Download or read book The Caregiver Chronicles written by Phil Leichliter and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Is a Caregiver? A caregiver is anyone who is called upon to care for the needs of another. It might be as little as calling your dad a couple of times a week to make sure he is ok, or bringing meals to someone and taking them to doctors appointments. Then there are the full-time caregivers who have dedicated their lives to the complete care of another. This book is dedicated to all who care enough to do tangible things, helping someone who needs you. It is estimated that nearly one in five Americans is involved in caregiving at some level, and the number is rising rapidly. Sadly, studies also show that the general health and wellbeing of caregivers has declined and as our population ages, the need for more caregivers will increase. Providing care for a family member or friend can be rewarding and provide a real sense of purpose, but also poses challenges for the caregiver. There are many resources available that seek to educate and empower caregivers about how to perform caregiving tasks, but I have noted there is a huge need for caregivers to be encouraged, blessed, and given hope! In this book, I share true stories of my life as a caregiver. It is so important to know that you are not alone! The feelings and challenges you are experiencing are hard for even your closest family and friends to truly understand, but you’ll see in these stories that you can truly have joy in the midst of your difficulty. I pray that my book will provide encouragement, joy and hope! Phil Leichliter “Phil takes you by the hand and shares with you his love and gratitude. His book helps you prepare for moments of joy and of pain – the nuance of the simplest suggestions and the most meaningful responses, allowing you to provide compassionate care. Savor this book. Your heart will open.” Andrea Zanko, MS, Genetic Counselor, University of California at San Francisco, Genetics Clinic, (Retired), Creator of the UCSF Huntington’s Disease Clinic

Download or read book The Caregiver Chronicles written by Phil Leichliter and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is a caregiver? A caregiver is anyone who is called upon to care for the needs of another. It might be as little as knowing that you need to call Dad a couple of times a week to make sure he is okay, or perhaps you are bringing meals to someone and taking them to doctor's appointments. Then there are the full-time caregivers who have dedicated their lives to the complete care of another. This book is dedicated to all of you who care about someone enough to do tangible things to help someone who needs you. It is estimated that nearly one in five Americans is involved in caregiving at some level, and the number is rising rapidly. Sadly, studies also show that the general health and well-being of caregivers have declined. And as our population ages, the need for more caregivers will increase. Providing care for a family member or friend can be rewarding and provide a real sense of purpose, it also poses challenges for the caregiver. There are many resources available that seek to educate and empower caregivers about how to perform caregiving tasks, but I have noted that there is a huge need for caregivers to be encouraged, blessed, and given hope! In this book, the author shares true stories of life as a caregiver, spanning decades. It is so important to know that you are not alone! The feelings and challenges you are experiencing are hard for even your closest family and friends to truly understand, but you'll see in these stories that you can truly have joy in the midst of your difficulty. We hope that this book will provide encouragement, joy, and hope! --Phil Leichliter Phil takes you by the hand and shares with you his love and gratitude. His book helps you prepare for moments of joy and of pain, the nuance of the simplest suggestions, and the most meaningful responses, allowing you to provide compassionate care. Savor this book. Your heart will open. --Andrea Zanko, MS, genetic counselor, University of California at San Francisco, Genetics Clinic; retired; creator of the UCSF Huntington's Disease Clinic

