Download or read book Conscious Caregiving Guide Workbook written by Lise LeBlanc and published by Next Chapter Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook is your essential companion to Lise Leblanc's Conscious Caregiving Guide. Each chapter in the workbook corresponds to a chapter in the book, providing space and graphic elements to work through the practical exercises, checklists, reflective questions, self assessments and more that Lise has outlined. The workbook provides a simple framework for Lise's step by step, easy to absorb plan for working through the illness of a loved one. Wish I Knew: Conscious Caregiving Guide Workbook will provide the help you need to tackle the caregiving role and achieve optimum wellness for yourself and your loved one. This book is the ideal companion to other books in the "Wish I Knew" series.
Download or read book The Conscious Caregiver written by Linda Abbit and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, tenderness, selflessness, and hard work. Providing care for someone, whether it’s a parent, a loved one, or as a professional requires a high level of self-love and self-care. But while it may be a rewarding experience to care for a loved one, the emotional and physical stress of caregiving can lead to burnout and exhaustion—causing caregivers to put themselves and their own well-being in the background. How can you fulfill your role as a caregiver without losing yourself? Conscious Caregiver teaches you how to navigate caring for your loved one, whether it’s full-time in-house caregiving or hiring support from outside services. With information on how to talk to your loved ones about the situation, handle the emotional stress, stay financially secure, and take the time to care for yourself, this guide can help you care for your loved one and yourself at the same time.
Download or read book The Complete Caregiver Support Guide written by Ester A. Leutenberg and published by Whole Person Associates. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family members, and sometimes close friends, are often called upon to act as caregivers to ill or aged people they care about or for whom they are responsible. Although there are many rewarding outcomes of the time spent between the courageous and dedicated caregiver and the care-receiver*, the caregivers are usually unprepared, untrained and unsupported. The caregivers are also often isolated. These factors can put a huge amount of stress on non-professional or family caregivers. Attending a caregiver support group focusing on specific issues is of great benefit for caregivers. Such groups can include those facilitated by professionals such as social workers, counselors and group facilitators, and those facilitated by lay persons, often themselves caregivers. The intention of Caregiver Support is to provide content for support group facilitators and caregivers that touches on crucial topics.
Download or read book Conscious Caregiving Guide written by Lise LeBlanc and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lise Leblanc has written two books on staying healthy as a caregiver, and has edited a third book, all part of the Caregiving Collection. -CBC, Giacomo Panico. If you have to take care of anyone with health issues, no matter what their age is, buy and read this book. -Janet Pole Cousineau, Librarian at A.E. Multi-Source Library What kind of caregiver are you? The Doormat? The Fighter? The Judge? What if you knew which style would be best for your own health and the health of your loved one? It is THAT important to decide now... on the way IN to the caregiving journey, one that often begins abruptly. Lise Leblanc carefully constructs a step by step, easy to absorb plan for working through the illness of a loved one. As a therapist she has seen the exhaustion and devastation this honourable role can cause, and she has also experienced caregiving first-hand in her own life. When she was a caregiver for her grandmother, Lise didn't know the things she knows now: who and how to ask for help, where and what to do when you run out of energy, love, and time, and especially when and how to take a break. Lise lived through her own journey and she chronicles how you can avoid the same mistakes as she writes in Wish I Knew: Conscious Caregiving Guide. Here are: concrete examples, self assessment quizzes real-life stories, practical but quick exercises, insights and strategies. Wish I Knew: Conscious Caregiving Guide will provide the help you need to tackle the caregiving role and achieve optimum wellness for yourself and your loved one. This book is the ideal companion to other books in the "Wish I Knew" series.
