Download or read book Quiet Moments for Caregivers written by Betty Free and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than 50 reflective, heartfelt preayer, written by a longtime caregiver, will help you express your honest feelings to God and remind you that you're not alone."--Cover.
Download or read book Quiet Moments for Parents Other Caregivers written by Mary Vaughn Armstrong and published by Lifejourney Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devotions of comfort and encouragement for stressful times. Written from her own experiences and the responses to her first book Caregiving for Your Loved Ones, this encouraging book directs readers to the source of all comfort and describes experiences anyone can relate to--especially those who are stressed out by caring for others.
Download or read book Quiet Moments for Nurses written by Sharon Fish and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quiet Moments for Nurses presents 90 fresh and delightful devotions to give nurses a peaceful break from their demanding service and schedule. From her personal and prayerful study of the Bible and her professional and Christian experience, author Sharon Fish writes compassionately, providing moments of rest and restoration. Each reading includes a Scripture quote.
Download or read book Self Care Routines for Caregivers written by Tiffany Wood and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world knows the heroic stories of caregivers - the tireless hands that lift, the gentle hearts that soothe, the endless cups of coffee brewing hope. But rarely do we hear the whispers of their fatigue, the flicker of doubt in their eyes as they pour from an empty cup. This book, my friend, is not just another self-help manual. It's a confession, a whispered secret shared amidst the clatter of dishes and the symphony of beeps and alarms. You see, I, too, walked the tightrope of caregiving. I saw the vibrant tapestry of life fade to shades of exhaustion, the laughter muted by the constant hum of responsibility. My days dissolved into a kaleidoscope of medication schedules, doctor appointments, and whispered reassurances. Time became a thief, stealing away moments for breath, for joy, for me. And then, like a dandelion seed carried on the wind, an idea bloomed. It was small, barely a whisper at first - what if self-care could fit in a stolen pocket of time, five minutes snatched from the jaws of the day? Could those moments, strung together like pearls, become a lifeline to myself, a reminder that I mattered too? This book is the fruit of that seed. It's a love letter to all the weary caregivers, a whispered promise that you are not alone. It's a map through the jungle of "shoulds" and "have-tos," leading to hidden oases of five-minute sanctuaries. It's a toolbox filled with quick fixes for frazzled minds and tired bodies, a reminder that self-care doesn't need a whole day, just a stolen breath. In these pages, you won't find lofty pronouncements or guilt-inducing platitudes. You'll find the messy truth of caregiver life, the whispered anxieties, the stolen naps, and the quiet victories of five-minute breaths. You'll find a hand reaching out, not to demand a hero, but to offer a fellow traveler a shared moment of respite, a whisper of hope that says, "It's okay to take five minutes for you." Because in the end, when the dishes are piled high and the beeps echo in the silence, it's not just the one you care for who needs healing. It's you, too. And this book is my offering, a whispered map to that healing, five minutes at a time. So open it, my friend, and let it be your companion in the quiet moments, your permission slip to breathe, to move, to create, to simply be. Let it be your reminder that self-care isn't selfish, it's sacred. It's the oxygen that fuels your love, the light that keeps you shining in the face of the storm. After all, even the mightiest ocean starts with a single drop. And you, my weary friend, are a whole ocean waiting to be replenished. Take five minutes. You deserve it.
Download or read book Caregiver s Guide written by Sharon E. Hohler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, 65 million people give care to their frail, ailing, or disabled loved ones. Whether caregiving begins with a crisis or builds gradually, spouses, adult children, parents with sick children, even children themselves who care for parents and grandparents can find themselves struggling to navigate the often-confusing medical world while neglecting their own health and well-being. How can caregivers care for themselves when they are consumed with tending to someone else? This indispensible guide offers the information, support, and resources needed to achieve this difficult balance. In addition to advice on maintaining one's own health and relieving stress, topics include medical terms and procedures, tips for doctor visits, ways to avoid mistakes in medicines, safety around the home, and the most common health problems. A list of resources and samples of important medical documents complete this essential manual.
