Download or read book The Family Caregiver s Survival Guide Reference Section written by Dave Coe and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Family Caregiver's Survival Guide is an essential reference book for anyone undertaking the long-term care of a loved one. For over twenty years the author has been engaged in the day to day care of four separate and distinct family members, and in his attempt to help others in similar situations, this book is the result. It is not all sweetness and light in its telling, and deals frankly with the type of realities few will discuss. Even if you believe that God granted you the gift of becoming a caregiver, that doesn't mean that you will either enjoy every minute of the job or just naturally know how to be one. The first book describes a detailed personal journey for the author through the myriad day to day to week to year to..., activities involved in such care, along with tips and tidbits on how to both accomplish this sometimes rewarding, sometimes not, job, and how to stay sane in the process. As is true for all, while his experiences are often unique to his caregiving situation, many of them also share a great deal of commonality for all to benefit from. The second book concerns a state by state reference section on anything and everything available to the family caregiving situation. Organized under individual state headings, this section is an invaluable treasure trove of what might be found in the reader's state and sometimes municipality to assist both the caregiver and care-given in their long and healthy mutual lifestyles. This book has deliberately been priced at the Kindle minimum in order to be available to the widest possible audience. The Family Caregiver's survival Guide. Essential state resource+ personal guide-2 sides of caregiving. Not Pollyannaish, real people/family CG. Also on Kindle, $.99
Download or read book The Caregiver s Survival Guide for Family Members written by Dave Coe and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Family Caregiver's Survival Guide is an essential reference book for anyone undertaking the long-term care of a loved one. For over twenty years the author has been engaged in the day to day care of four separate and distinct family members, and in his attempt to help others in similar situations, this book is the result. It is not all sweetness and light in its telling, and deals frankly with the type of realities few will discuss. Even if you believe that God granted you the gift of becoming a caregiver, that doesn't mean that you will either enjoy every minute of the job or just naturally know how to be one. The first book describes a detailed personal journey for the author through the myriad day to day to week to year to..., activities involved in such care, along with tips and tidbits on how to both accomplish this sometimes rewarding, sometimes not, job, and how to stay sane in the process. As is true for all, while his experiences are often unique to his caregiving situation, many of them also share a great deal of commonality for all to benefit from. The second book concerns a state by state reference section on anything and everything available to the family caregiving situation. Organized under individual state headings, this section is an invaluable treasure trove of what might be found in the reader's state and sometimes municipality to assist both the caregiver and care-given in their long and healthy mutual lifestyles.
Download or read book Caregiver s Survival Guide written by Ellie Crowe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 999 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caregiver's Survival Guide is based on Dr. Robert Yonover's personal experiences. While struggling to become a successful scientist and inventor, he also was primary caregiver for his paralyzed wife for more than twenty years and raised their two children. Yonover takes you into the throes of his life as a caregiver, husband, and father, offering guidance and hope through his story. He provides advice on: Dealing with heavy news Handling day-to-day challenges Holding on to the foundation of your relationship Taking stock of finances Adapting and enjoying life Staying sane Maintaining a social life Fighting for your rights Through Caregiver's Survival Guide, Dr. Yonover will equip other caregivers who face similar physical, mental, social, and financial challenges with tips and guidelines from his own experiences and other experts to help make their situation survivable.
Download or read book A Survival Guide for Family Caregivers written by Jo Horne and published by Compcare Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering strength, support, and sources of help, here is a compassionate, common-sense guide for the growing numbers of adults--spouses, children, and others--who must care for an older or chronically ill person.
Download or read book Caregiver s Survival Guide written by Mid-Island Family Caregiver's Network Society (B.C.) and published by . This book was released on 2002* with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Family Caregiver written by Stephanie Kennan and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a healthcare expert and family caregiver, Stephanie A. Kennan's The Family Caregiver is a comprehensive guide to eldercare, long-term care, financial planning, setting boundaries with parents, and the stress of caregiving.
Download or read book The Caregiver s Survival Handbook written by Alexis Abramson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical handbook for women confronting the problems of caring for an aging parent explains how to deal with the changing parent/child roles, foster aging parents' independence, get help from other family members, find time for oneself, and balance work, family, and caregiving responsibilities. Original.
Download or read book A Caregiver s Survival Guide written by Kay Marshall Strom and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you are responsible for another person's physical needs, your own needs are often neglected. After caring for her spouse, who for ten years suffered from a rare, debilitating disease, Kay Marshall Strom is able to bring a voice of experience and compassion to this important topic. She shows you how to find spiritual support maintain balanced relationships decide when caregiving at home is no longer possible work out your financial situation understand the impact of long-term caregiving on the whole family deal with your personal losses Whether you are caring for an elderly parent, a spouse, an adult child or another family member or close friend, Strom's stories drawn from her own and othes' experiences will encourage and comfort you. And her practical ideas for how to meet your own needs for energy, patience, strength, wisdom, peace and creativity will carry you through many difficult days.