Download or read book Seeing the Unseen A Guide to Conscious Caregiving written by Felicia Stewart and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often caregivers of children with challenging behaviours feel that the solution to the problem lies outside of them. Yet we all bring past wounding into our relationships. Drawing on the latest research from both scientific fields and healing modalities, Seeing the Unseen encourages caregivers to recognise how adverse experiences and trauma in childhood lives with them, resulting in whole body dysfunction—activating harmful stress responses that keep them stuck engaging in patterns of behaviour. Unless addressed, these self-sabotaging behaviours can significantly impact vulnerable children in their care. In extreme cases, this can lead to burnout or ‘blocked care’. In Seeing the Unseen, caregivers are invited to journey through ten steps that will forever change the lens with which they view themselves (and their loved ones), resulting in a more balanced and joyful home environment. While this workbook is written for caregivers of adopted or fostered children, it may appeal to broader audiences such as kinship providers, stepparents, life coaches, family therapists, and social workers.
Download or read book Self Care for Caregivers written by Pat Samples and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those serving as a caregiver for a loved one, the authors of this down-to-earth, encouraging book can help you make the most of the experience without losing yourself in the process. Are you one of the growing number of people who serves as a caregiver for an aging or chronically ill friend or family member? If so, you probably struggle to meet both their special needs and still find time and resources for yourself. But now there is reason to take heart. The authors of this down-to-earth, encouraging book can help you make the most of the experience without losing yourself in the process. Using the Twelve Steps as a guide, the authors conduct readers through the pitfalls of caregiving--the emotional snarls and strains, daily struggles, competing needs, and questions about confronting pain--providing hope and tangible suggestions on how to stay strong and sane while providing healthy support and love. Self-Care for Caregivers offers sensitive and sensible guidance for the family caregiver. "This is a little book with a big message: how to take care of yourself so you can take care of others." - Connie Goldman, producer of the public radio special Hardship into Hope, The Rewards of Caregiving; co-author of Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit and Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer "This book is an uplifting treasury of hope. The authors gently direct the reader with comforting, practical text that offers empowering caregiving strategies and avenues for emotional and spiritual growth." - James and Merlene Sherman, author and editor of the Caregiver Survival series.
Download or read book The Caregiver s Guide to Cancer written by Victoria Landes and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Care for a loved one with cancer while caring for yourself Looking after someone with cancer can be complex, overwhelming, and emotionally draining all at once. As a caregiver, you may also overlook your own well-being while you focus on your loved one. This book empowers you to be an attentive, thoughtful, and compassionate caregiver for your friend or family member with cancer. You'll also find practical everyday advice for meeting your own physical and emotional needs while dealing with the unique challenges you face. Understanding cancer--Learn how cancer affects the body at every stage, determine the steps that come after diagnosis, and examine cancer treatments and side effects. Knowledge caregivers need--Find info on navigating health care, financial and legal decisions, and much more. What to say and ask--Find questions to ask your loved one's care team and health providers, and discover how to be an advocate in different situations. Support your loved one while also practicing self-care with the help of this compassionate choice in caregiving and cancer books.
Download or read book The Mindful Caregiver written by Nancy L. Kriseman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caregiving can be enormously challenging, terrifically rewarding, and potentially draining. Caregivers often wonder how they will navigate the tumultuous waters of caregiving and not lose themselves completely. The Mindful Caregiver highlights two major approaches to help transform the journey: adopting a practice of mindfulness, which helps caregivers become more self-aware and fully present with the person with whom they are caring, and honoring “the spirit-side” of caregiving which offers new ways of connecting to one another. These approaches take into account not just the needs of the care recipient, but also the needs of the caregiver and other people in his/her life. Remembering to care for oneself when someone else is in great need can be difficult, but with the suggestions and tips in this book, any caregiver can cultivate routines and practices that benefit everyone. Solutions that caregivers can use in their day to day routines are provided, so caregivers who use them can feel more empowered and hopeful. Using real stories throughout, Nancy Kriseman offers self-care exercises and addresses a wide variety of subjects such as setting realistic expectations, making the best possible decisions, advocating effectively, and evaluating available resources and services. The Mindful Caregiver provides inspiration, encouragement, and guidance for finding ease in the caregiving journey. By emphasizing both mindfulness and the spiritual dimension, caregivers can reap the gifts of caregiving, appreciate the special moments, and find strength during the challenging times.