Download or read book Letters from Madelyn written by Elaine K. Sanchez and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Caregiver Chronicles written by A Madness to Magic Authors' Collective and published by Madness to Magic. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Compelling, heartbreaking, and uplifting, these deeply personal tales by family caregivers are powerful and timely, given the rapidly aging global population. Part roadmap, part support group, this book is an invaluable companion for those who, at great cost, take on the noblest of sacrifices with courage, love, and humility." - Steve Lopez, award-winning journalist, Los Angeles Times Golden State columnist, and author of the New York Times bestselling The Soloist and Independence Day. "An insightful and heartfelt overview of the caregiving experience. A role no one aspires to, being a caregiver comes with stress, overwhelm, and grief; however, as you'll read in the stories included here, it also is accompanied by joy, laughter, and love. This book gives readers a glimpse into the world of caregiving and how, despite the challenges, it can be a fulfilling and loving experience." - Cathy Barrick, CEO, Alzheimer Society of Ontario "The lived experiences of more than 40 million US family caregivers have long been wrapped in sentimentality or simply ignored. In this masterful anthology, we hear remarkably raw stories of love, heartbreak, sacrifice, exhaustion, grit, and frustration. This book will reassure every caregiver: you are not alone." - Katy Butler, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door and The Art of Dying Well. ------------------------------------------ Whether it's a grandparent, a parent, a sibling, a spouse, or anyone you consider to be "family"...Being a caregiver to someone who no longer can care for themselves is challenging. It's full of physical demands and emotional stresses...AND so many rewards. Family caregivers are unpaid and unsung heroes; this book is dedicated to them. With 22 family caregivers sharing their personal stories, these voices offer insights, inspiration, and a reality check about those ties that bind. This book was made possible thanks to a grant from The Picerne Family Foundation; proceeds from book sales go to charity. I am grateful and humbled to have spearheaded this effort...Paolina Milana, George Bailey and Me Meet the authors: Kay Anonsen After the Accident Mary Barbato The Space Between Shunese Coran Bag Packed Jeanne Erikson Where Did All the Years Go? Enma Espinoza Loving Frank, Loving Me Anne Front Adjusting to Now Rowena Ilagan Remembering Mom: A Time of Miracles Tracey Jones Big Girls Do Cry Parissa Kermani Putting It All Together Karen Klink Through a Daughter's Eyes: Navigating the System Tony Luciani Mamma, in the Meantime Ruth Kreshka Moran To My Husband, Dan, of 40-plus Years Tonya Mills Bubble of Regret Mercedes Negrete Doing This Business of Caregiving MY Way Makeba Pease Living Life Waiting for Someone to Die Allison Beatrice Seton Goodnight, My Mrs. Calabash-Wherever You Are Susan Shoemaker Trying to Break a Link in the Chain: Living with and Learning about Mental Illness Wendy Lew Toda Holding the Ache of Reality Debbie Tynan Raising Parents: The Highs and Lows Mercedes Vega It's a Little Bit Like Marble Cake Teri Wellbrock The Addicted Angel --------------------------- For anyone living the life of a family caregiver, this book is for you. Buy it now.

Download or read book Letters From Madelyn written by Elaine K. Sanchez and published by BQB Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madelyn Kubin was a 70-year-old Kansas farm wife. She appeared to be fragile because of her thinning white hair, macular degeneration, osteoporosis, congestive heart failure, and severe hearing loss. But when her husband Quentin suffered a debilitating stroke, she was forced to summon all of her physical, emotional, and spiritual strengths in order to care for him at home. Madelyn managed her isolation, loneliness, and stress by going to her computer, disengaging her emotional monitor, and writing letters to her daughter Elaine. Madelyn’s story of faith, courage, and love is told through her unflinchingly honest and surprisingly funny letters written in real time over the course of six-and-a-half years. Although she prayed every day that she would be a willing channel for God’s love and compassion, there were plenty of days she felt like telling God to go find himself another servant. Madelyn wrote unabashedly about her anger, guilt, depression, and grief. When Quentin displayed dementia-related inappropriate sexual behavior, Madelyn eventually learned how to handle it with grace and humor. She was an example of how it is possible, even in the very worst end-of-life situations, to experience mental and spiritual growth.

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 The Caregivers written by Nell Lake and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From a gifted writer who spent two years in a support group for people caring for elderly and ill spouses, parents, and friends, The Caregivers chronicles the daily experiences--heart-breaking, poignant, and redemptive--of ordinary Americans as they face their final life passages"--

Download or read book The Caregiver written by Aaron Alterra and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aaron and Stella Alterra had been married for more than sixty years when Aaron began to notice puzzling lapses in his wife's memory. Innocuous at first, they became more severe and more alarming. After a series of appointments and tests, the Alterras were informed that Stella was one of the more than 4.5 million Americans with Alzheimer's disease. Combining medical research on the disease and often-painful anecdotes of memory loss, deteriorating motor functions, personality shifts, support-group and daycare experiences, and drug trials, Alterra chronicles his transformation from husband to caregiver after his wife's diagnosis. More than a chronology of one family's experience of Alzheimer's disease, The Caregiver is an intelligent, beautifully reflective testimony to how family members turned caregivers become the ultimate advocates for their loved ones in the face of a disease with no cure.

Download or read book My Life for Yours written by Valerie Stancill and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one wakes upon day and says "I want to be a caregiver." Being a caregiver is truly a journey of unconditional love. Follow our journeys as we share pieces of the days in our lives as caregivers.