Download or read book Already Toast written by Kate Washington and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one woman’s struggle to care for her seriously ill husband—and a revealing look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support. Already Toast shows how all-consuming caregiving can be, how difficult it is to find support, and how the social and literary narratives that have long locked women into providing emotional labor also keep them in unpaid caregiving roles. When Kate Washington and her husband, Brad, learned that he had cancer, they were a young couple: professionals with ascending careers, parents to two small children. Brad’s diagnosis stripped those identities away: he became a patient and she his caregiver. Brad’s cancer quickly turned aggressive, necessitating a stem-cell transplant that triggered a massive infection, robbing him of his eyesight and nearly of his life. Kate acted as his full-time aide to keep him alive, coordinating his treatments, making doctors’ appointments, calling insurance companies, filling dozens of prescriptions, cleaning commodes, administering IV drugs. She became so burned out that, when she took an online quiz on caregiver self-care, her result cheerily declared: “You’re already toast!” Through it all, she felt profoundly alone, but, as she later learned, she was in fact one of millions: an invisible army of family caregivers working every day in America, their unpaid labor keeping our troubled healthcare system afloat. Because our culture both romanticizes and erases the realities of care work, few caregivers have shared their stories publicly. As the baby-boom generation ages, the number of family caregivers will continue to grow. Readable, relatable, timely, and often raw, Already Toast—with its clear call for paying and supporting family caregivers—is a crucial intervention in that conversation, bringing together personal experience with deep research to give voice to those tasked with the overlooked, vital work of caring for the seriously ill.
Download or read book The Peaceful Caregiver written by Mary Tutterow and published by Heart of the Caregiver. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Peaceful Caregiver addresses spiritual needs specific to caregivers who open their hearts to God's Word and experience the peace He offers.
Download or read book Busy Toddler s Guide to Actual Parenting written by Susie Allison and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Susie Allison gives the achievable advice she's known around the world for on her million-follower Instagram account, Busy Toddler. From daily life to 'being two is fine' to tantrums and tattling and teaching the ABCs, let Susie give you the stress-free parenting advice you've been looking for. Susie shares real moments from raising her three kids as well as professional knowledge from her years as a kindergarten and first grade teacher. Her simple and doable approach to parenting is both uplifting and empowering ... includes over 50 of Susie's famous kid activities that have helped hundreds of thousands of parents make it to nap time and beyond. This isn't about perfect parenting. This is about actual parenting"--
Download or read book Moments that Matter A Life Changing Companion Journey Guide for Caregiver Support Groups or Individual Study written by Karen Cochran Beaulieu and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigate your Caregiver Journey This Journey Guide is a companion study to the first book, Moments that Matter: A roadmap for caregivers and their loved ones with memory loss. They are designed to be used together. Learn and study the art of Moment-Making: Personal reflection Self-care Spiritual growth Support Groups Individual Study Age and ability appropriate activities Caregivers are Wounded Healers. A caregiver's wounds are many. Physical strain, anger, guilt, and grief can be daily stressors. Sharing your personal story with group members, as well as hearing theirs, helps to restore brokenness and brings healing. God is the great healer and guide on our journey. He is our strength when we are weary, our hope when we are discouraged, and our encourager when the stress of caregiving weighs us down. He allows us to find joy in the journey. "This insightful book and the Caregiver Support Group gave me ideas and guidelines that helped me love and care for my husband in new ways." .....Susie Nelson "This support group altered my perspective, my role changed from extending my mother's life to providing quality loving care." .....Manny Roman
Download or read book Building Better Caregivers written by Kate, Lorig Dr.P.H. and published by Bull Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today more than 40 million people in the U.S. find themselves responsible for caring for a parent, relative, or friend. Building Better Caregivers, developed by the author team of the bestselling Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, shares the best in caregiving research and the most important lessons learned from thousands of caregivers. With a focus on reducing stress through the use of practical skills and tools, this book will help you manage your caregiving tasks so you can maintain a happy, fulfilling life while also meeting your caregiving obligations.