Download or read book From a Caring Friend written by Denise M. Brown and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best resource for a family caregiver is another family caregiver. And, the best resource for a new family caregiver is a seasoned family caregiver who knows what works and what doesn't. In "A Caregiving Survival Guide," you share your best suggestions, tips and resources with a friend, colleague or family member who is new to a caregiving role. You pass along your wisdom, your lessons learned and your best solutions to help a friend caring for a family member with a chronic illness. With this book, you can share your advice through your written word, through photos, through printed pages you paste onto the guide's blank pages. You can create a journal, a scrap book, a detailed record. The simple book gives your wisdom center stage. The guide prompts you to share your suggestions for your friend about: --Activity ideas --Advocating --Taking breaks --Finding comfort --Working with family --Understanding forgiveness --Getting help --Managing hospitalizations --Organizing paperwork and schedules --Providing personal care --Asking the best questions --Stocking the right supplies You'll also share inspirations, resources and wishes to help keep your friend going. With the information you share in "A Caregiving Survival Guide," your friend will be armed to manage whatever comes in a caregiving day. "A Caregiving Survival Guide" is a great gift for anyone-a friend, support group member or colleague-just beginning a caregiving journey. Your thoughtfulness will start their caregiving journey on the right foot.
Download or read book The Elder Care Survival Guide written by Martin R. Sabel and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ELDER CARE JUST GOT EASIER ... Get better care for your aging elder, reduce your stress and live a more balanced life. Here is your complete "essential insider's reference" that guides you through the often unfriendly and challenging waters known as eldercare. You'll refer to it again and again. You will discover simple steps that: * Get the help you need when you need it * Quickly locate money to pay for care * Melt your elder's resistance to getting help * Build a personal support network ready and willing to help * Handle the inevitable conflicts with family members * Create and maintain a balanced life as a caregiver * Access valuable government benefits to reduce caregiving's financial burden
Download or read book A Caregiver s Survival Guide written by Kay Marshall Strom and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2000-07-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kay Marshall Strom brings compassion and practical advice and support to anyone caring for an elderly parent or other adult relative.
Download or read book Family Members Survival Guide written by Karl Pillemer and published by Delmar Pub. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Family Member's Survival Guide includes short chapters on welcoming the new resident, keeping an eye on nutrition, dealing with dementia, and more. It includes 10 copies of the survival guide and is designed to distribute widely to residents' families. These booklets can be a significant step and will ease the natural anxieties of families and other loved ones, reassure family members about the care their loved one is receiving, and improve relations between families and staff.
Download or read book A Caregiving Survival Guide written by From A Caring Friend and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-05-12 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Caregiving Survival Guide, you share your best suggestions, tips and resources with a new family caregiver. You pass along your wisdom, your lessons learned and your best solutions to help a friend caring for a family member with a chronic illness. With the information you share in A Caregiving Survival Guide, your friend will be armed to manage whatever comes in a caregiving day. A Caregiving Survival Guide is a great gift for anyone--a friend, support group member or colleague--just beginning a caregiving journey. Your thoughtfulness will start their caregiving journey on the right foot.
Download or read book Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias written by Nataly Rubinstein and published by Two Harbors Press. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical, encouraging guide to caring for someone with dementia As a caregiver, you face a multitude of challenging situations and plenty of conflicting information concerning diagnoses, treatments, coping with everyday activities, and dementia itself. This easy-to-read book will give you the necessary resources to make practical and informed decisions regarding the best possible care for you and your loved one. Written by a licensed clinical social worker with twenty-five years of experience working with families coping with dementia, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: The Caregiver's Complete Survival Guide offers useful and vital information on: Working effectively with health care providers to get the best treatment for your loved one Handling difficult behaviors that change over time Making the home safer using simple, low-cost tools and techniques Evaluating and choosing respite care and long-term care options, including adult day and home care services Finding legal and financial assistance Improving the quality of life for you and your family Drawing from her own clinical and personal experience, Nataly Rubinstein guides you with humor and compassion through your caregiving journey. From tips on preparing for the first visit to the neurologist to advice on coping with changes in daily life, this comprehensive book provides detailed and accessible information for all those caring for someone with memory loss. Book jacket.
Download or read book You d Better Not Die Or I ll Kill You written by Jane Heller and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heller thought she'd found her dream man-- until he turned out to be a "frequent flier," the term doctors and nurses use to refer to patients who land in the E.R. more often than the average person goes to Starbucks. Here, Jane shares her experiences of looking after her chronically ill husband and offers practical guidance for handling it all without drowning. She provides advice on staying healthy while caring for a loved one and learning to communicate with medical staff.
Download or read book Care Managers Working with the Aging Family written by Cathy Cress and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2009-10-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Care Managers: Working with the Aging Family addresses the unmet needs of care managers working with aging clients as well as the client's entire family. With its in-depth focus on the “ aging family system, this book fills a gap for medical case managers and geriatric care managers giving them tools to better meet the treatment goals of aging clients and their families, as the older clients move through the continuum of care in institutional based settings or community based settings. Care Managers: Working With the Aging Family uniquely focuses on helping the entire family unit through the process of death and dying, helping midlife siblings to work together to render care to aging parents. It adds proven techniques to the care manager repertoire such as family meetings, forgiveness, technology, and care giver assessment. It offers multiple tools to do an effective care plan so that both the needs of the family and the older client are met.
Download or read book Family Caregivers written by Connie Baher and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The perfect companion for family caregivers—frank talk, wise words, real-life tools. Told through the voices of family caregivers and counselors, this emotional survival guide gives you straight talk and wise words that will help you make your way through the toughest—and possibly most rewarding—job you’ll ever have. If you’re caring for a parent, spouse, or friend over the long haul, this book is your essential companion, from beginnings, through the ups and downs, to farewells. You’ll have the support of caregivers who are walking your walk, and the inspiring wisdom of counselors—hospice chaplains, social workers, and others—who are walking beside you"--Cover, page 4.