Download or read book Diary of a Mad Caregiver written by Rebecca Grace Collins and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mom Forgot written by Teresa Hopson-Finley and published by . This book was released on 2002-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beneath diversionary government rhetoric, in the reality of covert operations, there is no right and wrong. Behind lies that manipulate the oblivious populace, life is a gray area of ulterior motives and secret agreements, the final goal of which is the preservation and prosperity of the few who control the many. In this world is Mad God, a novel of shadowy denizens of blurred corners of human endeavor. Duty and its consequences are never questioned, but all humans seek love, even in a world that is determined to do them harm. Mad God is a compelling, sometimes shocking, and darkly funny novel in which nothing is as it first appears and the suspense builds until the very last word.
Download or read book A Caregiver s Diary written by William Franklin Kerns and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Caregiver’s Diary (Struggling With Alzheimer’s) By: William Franklin Kerns This is a love story. William and his wife, Dora, shared a beautiful marriage of fifty-four years when Alzheimer’s disease began to take a fierce grip on Dora’s health and mind. Intimate and deeply moving, William beautifully captures snippets of their daily interactions and conversations, revealing how this disease not only ravaged Dora’s mind and well-being but also challenged his relationship with his longtime love. William details his daily struggles as Dora’s sole caregiver as her disease progressed and as their marriage moved from a mutually supportive one to one that required William’s constant support and care. This diary details the harsh reality of Alzheimer’s while also capturing touching moments shared between a husband and wife. This story is an honest, often raw look at the effects of this disease, not only on the afflicted but on those who love them.
Download or read book Diary of a Caregiver s Hell written by Just Joyce and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diary of a Caregiver's Hell By: Just Joyce At the age of 3-1/2, Joyce became a foster child to Ethel and Blair Breitigam. They raised her on their Pennsylvania farm to adulthood. Little did Ethel and Blair know how their decision would not only change the rest of Joyce’s life, but have an impact on who would be there for them at the closing time of their lives. Ethel and Blair experienced 17+ years of progression through debilitating illnesses, frailty of body, becoming invalids, along with both of them having Alzheimer’s. Although these years seem to have been taken from Joyce, it has also been a selfless giving by Joyce to this man and woman she came to call Mom and Dad. With her real-world, down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is attitude, just maybe Joyce can help one or two caregivers out there who are finding their situation hard to deal with.
Download or read book Notes from the Diary of a Caregiver written by Abe Koblin and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Diary of a Caregiver written by Rex T. Young and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2009, my wife of over fifty-eight years was diagnosed with dementia with Alzheimers symptoms. My caregiving responsibilities began before that time and continued until her death in January 2018. She was provided care in her own home. As time went by, the caregiver duties became more and more demanding. It was truly twenty-four hours each day and seven days each week. My sweetheart was referred to the hospice program as a patient beginning in 2013 with a life expectancy of six months or less. At the time of her passing, she had been a hospice patient for four years, eleven months, and five days. The Diary of a Caregiver begins with her entry into the hospice program and continues until her death. Caregiving can be very frustrating at times as one never knows what to expect or when to expect it. The Diary of a Caregiver identifies many of the problems and frustrations associated with care of a dementia patient. It also identifies different techniques and solutions to some of those problems. It should be of interest to anyone who is involved in caregiving, especially those who are just beginning.
Download or read book Talking to Myself written by Bernadette McKiernan and published by . This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Caregiver s Diary written by Hilary Lemonius and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book With Love written by Marian E. Wright and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Love: A Caregiver's Journal is an authentic, sincere, and loving documentation of the caregiving realities and experiences from someone who has been there. It is the true, heartfelt account of the author's daily experiences as her elderly mother's primary and sole caregiver for over five years. Taken from her daily journal recordings, the author honestly expresses the full gamut of her emotions while struggling with the dilemmas, frustrations, joys, grief, and fears during the greatest challenge of her life. This is an inspirational story showing how life's lessons are instruments toward the evolvement of an individual's spiritual growth.
Download or read book Diary of a Mad Diva written by Joan Rivers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the headline-making, New York Times bestselling author of I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me comes another intimate glimpse into the delightfully hilarious mind of Joan Rivers. When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified—who the hell does Melissa think she is? That fat pig, Bridget Jones? But as Joan, being both beautiful and introspective, begins to record her day-to-day musings, she realizes she has a lot to say. About everything. And everyone, God help them. The result? A no-holds-barred, delightfully vicious and always hilarious look at the everyday life of the ultimate diva. Follow Joan on a family vacation in Mexico and on trips between New York and Los Angeles where she mingles with the stars, never missing a beat as she delivers blistering critiques on current events, and excoriating insights about life, pop culture, and celebrities (from A to D list), all in her relentlessly funny signature style. This is the Diary of a Mad Diva. Forget about Anais Nin, Anne Frank, and Sylvia Plath. For the first time in a century, a diary by someone that’s actually worth reading.