Download or read book The Peaceful Caregiver written by Mary Tutterow and published by Ascender Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Peaceful Caregiver addresses spiritual needs specific to caregivers who open their hearts to God's Word and experience the peace He offers.
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 Stress Reduction for Caregivers written by Jody Olshevski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the older populations grow, an increasing number of people are faced with the challenges of caring for frail, older family members. Since the causes of frailty, and especially the causes of cognitive impairment, in late life can last for several years, caregiving can often be experienced as a chronic stressor. Caregiving is often associated with higher rates of depression and anxiety, and with lowered subjective health in the care provider. With this in mind, Stress Reduction for Caregivers addresses the issue of how to help caregivers manage and reduce their stress level. The book is unique in that it bridges the gap between research and practice. It includes a discussion of the stress and coping theories of caregiving developed by researchers in recent years. It also lays out a simple, practical training approach that utilizes four stress reduction techniques to assist professionals in adapting the theories to their practice: Stress Level Monitoring; Relaxation Training; Scheduling Relaxing Events and Cognitive Restructuring. Each technique is accompanied by case studies that demonstrate both the effectiveness and the challenges of applying the overall approach. With its strong base in research and its practical concern for the management and reduction of caregiver stress, this book is a must for professionals who desire to stay abreast of the latest techniques. It will also be of great benefit to advanced students examining the issues of caregiving.
Download or read book The Practical Caregiver s Essential Guide written by Sara M. Barton and published by Sara Barton. This book was released on 2020-06-28 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide will help you to better understand your loved one’s need for care and how you can effectively provide it, while still maintaining your own good health. There are three important rules for good family care: 1. Love is never enough. You can love someone utterly and completely, but without the right tools and education, you can fail as a caregiver. 2. You have to take care of yourself in order to be able to take care of your loved one. If you fail, there will be two people who need a caregiver -- you and your loved one. 3. What you don't know or understand can hurt you and your loved one -- when you learn about what ails your loved one, you can also learn about what will make care better.
Download or read book Affirmations for Family Caregivers written by Harriet Hodgson and published by BQB Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caregiving can be difficult, even on its best days, and staying upbeat is one of the most loving things that a caregiver can do for the care receiver—the person they provide care for and love so much. Reading affirmations is a quick and easy form of self-care that can help caregivers stay balanced and optimistic, which lends itself to a calm, healing environment. This book of affirmations has been created specifically for caregivers and is grouped into chapters with titles that caregivers understand: caregiving tasks, safeguarding health, appreciating the day. . . which makes it easy to flip right to the section that offers the support that is needed at that moment. At the end of the book, author Harriet Hodgson provides guidance on how to write affirmations for those who want to go just a step farther. This is Book 2 in the Family Caregiver series.
Download or read book Calm Down Time written by Elizabeth Verdick and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every parent, caregiver—and toddler—knows the misery that comes with meltdowns and temper tantrums. Through rhythmic text and warm illustrations, this gentle, reassuring book offers toddlers simple tools to release strong feelings, express them, and calm themselves down. Children learn to use their calm-down place—a quiet space where they can cry, ask for a hug, sing to themselves, be rocked in a grown-up’s arms, talk about feelings, and breathe: “One, two, three . . . I’m calm as can be. I’m taking care of me.” After a break, toddlers will feel like new—and adults will, too. Books include tips for parents and caregivers.
Download or read book Courage for Caregivers written by Marjorie Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the writings and wisdom of Henri J. M. Nouwen's themes of caregiving, Marjorie J. Thompson offers a vulnerable exploration of caregiving intertwined both with her own many years of intimate caregiving of family members and collected stories of caregivers in varied settings and stages of life. While not shying away from the demanding physical, emotional and spiritual challenges of caregiving, Courage for Caregivers also celebrates the gifts of caregiving grounded in the belovedness both caregiver and care receiver share in God¿s eyes. Practical leader guides and resources make Courage for Caregivers a tool that moves smoothly from individual encouragement to group and congregational ministry to develop support for the universal experience of caregiving.