Download or read book Gentle Thoughts on Caregiving written by Blue Moon Publishers and published by Next Chapter Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for the right words to comfort a caregiver? Gentle Quotes on Caregiving is a thought-provoking collection of quotes that will encourage, inspire, and restore. The brief passages, chosen for the harried caregiver who may only have time to read a line or two, will be a source of reassurance and support. Gentle Quotes on Caregiving is the ideal companion to other books in the Wish I Knew series, and is designed to help grown children, spouses, friends, neighbours, or anyone looking after a loved one. /

Download or read book The Caregiver s Tao Te Ching written by William Martin and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2011 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 themselves. With empathy and insight, they offer readers solace drawn from the eternal wisdom of the Tao Te Ching. Like the original Chinese text, this book contains eighty-one chapters. Each chapter includes a poem for caregivers, evocative of the verses of the Tao Te Ching, followed by a reflection that presents practical guidance for navigating the emotional and physical hardships of caregiving. The resulting resource gently awakens readers to the grace, growth, and even joy possible at each step along their path.

Download or read book Return to Gentleness written by Anthony M McCrovitz, PhD and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to caregiving, processes of learning and relationship-building are as important for the caregiver as they are for the individual. The work of Dr. Anthony (Tony) M. McCrovitz is grounded in the relationship-building philosophy and practice of Gentle Teaching, his source of inspiration for the writing of this book. In mentoring a spirit of gentleness, we engage in navigating the social vision of Gentle Teaching, based on mutual respect, unconditional acceptance, and principles of interdependence that demonstrate the universal, inherent unity of our humanity. The author illustrates views from both sides of a framework of Gentle Teaching, providing the reader with a window of understanding for cultivating the connections between a person's interior, social-emotional life and their external experience and quality of life. He expands the framework that builds from a moral ethic (the why), with the interweaving of a narrative ethic (the how), illustrating a Quality of Life Model(TM) of services that opens up the dialogue with further discussion of mentoring, management, agency and community formation, and crisis intervention, focusing on identifying areas of need and how to create accessible means that develop congruency for experience and well-being, and inclusive, vital communities. Relationship-building interactions that focus on creating companionship and community, acknowledge the client's value and ability to trust the mentoring processes. This lays a foundation for the intrinsic ability to learn how to feel safe and loved. The learning sometimes means "unlearning" trauma-informed responses. This takes patience while new moral memory is being created. In our learning and practice of Gentle Teaching, we remember a simple law of physics: We do not need to remove the darkness from a room before it can be filled with light. Compassionate, practical, and tested in the author's own practice, this masterful exploration of Gentle Teaching belongs with every caregiver.

Download or read book Hope for the Caregiver written by Peter Rosenberger and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are 65.7 million caregivers in America, making up 29 percent of the U.S. adult population. Where does the caregiver turn when dealing with their own need for encouragement and renewal?

Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Download or read book The Caregivers written by Nell Lake and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 form of shared experience” (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune). In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting in on the weekly meetings of a local hospital’s caregivers support group. Soon members invited her into their lives. For two years, she brought empathy, insight, and an eye for detail to understanding Penny, a fifty-year-old botanist caring for her aging mother; Daniel, a survivor of Nazi Germany who tends his ailing wife; William, whose wife suffers from Alzheimer’s; and others with whom all caregivers will identify. Witnessing acts of devotion and frustration, lessons in patience and in letting go, Lake illuminates the intimate exchanges of caregiving and care-receiving and considers important and timely social issues: How can we care for the aging, ill, and dying with skill and compassion, even as the costs and labors of care increase? How might the medical profession take into account the needs of caregivers as well as patients? In The Caregivers Nell Lake shares a thoughtful and tenderly reported depiction of the real-life predicaments that evoke these crucial questions. With more and more people spending their late years ill and frail, and 43 million Americans already caring for family members over age fifty, this is an important chronicle of a widely shared experience and a public concern. “The Caregivers is as elegantly constructed as a novel, but more than that, Lake writes about these people with such warmth and vividness that they feel as memorable as our favorite fictional characters. It is a beautifully written account” (The Boston Globe).

