Download or read book The Ultimate Family Caregiver s Workbook written by Felicia Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Family Caregiver's Workbook is the companion guide to The Ultimate Family Caregiver's Book. This workbook guides readers through 8 essential modules that are essential for family members to assess. When readers complete the workbook, they will have a clear strategy for assisting aging family members.
Download or read book Caregiver s Workbook written by Ronald Moore and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caregiving is a process, not an event. And it's never easy. But, the Caregiver's Workbook can simplify the process and help point you in the right direction. The workbook is filled with checklists, worksheets and forms that make your caregiving responsibilities a little more manageable. You'll find checklists to help you determine how much assistance your loved one needs; forms to help you evaluate nursing facilities, home health workers and other services; and worksheets to help you organize and keep track of your loved one's important paperwork.As circumstances change, caregivers may find themselves taking on responsibilities in many areas, including arranging for medical treatment, managing medications; paying bills and managing financial affairs; and handling legal, housing, and insurance matters. The sheer number of tasks that caregivers perform can be overwhelming.That's where this book comes in. Use this book as a workbook. Write in it. Take notes in it. Use it to keep information and to refer to new chapters as you move through the caregiving process. The Caregiver's Workbook was produced by the founder of the National Caregivers Library. Use this workbook and the free resources available at www.CaregiversLibrary.org help you provide your loved one the best possible care - and to maintain your own sanity.
Download or read book The Family Caregiver s Guide written by Harriet Hodgson and published by BQB Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for a loved one at home. What’s really involved? And what does it mean for your family and future? Tens of millions of Americans have had these questions and more as they prepare for this unsettling yet necessary task. The Family Caregiver’s Guide fills in the gaps, connecting the dots between research and real life. Drawing on the author’s extensive caregiving experience, this book provides strategies to care for your loved one, inside and out, as well as for yourself—including how to use your natural skills in your new role, and which skills you may need to add. You’ll discover how to set up your home for caregiving, including a safety checklist, equipment suggestions, and words you should know. And for those days that are more than a handful, you’ll find positive affirmations, a section on facing and accepting illness, and smart steps at the end of each chapter, in case you need guidance in a hurry. Caregiving has both rewards and challenges. But through it all, you’ll discover what’s most important—that caregiving is love in action.
Download or read book Helping Yourself Help Others written by Rosalynn Carter and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Helping Yourself Help Others, former first lady Rosalynn Carter draws upon her own experiences and those of hundreds of others to offer reassuring, practical advice to caregivers. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic inspired national conversations about the vast undervaluing of unpaid caregiving, the dangers of burnout, and the merits of self-care for relief, Rosalynn Carter was shining a light on these matters and everything else that caregivers confront"--
Download or read book The Ultimate Family Caregiver s Book written by Felicia Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Dr. Wilson outlines critical steps to help family caregivers create family caregiving strategies. She introduces original concepts such as The Caregiving Phases, The SHARE Technique, and The WHIM concept to help family caregivers understand and navigate the family caregiving journey. Topics such as preparing for the caregiver role; legal and financial planning; knowing the difference between Medicaid & Medicare; professional options; understanding difficult behaviors; caregiver stress and burnout; hospice and palliative care; and the caregiver's bereavement and grief are presented in a clear and understandable manner with tips to encourage and support readers.
Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Download or read book The Complete Caregiver Support Guide written by Ester A. Leutenberg and published by Whole Person Associates. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family members, and sometimes close friends, are often called upon to act as caregivers to ill or aged people they care about or for whom they are responsible. Although there are many rewarding outcomes of the time spent between the courageous and dedicated caregiver and the care-receiver*, the caregivers are usually unprepared, untrained and unsupported. The caregivers are also often isolated. These factors can put a huge amount of stress on non-professional or family caregivers. Attending a caregiver support group focusing on specific issues is of great benefit for caregivers. Such groups can include those facilitated by professionals such as social workers, counselors and group facilitators, and those facilitated by lay persons, often themselves caregivers. The intention of Caregiver Support is to provide content for support group facilitators and caregivers that touches on crucial topics.