Download or read book The Thoughtful Caregiver written by Blaine Loose and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to provide emotional support and practical advice for you, the adult child caregiver, this book will help you navigate the many challenges you may encounter as you care for your elderly parent. In this elder care book, you will discover: - What Is Conscious Caregiving? - Taking on New Responsibilities - The Impact of Role Confusion - Understanding Your Emotions - What Is Caregiver Burnout? - How to Avoid Caregiver Burnout - If You've Exploded at a Loved One And so much more! This book will show how to give your loved one the best quality of life possible without sacrificing your own life, health, career, relationships, or financial stability. Let's not waste any more time! Dive in and start reading!
Download or read book Living with Dying written by Katie Ortlip and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People today are not only living longer, they are also living sicker-- making aging and caring for elderly loved ones more complicated than ever before. Brent provides a comprehensive, straightforward handbook to help family caregivers with sibling and parent-child communication, end-of-life decision making, and guidance for how to help a loved one medically, financially, and emotionally.
Download or read book Conscious Parenting Workbook written by Bhadra Mitchell and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By choosing to parent children, or to serve as a friend, educator or informal mentor, you have taken up an admirable and challenging task. Committing yourself to the care and education of children sets you on a journey that is ripe with enormous opportunities for personal growth, expanded love, joy, self-understanding and compassion. It also introduces you to areas of your own life that may have been unexamined, confronting you with limiting beliefs and issues of your own self-esteem. This Workbook is the companion volume to Conscious Parenting by Lee Lozowick (Hohm Press, 2010), and is designed be a useful map and “travel” guide for you on this adventure. The Conscious Parenting Workbook (like Conscious Parenting itself) aims to assist you in aligning with a big view of the subject – an overall context from which to parent and educate. Years of personal experience, combined with solid foundations shared with many great educators, have made Lee Lozowick’s Conscious Parenting a pragmatic handbook, much appreciated by his peers and by thousands of parents worldwide. But especially, and perhaps uniquely, his work relies on life-affirming principles culled from his own spiritual understanding along with those from other longstanding spiritual traditions. His work, then, speaks to the ways and means for transforming ordinary family life with children into a primary means of spiritual practice, including the inevitable challenge for work-on-self.
Download or read book The Conscious Parent s Guide to Gender Identity written by Darlene Tando and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guide for parents about how to approach a child's gender expansiveness and help their child understand and transition to a new gender identity"--
Download or read book The Caregiver s Toolbox written by Carolyn P. Hartley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of Americans are or will be amateur caregivers for ill spouses, parents, or friends. Caregivers today, more than ever, use technology to help manage schedules, medication routines and pharmacy reminders, legal and financial affairs, as well as travel and expenses. Yet recent insurance options and health care’s emerging digital world make for an overwhelming, complex process. If you are one of the 64 million current caregivers, could you access your parents’ critical documents in an emergency, using their user IDs and passwords? Do you know how often your parents or parents-in-law are taking medications, how often your loved one goes to the doctor, and how to be involved in medical and life decisions? Statistics show 85 percent of caregivers are not trained in caregiving, so many people are likely winging it, picking up pieces of information here and advice there. The Caregiver’s Toolbox is your guide to cool apps and online tools, insider tips on how to reduce your medical bills, your privacy rights as a caregiver, where to go for free and low-cost help, and much more. It clearly shows which tools will relieve your stress, and those that may add stress. The authors dedicate much of their professional lives to helping people navigate the health care matrix. For updates on tools, applications, and emerging technology, visit the authors’ website, www.caregivers-toolbox.com.
