Eldercare category: 429 books
Parenting Your Parents
Straight Talk About Aging in the Family
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Since the last edition in 2006, much has happened in the field of eldercare. There is now an increasing awareness of the complex challenges posed by the expanding aging population in North America. When our parents reach a certain age and have difficulty coping, we find ourselves wondering how to...
Caring for Your Aging Parents
An Emotional Guide to Nurturing Your Loved Ones while Taking Care of Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
The fastest-growing segment of our population is people 85 and older, and many of them are now cared for by their children.
This comforting and poignant guide bridges the gap between elderly parents and the adult children who care for them, with trusted answers to questions most asked by caregivers...
Becoming Dead Right
A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
All of us are entitled to the rewards of a peaceful, pain-free death. This book honors that with true stories about hospice patients and inspiring insights from the author. Becoming Dead Right guides us through the general and "how to" information maze that prepares us for dealing with death.
Improving...
The Conscious Caregiver
A Mindful Approach to Caring for Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Linda Abbit, founder of Tender Loving Eldercare and a veteran of the caregiving industry, shares her advice on taking care of an older parent or loved one and how to handle everything that goes along with this dramatic life change.
Being a caregiver can be a difficult role. It requires patience,...
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 Robert F. Bornstein PhD, Mary A. Languirand PhD
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
When an aging family member needs some extra help and care, whether a parent, spouse, sibling, or friend, this is the book to get. It delivers bottom-line, no-nonsense, practical information for every stage of need, from the earliest signs of illness, through the nursing home, and beyond.
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by Mary Ann Konarzewski
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Creating a Rich and Meaningful Life in Long-Term Care challenges our notions of what it means to grow old, to live in a long-term care community, and to have dementia.Drawing on two decades of experience in long-term care, Ms. Konarzewski shows family caregivers and eldercare professionals how to...
by Mark Koch
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
After a bitter divorce a young man moves from his hometown to make a fresh new start in another city. Everything is going well for him but his life suddenly changes when he learns his father is diagnosed with leukemia and has less than a year to live. Shortly after his father passes away a job promotion...
Jewish Visions for Aging
A Professional Guide for Fostering Wholeness
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Discover the Jewish tradition’s insights on growing older and eldercare in this groundbreaking resource—the only one of its kind!
“Judaism can be [tremendously] powerful for those searching for new meaning and roles, for perspective on life’s profound questions, and for solace amid...
Sisterly Shove
A Fight to the Death Against Pancreatic Cancer and Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
A story of love outlasting memory.
When Mama is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and Papa has dementia, a humor writer and her serious-as-a-heart-attack physician sister engage in hand-to-heart combat in a 13-year battle to do what’s best for the parents who were always there for them.
Growing...
Recovering The Self
A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. IV, No. 3) -- Aging and the Elderly
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. IV, No. 3) July 2012
Recovering The Self is a quarterly journal which explores the themes of recovery and healing through the lenses of poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fiction, humor, art, media reviews and psychoeducation. Contributors...
50 Sanity Saving Tips for Caregivers
You Don't Have to Kill Yourself to Keep Them Alive
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
How to Care for Your Elderly Loved Ones Without Killing Yourself in the Process • Are you exhausted and overwhelmed? • Have you had to give up important things in your life to care for your elderly loved ones? • Are you beginning to feel depressed or even resentful as a caregiver? If you’ve answered...
Take Care, Son
The Story of My Dad and his Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Hi Dad . . . can we have a chat about your dementia . . . Can you remember how it started?
When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments . . . daft things, important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was just the first...
Making Rounds with Oscar
The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A remarkable cat. A special gift. A life-changing journey. They thought he was just a cat. When Oscar arrived at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island he was a cute little guy with attitude. He loved to stretch out in a puddle of sunlight...