Download or read book Caring for the Spirit of the Family Caregiver written by Rev. Dr. Beryl Dennis and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through personal experience as a caregiver to my parents, I gained first-hand knowledge of the responsibilities family caregivers carry on their shoulders. It became important for me to find out what other family caregivers say they need to help sustain their spirit during the journey of caring for someone they love. The outcome of this inquiry is a devotional developed in direct response to family caregiver interviews and their answers to survey questions. Woven between the pages of this devotional is a message for family caregivers, individuals concerned about family caregivers, faith communities, and for community groups that are not faith-based. The devotional is a companion for the caregiving journey that invites you to seek spiritual strength and wisdom from God and to replenish your spirit of compassion and love.
Download or read book Complete Elder Care Survival Guide written by Margaret Anderson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have been searching for tangible guidance through caregiving difficulties, this workbook may provide some help. The workbook is designed for all types of caregivers, such as Alzheimer's/Dementia, single parents, grand-children helping grandparents, parents dealing with adult children, long-distance caregivers, hospice caregivers, caregivers of ill family members, etc. This is a workbook. It is interactive. To obtain the greatest benefit, you fill out the questionnaires with your person needing assistance. Hopefully, by the time you have finished, you will be calmer about the changing stages of life, and more hopeful about your particular part. Please imagine what your loved one will also feel because you have taken the time to ask and be present in their life."
Download or read book Caring for the Family Caregiver written by Elaine Wittenberg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Caring for the Family Caregiver is an extensive practical tool kit for health care providers across the healthcare continuum. Regardless if it is a mother caring for a child with a developmental disability, a wife caring for a husband with a long term chronic illness, or a daughter sitting at the bedside of her father who is enrolled in hospice, family caregivers are the silent "other patient" in the health care drama. Healthcare providers who do not attend to the needs of the caregiver not only inflict interactional suffering, but dilute their treatment by not engaging the caregiver as a partner. In fact, they may unintentionally do harm as the caregiver flounders and thus patient treatment fails. As noted by one dying cancer patient in an educational YouTube video of his cancer journey, "there are two patients not one." If we are to eliminate the interactional suffering experienced by family caregivers, we must train both the caregiver and the health care team for the important interaction and roles that are required for the successful care of the patient. Caregivers lack information, skills, and emotional support for the tireless task they are volunteering for. They need to be taught how to advocate for themselves and their patients and how to best communicate with the health care team. Likewise, health care providers have the skills and knowledge to provide outstanding patient centered care; however, they are not taught the importance of the family caregiver, nor do they always understand that experience or how to help"--
Download or read book The Practical Caregiver s Workbook written by Sara M. Barton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-04 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a family caregiver struggling to take care of a loved one? Do you feel like you are part of an invisible workforce that toils in the darkness, unseen by other human beings? Take heart. According to researchers, more than forty million family caregivers in the United States contribute more than thirty seven billion hours of time and energy each year to provide care for their loved ones. If we're smart, we ask ourselves one thing: "Can I do this better, for me and my loved one?" The relationship between caregiver and patient should always be a cooperative one, even when serious illness creates enormous challenges. This workbook is designed to help you identify issues that keep you and your loved one at odds with one another. By recognizing problems and brainstorming possible solutions, you can point yourself in a better direction and bring about positive changes that insure the best quality of life for both of you. Sara M. Barton is the creator of The Practical Caregiver Guides, an educational website to help family caregivers cope with the responsibilities and stresses of providing care for loved ones, especially patients with serious illnesses, such as cancer, COPD, and other life-limiting illnesses. She serves on the advisory board for a multi-year study of palliative care at the University of Southern California at Davis.
Download or read book Hard Question Simple Answers written by Elana Peters and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of having to take care of an elderly loved one, you are not alone. Failing health, decreased mental faculties, or a combination of both can mean a change in the living situation has to be arranged. Complicated emotional and financial issues that arise with this decision can seem insurmountable with our appropriate foreknowledge and organization. Planning now will help family members cope with an aging loved one's growing dependency. Elana Peters has spent the last 25 years helping families deal effectively with care taking their elderly loved ones. In her book she focuses on the top priorities for he caregiver as they start this journey of helping a loved one take care of themselves. This workbook includes information on healthcare, choices in living facilities, financial concerns, and end of life issues. She provides worksheets to store information and for easy and quick reference. The worksheets to store information and for easy and quick reference. The worksheets ensure that the family won't miss something important when timing may be crucial. Taking care of an aging loved one doesn't have to be a struggle; it can be an inspiring journey filled with unconditional love. This book will help to lighten the load for families and ease the minds of their elderly family members.
