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 142 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 The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers written by Barry J. Jacobs and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down. The emotional fallout can be devastating, but it doesn't have to be that way. Empathic guidance from an expert who's been there can help. Through an account of two sisters and their ailing mother--interwoven with no-nonsense advice--The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers helps family members navigate tough decisions and make the most of their time together as they care for an aging parent. The author urges readers to be honest about the level of commitment they're able to make and emphasizes the need for clear communication within the family. While acknowledging their guilt, stress, and fatigue, he helps caregivers reaffirm emotional connections worn thin by the routine of daily care. This compassionate book will help families everywhere avoid burnout and preserve bonds during one of life's most difficult passages.
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 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 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 Coping with Alzheimer s written by Rose Oliver Ph. D and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You, the caregiver, finds yourself in a situation that threatens to overwhelm you with a welter of conflicting emotions and to undermine your ability to come. You feel that way sometimes.
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 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 But I Can Still Dance written by Carleen Breskin Clarke and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-08-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But I Can Still Dance offers a refreshing approach to caregiving. Portrayed is Carleen Breskin Clarke's own story along with her solutions for caregiving issues often skirted over in print. Loneliness, sex problems, money, guilt, and feelings of entrapment are discussed candidly in ways which all caregivers can identify and understand. While learning to live a more positive and quality-filled life, you will discover a world infused by the sweetness and joy that the gift of giving to a loved one can bring. Ms. Clarke writes,"the richest rewards of life are sprinkled along the way of the journey and not found at the end of the rainbow." But I Can Still Dance can change your life. You will learn to have more fun and have a life worth living. Resentment, bitterness, and anger will be part of your past, and you will be set emotionally free.
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 A Caregiver s Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home written by Kevin Lockette and published by Kevin Lockette. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on his more than twenty years as a practicing physical therapist, author Kevin Lockette has compiled an unparalleled resource for home caregivers: A Caregiver's Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home delivers exactly what its title states. Lockette's numerous strategies and tips focus on how to offer safe caregiving, especially as it relates to the care-receiver's mobility and independence. But he also gives attention to the safety of the caregiver, because, as he wisely notes, "If a caregiver is injured, it frequently results in the care-receiver losing the ability to remain in a community setting." This book has easily referenced chapters on such topics as body mechanics (including principles of safe lifting), guidelines for transfers (including considerations for body type and various disabilities), adaptive and assistive devices for the care-receiver, fall prevention and fall-proofing the home, and information on types of wheelchairs. He also includes detailed instructions (with illustrations) on appropriate exercises for the minimally to moderately impaired. A helpful glossary is provided, as are several appendices, which offer important information on various caregiver associations, caregiver-specific Web sites, and numerous connected resources [cover].
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 But I Can Still Dance written by Carleen Breskin Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2003-08-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "But I Can Still Dance" offers a refreshing approach to caregiving. Portrayed is Carleen Breskin Clarke's own story along with her solutions for caregiving issues often skirted over in print. Loneliness, sex problems, money, guilt, and feelings of entrapment are discussed candidly in ways which all caregivers can identify and understand. While learning to live a more positive and quality-filled life, you will discover a world infused by the sweetness and joy that the gift of giving to a loved one can bring. Ms. Clarke writes,"the richest rewards of life are sprinkled along the way of the journey and not found at the end of the rainbow." "But I Can Still Dance" can change your life. You will learn to have more fun and have a life worth living. Resentment, bitterness, and anger will be part of your past, and you will be set emotionally free.
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 Accidental Caregiver s Survival Guide written by A. Michael Bloom and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when the work you are doing has never been more important, the life you save may be your own. The Accidental Caregiver?s Survival Guide gives caregivers the roadmap to caregiving without regret. Inside you will learn practical tips, tools, and coping strategies to recharge your caregiving energy so you can revitalize your own life while you care for your loved one. In this book, you will discover new ways to: ? Release the fear of not being good enough to meet the intensity of your loved one?s needs ? this will give you the strength you need to deal with the emotional roller-coasters that your loved one will inevitably go through during your caregiving journey ? Sharpen your caregiving expertise so you can collaborate, lead, and provide effective support to your loved one for the long-term ? Communicate with calm and clarity with your loved one, other family members, and involved professionals so you can deal with any situation ? no matter what · Care for your loved one in a way that leaves room for joy and freedom in your own life.
Download or read book Caring for a Husband with Dementia written by Angela G. Gentile and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dementia diagnosis can frighten and devastate all who are affected. When a husband is diagnosed with dementia, his wife is at risk of becoming the "hidden patient." Sometimes the responsibilities of caring for a husband with dementia causes stress leading to caregiver burnout. Caregiving wives may feel trapped, obligated or compelled to go it alone at the expense of their own well-being. Others find many rewards in caring and give of themselves to a fault - "until death do us part." Asking for help can be difficult for caregivers, for many reasons. Gaining knowledge about dementia and its emotional impacts can provide comfort and improve confidence. Practical tips and solutions can offer hope in challenging situations. This survival guide and workbook is a vital companion for caregivers. You will refer to "Caring for a Husband with Dementia" often on your caregiving journey.
Download or read book Long Distance Caregiving written by Angela Heath and published by American Source Books. This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies specific concerns for long-distance caregivers, discussing how to handle emergencies, establishing contacts in the elderly relative's community to assist with day-to-day needs, and handling legal and financial issues