Download or read book Stages of Senior Care Your Step by Step Guide to Making the Best Decisions written by Paul Hogan and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-12-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA Today BESTSELLER! "Informative. Complete. And practical. This book will guide family caregivers through the surprisingly complex world of senior care." —MEHMET OZ, M.D., New York Times bestselling coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual: The Complete All-in-One Care Guide Choosing the best care for your aging parents and other seniors in your life is not only complex, with multiple options available, it's also highly personal and often emotional. This essential resource—written by the founders of Home Instead Senior Care, the world's largest provider of nonmedical care for seniors—guides you through a comprehensive range of things to consider, step by step, so you can make better informed decisions and be confident that the senior in your life is receiving the best care possible. Checklists and diagnostics will help you: Decide if at-home care is the right choice for you and your loved ones Evaluate the pros and cons of retirement communities, adult care centers, nonmedical caregivers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and hospice Determine the costs of senior care options and find helpful support networks "This is not just another book about caring for aging parents. It's a great reference you'll use again and again. Stages doesn't shy away from the hard questions. Rather, it shows you how to confront them."—SUZANNE MINTZ, President/CEO, National Family Caregivers Association "Recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, this salient volume compassionately addresses a full range of hard-to-discuss subjects."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY All of the authors' profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation. Paul and Lori Hogan founded Home Instead Senior Care in 1994. Now with 850 offices in 15 countries, Home Instead is recognized as a global leader and authority on senior care. Visit them at www.stagesofseniorcare.com.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Self Care written by Kiki Ely and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Guide to Self Care features 100 accessible activities that help you reconnect with your body, mind, spirit, and surroundings, and leave you feeling refreshed and ready to face the world again. Caring for yourself is far from selfish and self-care is far from a new phenomenon, but it’s recently been in the popular vernacular. With screens, work emails on our phones, notifications, and poor boundaries between ourselves and the world around us, taking time and making space for ourselves has become more and more important. Therapy, caring for plants, making your favorite dish…these are all little ways to reclaim parts of yourself that you’ve lost track of in the daily hustle of life. With encouraging reminders, inspiring thoughts, easy wins, and practical advice, The Complete Guide to Self Care helps you identify your needs so you can relax, refuel, and find calm in your hectic life. This book tells you why mindset is key, how to nourish instead of punish yourself, how to exercise and sleep, and why it is important to go slow sometimes. You live your whole life being you, so why not be your own best friend? The Complete Guide to Self Care is a book for people who need to relax, chill out, or recenter. You'll learn how to achieve this by: Setting an effective and fruitful sleep schedule Creating exercise routines and not feeling bad about falling off the bike Saying no to things you don’t want to do (and things that maybe you do but don’t have space for) Reading, writing, art, music, and all forms of expression that water our soul Setting aside time that is only for you, no one else, no exceptions Watering yourself and giving yourself proper nutrients In the tumults of our hectic world and your busy life, if you’re working toward being emotionally available and hungry for stability, a happier and healthier you is within your grasp. Discover today’s top trending health and wellness topics with the Everyday Wellbeing series from Chartwell Books. From smart eating habits to personal growth advice, these engaging lifestyle guides give you the expert tips and life hacks you need to help you make good choices while practicing mindfulness and self-love. Whether you want to explore cooking with new ingredients like adaptogens and CBD, or make it a priority to incorporate self-care into your daily routine, these brightly colored take-along handbooks have the tools you need to succeed. Other titles in the series include: The Celery Juice Cookbook, Adaptogens, The CBD Handbook, The Instant Pot and Air Fryer Cookbook, and The Plant-Based Cookbook.
