the effects of old age. This confusion is amplified when faced with a diagnosis of a cognitive illness such as Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. What can you do for your parent in the early...
by Lyle Weinstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Advice for the Caregiving Journey. For families caring for elders with dementia.
The Caregivers
A Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
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...
A Better Life for the Chronically Ill
A Guidebook for Creative Caregiving
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2001
While learning about ways to bring some fun into the lives of those who are long-term confined to home or hospital, the reader discovers that the book is really about hope, dignity, and love. The underlying theme throughout is that while providing support for your loved one whose health is inescapably...
by Dr. Alex Kodiath
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Ninety percent of the population faces long-term care for their life or the life of a loved one. In Elder Care: Precious Presence, author Dr. Alex Kodiath presents personal, true stories of life in long-term care and reflects on the lessons that can be drawn from these stories. With almost twenty-five...
Medicine and Compassion
A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
It is estimated that some 54 million people in the U.S. act as informal caregivers for ill or disabled loved ones. We can add to these countless workers in the fields of health and human service, and yet there is still not enough help to go around: as many as three fourths of our informal caregivers...
Share the Care
How to Organize a Group to Care for Someone Who Is Seriously Ill
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
You Don't Have to Do It Alone
Whether you're prepared for it or not, chances are you'll take on the role of caregiver when a family member or friend is affected by a serious illness or injury, or when you find your elderly parent needs help. As you'll soon discover, the range of tasks and responsibilities...
by Rick Lauber
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
One in five Canadians are now providing eldercare to a parent in need, and as baby-boomers age, this number is likely to grow. What do you do when your mother or father grows old? It’s the natural course of life, but so many children of aging parents are unprepared. When a parent’s health begins...
The Caregiver's Tao Te Ching
Compassionate Caring for Your Loved Ones and Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Those who care for the ailing, whether helping someone recover, grapple with a long-term disability, or face a terminal illness, often feel alone, overwhelmed, exhausted. William and Nancy Martin have worked as counselors, hospice trainers, and Zen guides — and as caregivers to Nancy’s late mother....
Transplanting Care
Shifting Commitments in Health and Care in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The sudden call, the race to the hospital, the high-stakes operation—the drama of transplant surgery is well known. But what happens before and after the surgery? In Transplanting Care, Laura L. Heinemann examines the daily lives of midwestern organ transplant patients and those who care for them,...
Hidden Heroes
America's Military Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Little has been reported about “military caregivers”—the population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as...
Military Caregivers
Cornerstones of Support for Our Nation's Wounded, Ill, and Injured Veterans
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Military caregivers are an essential part of our nation's ability to care for returning wounded warriors. Far too often, their own needs are neglected. The RAND Corporation and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation lay the groundwork to inform policy and program development relative to the needs of military caregivers that often differ from the needs of the general caregiving population.
The Mindful Caregiver
Finding Ease in the Caregiving Journey
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
As our population ages, more and more people will find themselves in caregiver roles for their parents and/or their spouses, though caregivers can be involved in the care of loved ones at any age. The Mindful Caregiver shows caregivers how to care for themselves even as their time and daily lives...
Anatomy of Caring
Insights on Faith from a Caregiver and a Patient
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Being a caregiver is not for the tender hearted. It is a ministry of service. Caregiving calls each of us to give of our time, energy and stand face to face with fears and limitations. It is a test of faith. Anatomy of Caring is a personal and deeply spiritual account of one couple's valiant journey...