Download or read book Diary of a Caregiver a Love Story written by Isabelle Butz and published by . This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Diary of a Caregiver You Are Not Alone written by Maria Nieves and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of someone who has lived the life of a caregiver, a person that has been through the good and the bad times with an elderly parent. See through those eyes what you can expect or not expect when you take on the responsibility of being there for someone else. Being a caregiver is a job that you are not paid to do, you are not acclaimed by anyone, however, you are blessed by above for all that you've done.
Download or read book Dementia Diary written by Robert Tell and published by Robert Tell. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PAPERBACK & DOWNLOAD EDITIONS---For 15 years, Robert Tell was his widowed Mom's caregiver as her mind and personality disappeared into the fog of dementia. He tells the tale with compassion and humor in this full length, fast moving memoir. His lesson: Caregiver burnout can be helped. If you are watching your loved one vanish into the sinkhole of Alzheimer's Disease (or another dementia), "Dementia Diary" will lift your spirits.
Download or read book Caring for Nigel written by Eileen Murray and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of sixty-nine Nigel Murray, a retired university lecturer and former Royal Navy officer, was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). MSA is a rare and degenerative neurological disorder. It is very difficult to diagnose and often resembles Parkinson's disease. Dementia is not always a feature of MSA, but it was for Nigel. For four years Nigel's wife, Eileen, kept a diary. This was her "safety valve" - an outlet for the daily stresses of caring for him at home as his health slowly deteriorated. In it she gives a frank and detailed account of his bizarre hallucinations, his challenging and erratic behaviour, the relentless struggle with his incontinence and the endless disturbed nights. Eileen's dry Scottish wit and remarkable stoicism help her through her darkest moments. Her diary will move you one moment and make you laugh the next. You can't help but smile at Nigel's trousers with the "appetite mechanism" and his special "anti-dandruff comb". As the dementia advances, Nigel retreats into his own busy world of naval and lecturing duties, harking back to his earlier days. Eventually, the burden of running her own "one-woman nursing home" becomes too much for Eileen and her quest to find respite care begins. This presents challenges of its own. This true and touching account offers a unique insight into the day-to-day struggle of caring for someone with MSA or a dementia-related disease, as well as the emotional, practical and financial implications. A proportion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the Multiple System Atrophy Trust.
Download or read book Going All the Way Round written by Elinor MacDonald and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-06-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although many readers will find Going All the Way Round a guide to the care of their own aging parents, it is primarily the story of the author's ambivalence about her care of her parents as they aged. She hadn't expected to be a nurse. She found all kinds of surprises in dealing with her mother and father and the demands of care-giving. For example, there were her attempts to hire aides for her dad who wouldn't steal the silverware or bring their horses or husbands to work with them, and her mother's forgotten savings accounts. Dealing with their many problems made the author a strong and determined person. Despite the pain involved, she would not have changed anything.
Download or read book Diary of an Alzheimer s Caregiver written by Robert Hershberger and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One year shy of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, Dee Hershberger was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband, Bob, serving as her primary caregiver, kept a journal the following four and a half years. Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver provides an unflinchingly honest and heartbreaking account of what the couple went through. During the first two and a half years, Dee gradually lost short-term memory but maintained most physical and social abilities. Over the last two years she lost these abilities, most words, and long-term memory. She also became incontinent, suffered from undetected illnesses, and experienced psychotic episodes and uncontrollable, violent behavior. This is a brutally raw look at what it is like to lose a loved one to Alzheimer’s, including what the disease does to the patient and the effects it has on loved ones and caregivers. This personal view into caring for a spouse with Alzheimer’s will help readers understand the physical, emotional, and financial consequences of the disease, as well as provide support, advice, and hope to anyone in the same situation.
Download or read book Unconditional Love Diary of a Caregiver written by Loretta Coleman and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of one family's journey of cancer, dementia and growing old. Their journey is one of unconditional love, trust, compassion, patience, frustration and all the other adjectives that describe life. You will be swept up in their day to day living and follow along their path with all of the twists and turns. You will feel as if you are member of this family as you join them in their journey. This is mainly a story of trust, of giving and receiving with the goal that their story will be of help to all those care givers and family members living with cancer, dementia and growing old.