Download or read book Conscious Caregiving written by Carol Trasatto and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of holistic, time-tested strategies to support ourselves at home through illness, intense treatments or dying-whether as caregiver or one who is ill. Written by an herbalist with more than 35 years of experience and a cancer survivor herself, this guide to home health care offers a wealth of holistic approaches to the many side-effects and consequences of disease process, chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, prolonged bedrest, immune compromise, aging and dying, as well as caregiver self-care. Features:¿Herbal, nutritional, and other natural strategies to support the optimal well-being and comfort of both caregivers and those who are ill or dying.¿A core Helping Repertoire describing dozens of potential acute issues and concerns-as well as numerous detailed strategies for addressing each one.¿An easy-to-access format geared for the reader who is already stressed and needs to find information quickly. Content presented in easily digestible sections.¿Hardcover binding that allows the book to open flat on a reading surface.¿Guidance in establishing a comfortable, healing environment for all concerned. Holistic suggestions to promote emotional as well as physical ease.¿Questions to ask practitioners, handy lists for hospital or clinic stays, home organization tips.¿Discussions of key herbal allies: Support for relaxation and sleep, physical and mental adaptability, immune function, digestion, elimination, liver function, lymphatic drainage, more.¿Extensive annotated resource sections: Books, music, sound and energy healing, reputable suppliers of nutritional supplements, herbs, useful supplies, online networking and legal resources.¿Detailed appendices provide background material on: Environment and healing, herbs and memory, water and hydration, issues in depressed states of mind, engaging with pain, cancer prevention/health promotion, the lymphatic system, maintaining bacterial balance, more.¿Complete index.Whether you're caring for a loved one or dealing with dis-ease yourself, this book will help you navigate treatment, recovery or the dying process with more ease and grace. Owning this empowering book is like having a skilled and compassionate collaborator on call whenever you need problem-solving support, day or night.
Download or read book Legacy and Celebration Fearless Journaling Through Aging Illness Or Dying written by Ellen Valentine and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legacy and Celebration is a guide to capturing the human story and conscious caregiving. This first book in a series is a reminder that we are all warriors on the journey we call life, and that journaling (for self and others) is a tool for fearlessness and self-discovery along the path. Legacy and Celebration Fearless Journaling through Aging, Illness or Dying and Guide to Conscious Caregiving and its companion Life Journal were born of my love for personal story, and a sincere feeling that each person has a need and desire to be heard. The name was chosen to invoke happy feelings. In a great sense, you are on a mission: to capture story; and thereby have a keepsake and legacy to present to family members. You are on the mission of bringing happiness and a celebratory feeling into the home. Life is an amazing journey, and each person brings a spark to life that cannot be duplicated or replaced. This is something to talk about and celebrate. This two-volume set is support for you to capture life's moments on paper for posterity. If you are reading this book as a Kindle book, you may consider buying two lovely blank books to capture not only your patient's story, but your own as well.I also want to acknowledge the healing effect writing has on the human psyche; thus, this process is deliberate in its intention to support healing and ease for both the patient and the caregiver. My hope is that both books: Legacy the Caregiver's Guidebook and Legacy the Journal are a support for friends and family going through times of imminent loss and heartache; and, that both provide a guide for times of intimate and meaningful daily connection between caregivers and patients. As the author, I want you to know that I understand in some ways what you are experiencing. The process of illness and loss of life is so deeply personal for each person and every family, that it cannot be fully understood by another. I want to take this time to acknowledge that this is your journey and it is uniquely your own.The releasing and calming techniques are for the caregiver first, then, to share with the patient. It is not necessary for patients to participate. If the time presents itself to use breath or guided visualization, you, the caregiver will know and you'll have the tools to use as found in this book.In between the sections there are extra breathing techniques to center, calm or energize the writer and caregiver. There are also several encouraging and inspiring stories contributed by friends and colleagues. One or more of the stories may be exactly what you need to read to ignite courage and hope.The final chapters of the book are on the topic of death and closure. It seemed impossible to write a competent book about caregiving, grave illness, or aging of the oldest old without tackling one of life's most universal processes ~ death.Writing Legacy and Celebration was a four-year process. Over that time, chapter numbers were assigned to each small segment, removed and re-inserted. In the conclusion, with segments being small and tidy enough to read through quickly, this author opted to limit chapter assignment to segments in section three which correlate with Legacy Journal. That decision lent a more Gestalt feel to the book as a whole. With sections small enough to read in a single sitting, an overall picture is thus presented on topics like caregiving, death, journaling, or spiritual practices. The author hopes this assignment will add to the perceptual organization of topics.Inclusions of beliefs from other cultures and religions have purpose and meaning. Allow your curiosity and imagination to be stretched. If some ideas are new to you, let them tantalize the mind and give you cause for further research. Bring transformation to this time of caregiving that will open your world beyond what may feel like the confines of caregiving and uncertainty.