Download or read book When Hope Declines written by T L McBride and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suddenly thrown into a world of caring for family members, T.L. McBride chronicles her experiences with the medical industry and the emotional tole of being consumed by the responsibility of caring for others. Filled with ideas on mobility aids, financial issues, and end of life decisions, this book offers the reader an opportunity to glean some helpful tips to consider when faced with the monumental task of terminal health issues or age related death. Issues are discussed while relaying the details as experienced during the care of a brother with lymphoma and a mother with age related decline. Caring for others is emotionally and physically challenging. When Hope Declines shines a little light on the process offering help for others that have found themselves in the role of caregiver. "A must read for all caregivers and seniors. A true story, this is Real! We cheer for Tammy who shares her experiences as the caregiver for her dying mother and brother. It takes guts to be a caregiver, the stress, exhaustion, self-doubt and isolation. This practical guide is one of the best I have ever read. I laughed, I cried, and I experienced her pain." Ruth S. Mitchell RN, LPC, MS Geriatric Counselor and Author

Download or read book My Turn to Care written by Marlene Bagnull and published by OakTara Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate companion for caregivers of aging parents. No guilt. No "how-you-can-do-it better." Just gentle encouragement and inspiration by over 100 caregivers in the trenches. Are you overwhelmed by the needs of an aging parent? When the roles are reversed and your parents need your help but you don't know how to make them happy... When you're exhausted, drained, criticized, pulled in different directions... When your turn to care becomes your need for care... You are NOT alone! My Turn to Care will help you discover God's blessings and draw on His strength day by day and hour by hour. Devotionals and inspirational thoughts/poetry by over 100 authors are divided into six helpful sections: Growing Older Needing More Support Live-In Parents The Nursing Home Decision Watching, Waiting, and Praying Going Home. Compiled and edited by the beloved writer, speaker, conference director, and many years a caregiver herself, Marlene Bagnull.

Download or read book Business Woman s Guide to Caregiving written by Becci Bookner and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being the caregiver for your parents and successfully balancing a professional career is not just possible, it can be a life-changing opportunity to do both. While many women abandon their careers to care for their parents, you will have the tools to be successful in meeting the demands of both your personal and professional life. With appropriate resources for the job ahead and proper care for your heart, it just might become the most rewarding adventure of your adult life. Your soul will be surrounded by a celebration of purpose in life that is unmatched in meaningful outcomes.

Download or read book A Matter of Growth written by Esther E. Hansen (author.) and published by . This book was released on with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Matter of Growth is a moving and very honest story of the author's inward journey after she committed herself to becoming a caregiver, having little idea when she started of what to expect. This commitment, as she discovered, "is full of demands that challenge your deepest resources. Its gifts come to you disguised as burdens. The greatest of those gifts is the opportunity given you to grow. It may be growth in self-control that is offered, or in empathy, flexibility, patience, endurance, assertiveness, and courage. You must look deep within, must dare to observe reactions and responses, and must be willing to change."

Download or read book Just Breathe Inspirational Quotes for Caregivers written by B. J. Smith and published by Kec Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Do not let what you cannot do interfere wth what you can do," is a quote from famed basketball coach John Wooden. But it is also the coda to a caregiver's way of life. It is one of the many inspirational sayings that caregiver BJ Smith relied upon to get her through the seven years she cared for her mom as Alzheimer's disease ravaged her life. Smith compiled many other powerful epigrams into a inspirational quote board that she relied upon to get her through her toughest situations as her mom's caregiver. Just Breathe! is an empowering book that collects the most insprirational and memorable sayings into one moving resource. The title comes from Smith's highly stressful but ultimately liberating experience in becoming her mom's primary caretaker. "Breathing seemed to be the most difficult act for me to do as I cared for my mother," writes Smith. "My mother fought for a life and family she loved and cherished just to watch it slip away day by day into a dark abyss." After her mother's initial diagonsis Smith vowed that she would live bravely in her mother's world of Alzheimer's and save her tears and her breakdowns for her husband and family. To power herself through her long day and nights, she began keeping quotes posted on a dry erase board with sayings from poets, leaders, actors, and visionaries ranging from Oprah Winfrey to Gandhi to St. Francis of Assisi. While the quotes will provide a profound source of motivation to anyone who has found themselves unexpectedly caring for a sick loved one, the book's most moving sayings come from Smith herself. "As a caregiver you lose a part of yourself when taking care of a loved one," Smith writes. "But if you look at your world a little differently, you will see what you have gained on your journey is astounding."