Download or read book Share the Care written by Cappy Capossela and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Don't Have to Do It Alone Whether you're prepared for it or not, chances are you'll take on the role of caregiver when a family member or friend is affected by a serious illness or injury, or when you find your elderly parent needs help. As you'll soon discover, the range of tasks and responsibilities involved are overwhelming. Share The Care offers a sensible and loving solution: a unique group approach that can turn a circle of ordinary people into a powerful caregiving team. Share The Care shows you how to: Create a caregiver "family" from friends, real family members, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances. Hold a meeting to organize your group, and introduce members to the Share The Care systems that guarantee every job will be done and no one person will have to do too much. Discover the hidden talents within the group, make the most of their resources, cope with group issues, and stay together in the face of adversity. Included here are valuable guidelines, compassionate suggestions, and a simple-to-use workbook section that together offer support to free the patient from worry and the caregivers from burnout. Share The Care offers friends and family the best answer ever to the frequently asked question "What can I do?"
Download or read book 10 Nursing Interventions for Family Caregivers written by Mitzi M. Saunders and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Activities for the Family Caregiver written by Scott Silknitter and published by R.O.S. Therapy Systems. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caregiving is hard. For most families, it is an unexpected change to your life that you make without question because you are caring for a loved one. Let us help you make things a little easier with common sense and proven ideas. A unique blend of decades of long term care experience and quality of life experience and two decades of caring for a loved one at home led to the Activities for the Family Caregiver: Caregiving 101 book. The book offers information and insight to enhance quality of life for family caregivers and their loved ones. Whether it is heart disease, cancer, stroke, COPD, ALS, Parkinson's, dementia, Alzheimer's or any issue where you are forced to care for someone, we can help. Learn new communication and engagement strategies to improve time spent with your loved one. Gain new insight as you learn the "how to's" and "why" techniques of activities of daily living and leisure. Discover how to turn daily activities and routines into opportunities to start some joy. Written by nationally-recognized leaders, Activities for the Family Caregiver: Lewy Body Dementia: How to Engage / How to Live provides much-needed information to address the unique social needs of those with LBD and those who care for them. TOPICS COVERED IN THIS BOOK Lewy Body Dementia Overview Family, Friends and the Benefits of Activities Know Your Loved One-Information Gathering and Assessment Communicating and Motivating for Success Customary Routines and Preferences Planning and Executing Activities Leisure Activity Categories - Types, Topics, and Tips Activities of Daily Living - Tips and Suggestions Home Preparation Personal History Form
Download or read book The Caregiver written by Shelley Shepard Gray and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish man and woman, bearing responsibilities and trauma, find hope and love in New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray’s The Caregiver. Lucy is still coping with the grief of losing her husband when she learns that her cousin has breast cancer. As a caregiver, Lucy will not only be able to help manage her cousin’s illness, but find her own inner strength to carry on living. Then, while on board the train to Jacob’s Crossing, she meets fellow Amish traveler Calvin Weaver. A farmer, Calvin and his little sister are heading to the same destination as Lucy. As they get to know one another on their journey, the train stalls in Cleveland. The only Amish among the passengers, Lucy and Calvin must rely on each other and protect his sister. But both carry pain they are unable to contain in the stressful English world and mistrust comes between them. In Jacob’s Crossing, Lucy and Calvin absorb themselves in their familial obligations, but are unable to forget their brief time together. And it will take the grace of God to help them heal their hearts and reach for the happiness they can share. “Gray writes with honesty, tenderness, and depth. Her characters are admirable, richly-layered, and impossible to forget.” —New York Times bestselling author Jillian Hart Families of Honor The Caregiver The Protector The Survivor
Download or read book The Ultimate Caregiver Guide written by Maryann Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With current and future trends in the healthcare field, caregivers, who are navigating complex health issues while looking after loved ones, should be educated as well. Family caregivers can face harmful impacts connected with the role, involving tiredness, loneliness and financial hardship. The Ultimate Caregiver Guide: 20 Things You Must Know! is an excellent resource for caregivers providing care to families, the chronically ill, and the elderly in their homes. Caregivers can help achieve families and individuals reach their optimum level of wellness and functional capability. This book will bring renewed focus, drive, assistance, relationship, and nurturing on the delivery of care.