Download or read book A Caregiver s Story written by Ann Brandt and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One caregiver's chronicles of the journey she took with her husband, as they battled his brain tumor. Beautifully written."-Naomi Berkowitz, Executive Director, American Brain Tumor Association Just one year after battling a little-known illness called Guillain Barre, Ann Brandt faced another challenge when her husband was diagnosed with a rare, debilitating, and aggressive form of brain cancer. Lacking in resources or formal instruction, Brandt relied heavily on her faith and memories of how her husband cared for her during her illness to navigate them both through the difficult times ahead. In A Caregiver's Story, Brandt approaches the complexities of caregiving in a personal and empowering way that offers sound spiritual as well as practical advice to make caregiving more manageable. She includes invaluable, up-to-date information about: Working with doctors and getting a second opinion Choosing a treatment plan Maintaining your life and sanity while offering good care Finding support groups and conferences Dealing with emotional and financial issues Making a connection between prayer and healing Brandt offers a loving, encouraging environment to help steer you through difficult times and delivers much-needed support and comfort. For caregivers, family members, and friends alike, A Caregiver's Story provides the support you deserve.

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 224 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 After All It Was My Honor written by Linda Mauger and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After All, It Was My Honor follows nearly 30 years of a daughter's sandwich generation caregiving experiences, lessons learned, and resources for caregivers. This very personal story offers an up close look at family life in the face of Alzheimer's disease, emphysema, depression and lung cancer, with love, joy and heartbreak along the way.

Download or read book Caregiver s Strength Perseverance written by Pura Gaska and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caregiver is a general term referring to anyone who provides care for a person who needs extra help. This book is a powerful anthology that shares intimate accounts of 6 caregivers' journeys into the unknown realm of caregiving. Brutally honest and written from the heart, they share intimate chronicles of caring for their loved ones while attempting to care for themselves. Hear how their frustrations have caused their lives to become filled with challenges that can sometimes become too much to bear. The shock of each long day in this role can sometime leave you feeling helpless, hopeless, and absolutely clueless.

Download or read book Committed written by Paolina Milana and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a decade of caring for crazy and keeping her mother’s mental illness a secret from the outside world, twenty-year-old Paolina Milana longs for just one year free from the madness of her home. When she gets the chance to go to an out-of-state school, she takes it, but her family won’t leave her be. Letter after letter arrives, constantly reminding her of the insanity rooted in her family tree. Even worse, the voices in her own head whisper words she’s not sure are normal. “Please don’t make me be like Mamma,” she prays to a God she’s not sure is listening. The unexpected death of her father soon after she returns home leaves Paolina in shock—and in charge of her paranoid schizophrenic mother. But it isn’t until she is twenty-seven and her sister two years her junior explodes in a psychotic episode and, just like Mamma, is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and must be committed, that Paolina descends into her own despair, nearly losing herself to the darkness. Poignant and impactful, Committed is one woman’s story of resilience as she struggles to stay sane despite the madness that surrounds her.

Download or read book I Remember Me The Mom Chronicles written by Lori Aden and published by . This book was released on 2021-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your mom got lost on her way back from the nail salon today. She ended up 30 minutes south of town and couldn't remember how to get back home." At this point, we knew Mom's memory problems were severe, so our family decided it was time to move my mother and stepfather back home to Texas from California. This book is a compilation of day-to-day experiences written about our family's journey through my mom's Alzheimer's diagnosis. Using humor and raw emotions, I share lessons learned and mistakes made along the way while caregiving for a loved one living with memory issues. I also provide general information about the stages of Alzheimer's from leading sources coupled with a caregiver's point of view. To provide a personal view of my mother's disease progression, I took a unique approach by adding short video clips using QR code technology. Our family made tough decisions and difficult sacrifices to give her the type of care we believed she needed for 5 1⁄2 years. This book is for: caregivers of loved ones with dementia/Alzheimer's, family members and friends who would like to learn how to support the primary caregiver of people with dementia, and people in general who want to understand typical stages of Alzheimer's.

Download or read book In Loving Memory of written by Verda B. and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Slow Dancing with a Stranger written by Meryl Comer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer’s advocate Meryl Comer’s Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly affliction. When Meryl Comer’s husband Harvey Gralnick was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in 1996, she watched as the man who headed hematology and oncology research at the National Institutes of Health started to misplace important documents and forget clinical details that had once been cataloged encyclopedically in his mind. With harrowing honesty, she brings readers face to face with this devastating condition and its effects on its victims and those who care for them. Detailing the daily realities and overwhelming responsibilities of caregiving, Comer sheds intensive light on this national health crisis, using her personal experiences—the mistakes and the breakthroughs—to put a face to a misunderstood disease, while revealing the facts everyone needs to know. Pragmatic and relentless, Meryl has dedicated herself to fighting Alzheimer’s and raising public awareness. “Nothing I do is really about me; it’s all about making sure no one ends up like me,” she writes. Deeply personal and illuminating, Slow Dancing With a Stranger offers insight and guidance for navigating Alzheimer’s challenges. It is also an urgent call to action for intensive research and a warning that we must prepare for the future, instead of being controlled by a disease and a healthcare system unable to fight it.