Download or read book Raising an Aging Parent written by Ken Druck and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Unexpected Journey of Caring written by Donna Thomson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a foreword by Judy Woodruff, The Unexpected Journey of Caring is a practical guide to finding personal meaning in the 21st century care experience. Personal transformation is usually an experience we actively seek out—not one that hunts us down. Becoming a caregiver is one transformation that comes at us, requiring us to rethink everything we once knew. Everything changes—responsibilities, beliefs, hopes, expectations, and relationships. Caregiving is not just a role reserved for “saints”—eventually, everyone is drafted into the caregiver role. It’s not a role people medically train for; it’s a new type of relationship initiated by a loved one’s need for care. And it’s a role that cannot be quarantined to home because it infuses all aspects of our lives. Caregivers today find themselves in need of a crash course in new and unfamiliar skills. They must not only care for a loved one, but also access hidden community resources, collaborate with medical professionals, craft new narratives consistent with the changing nature of their care role, coordinate care with family, seek information and peer support using a variety of digital platforms, and negotiate social support—all while attempting to manage conflicts between work, life, and relationship roles. The moments that mark us in the transition from loved one to caregiver matter because if we don’t make sense of how we are being transformed, we risk undervaluing our care experiences, denying our evolving beliefs, becoming trapped by other’s misunderstandings, and feeling underappreciated, burned out, and overwhelmed. Informed by original caregiver research and proven advocacy strategies, this book speaks to caregiving as it unfolds, in all of its confusion, chaos, and messiness. Readers won’t find well-intentioned clichés or care stereotypes in this book. There are no promises to help caregivers return to a life they knew before caregiving. No, this book greets caregivers where they are in their journey—new or chronic—not where others expect (or want) them to be.

Download or read book Doing the Right Thing written by Roberta Satow, Ph.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-03-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, one of the first books to help navigate the profound emotional challenges of caring for elderly parents in a strained parent-child relationship.

Download or read book Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade written by Gary Chapman and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across America and around the world, the five love languages have revitalized relationships and saved marriages from the brink of disaster. Can they also help individuals, couples, and families cope with the devastating diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD)? Coauthors Chapman, Shaw, and Barr give a resounding yes. Their innovative application of the five love languages creates an entirely new way to touch the lives of the five million Americans who have Alzheimer’s, as well as their fifteen million caregivers. At its heart, this book is about how love gently lifts a corner of dementia’s dark curtain to cultivate an emotional connection amid memory loss. This collaborative, groundbreaking work between a healthcare professional, caregiver, and relationship expert will: Provide an overview of the love languages and Alzheimer’s disease, correlate the love languages with the developments of the stages of AD, discuss how both the caregiver and care receiver can apply the love languages, address the challenges and stresses of the caregiver journey, offer personal stories and case studies about maintaining emotional intimacy amidst AD. Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade is heartfelt and easy to apply, providing gentle, focused help for those feeling overwhelmed by the relational toll of Alzheimer’s. Its principles have already helped hundreds of families, and it can help yours, too.

Download or read book Always on Call written by Carol Levine and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This substantially updated book presents an intimate look at the world of family caregiving through compelling narratives by caregivers that capture the intensity of the caregiving experience, while chapters by noted health care professionals analyze the impact of caregiving, urge more professional advocacy on behalf of caregivers, and offer insightful suggestions for building partnerships for change and fostering improvement.

Download or read book A Deadly Wandering written by Matt Richtel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deserves a spot next to Fast Food Nation and To Kill a Mockingbird in America’s high school curriculums. To say it may save lives is self-evident.” —New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: San Francisco Chronicle, Chrisitian Science Monitor, Kirkus, Winnipeg Free Press One of the decade's most original and masterfully reported books, A Deadly Wandering by Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist Matt Richtel interweaves the cutting-edge science of attention with the tensely plotted story of a mysterious car accident and its aftermath to answer some of the defining questions of our time: What is technology doing to us? Can our minds keep up with the pace of change? How can we find balance? On the last day of summer, an ordinary Utah college student named Reggie Shaw fatally struck two rocket scientists while texting and driving along a majestic stretch of highway bordering the Rocky Mountains. A Deadly Wandering follows Reggie from the moment of the tragedy, through the police investigation, the state's groundbreaking prosecution, and ultimately, Reggie's wrenching admission of responsibility. Richtel parallels Reggie's journey with leading-edge scientific findings on the impact technology has on our brains, showing how these devices play to our deepest social instincts. A propulsive read filled with surprising scientific detail, riveting narrative tension, and rare emotional depth, A Deadly Wandering is a book that can change—and save—lives.