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Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease more books like this

by Joanne Koenig Coste

Revolutionizing the way people perceive and live with Alzheimer's, this book offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers. Coste describes her personal struggle to care for her stricken husband and their family.

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Breast Cancer Husband: How to Help Your Wife (and Yourself) During Diagnosis, Treatment and Beyond

Breast Cancer Husband: How to Help Your Wife (and Yourself) During Diagnosis, Treatment and Beyond more books like this

by Marc Silver

When Marc Silver became a breast cancer husband three years ago, he learned first hand how frightened and helpless the breast cancer husband feels. He searched in vain for a book that would give him the information and advice he so desperately sought. Now this award-wining journalist has compiled just the kind of emotional support and useful ...

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A Dignified Life: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care, a Guide for Family Caregivers

A Dignified Life: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care, a Guide for Family Caregivers more books like this

by Virginia Bell, David Troxel

Four million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease and experts estimate that 22 million people around the world will be so afflicted by 2025. Far too many families are struggling with the emotionally and physically draining responsibility of redefining their relationship with, and caring for, someone who not long ago was a vibrant ...

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Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Help, How to Survive

Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Help, How to Survive more books like this

by Claire Berman

For individuals who are involved in caring for aging parents, and for those who see caretaking in their future, this helpful, compassionate guide centers on the emotional stresses and needs of caregivers, while addressing all the practical issues they are likely to confront. From her own experience and that of dozens of other caring adult ...

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Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Guide and Sourcebook

Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Guide and Sourcebook more books like this

by Howard Gruetzner, M.Ed.

A warm, thoughtful guide updated with the latest breakthroughs and treatments This essential sourcebook provides caregivers with a better understanding of the physical effects and behavioral problems associated with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's addresses the concerns of families, friends, and health care professionals about what to expect at ...

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Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness more books like this

by Joanne Lynn, Rosalynn Carter (Foreword by), Joan K Harrold, MD, MPH

This guide for caregivers and their fatally ill patients offers medical, emotional, and spiritual advice for facing the final years of life.

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Creating Moments of Joy for the Person with Alzheimer's or Dementia

Creating Moments of Joy for the Person with Alzheimer's or Dementia more books like this

by Jolene Brackey

Jolene Brackey has a vision. A vision that will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease and focus more of our energy on creating moments of joy. When a person has short-term memory loss, his life is made up of moments. But if you think about it, our memory is made up of moments, too. We are not able to create a perfectly wonderful ...

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Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal more books like this

by Beth Witrogen McLeod

"A fine source to help bring out the helping heart in all of us."-Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with MorrieAs featured on the Today ShowWhether it involves caring for an aging parent, an ill spouse or partner, or a disabled child, caregiving takes us into a new reality. In this powerful, unique book, Beth Witrogen McLeod leads readers through ...

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Grief, Dying, and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers

Grief, Dying, and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers more books like this

by Therese A Rando

In this comprehensive manual, the author provides both the theoretical background and the practical treatment interventions necessary for working with those who are bereaved or dying. Important topics such as anticipatory grief, postdeath mourning, and the stress of grief are described in detail. Grief reactions, both normal and abnormal, as well ...

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Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent

Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent more books like this

by Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., Michael Spring

From a bestselling author and clinical psychologist comes a refreshingly honest and tender portrait of a devoted daughter shepherding her father through his final years of life. After her mother died, Janis Abrahms Spring "inherited" her father (Pop) and set off on an all-consuming, fiveyear mission to make his days as rich and comfortable as ...

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Mainstay: For the Well Spouse of the Chronically Ill more books like this

by Maggie Strong

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The Fearless Caregiver: How to Get the Best Care for Your Loved One and Still Have a Life of Your Own more books like this

by Gary E Barg (Editor)

America's healthcare system throws many of the vital decisions costs and burdens back on the family. This book clearly defines a family member's vital role in developing a loved one's care plan.

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Mental Illness for Caregivers more books like this

by Irving G. Walmann, Robert Howard (Illustrator)

This book helps the world's caregivers, and the rest of us, understand those suffering with mental illness. "Mental Illness For Caregivers" tells what has been done and is now being done to help the ill. Mr. Walmann explains what he feels are the probable causes of mental ills, offers cures for many and preventions for most of these problems, and ...

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And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver's Companion more books like this

by Beth Witrogen McLeod (Editor), Rosalynn Carter (Foreword by)

With quizzes, checklists, and action plans, this essential resource--a companion to the popular PBS documentary--provides a wealth of information, advice, and resources to address the critical caregiving issues that currently affect more than 54 million American families. 35 photos.

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When Your Loved One Has Dementia: A Simple Guide for Caregivers more books like this

by Professor Joy A Glenner, Professor Jean M Stehman, Professor Judith Davagnino

Eighty percent of persons with dementia live at home, and the family members caring for them are often overwhelmed by the enormous responsibility and the complexities of care. This book is designed to support the caregivers and help them understand the needs and feelings of the person for whom they are caring. A central focus is the goal of ...

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We Carry Each Other: Getting Through Life's Toughest Times more books like this

by Eric Langshur, Sharon Langshur, Mary Beth Sammons

The stories in We Carry Each Other are born organically through the CarePages community-- one of the world's largest social networking sites where lifestyle and health needs meet community and emotional support. These stories of everyday heroes are sure to inspire a social movement in compassionate caring toward those struggling with illness, loss ...

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The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide for Caregivers more books like this

by Maria M Meyer, Mark O Hatfield (Foreword by), Paula Derr

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Alzheimer's Activities: Hundreds of Activities for Men and Women with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders more books like this

by B J Fitzray

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The Comfort of Home: A Complete Guide for Caregivers more books like this

by Maria M Meyer, Paula Derr

Burnout -- the complete drain of physical, spiritual, and emotional reserves -- occurs when a caregiver slips into exhaustion or depression. More and more frequently, the responsibility of caring for the chronically ill child, the disabled spouse, or the aging parent falls on a family member. From the decision to be a caregiver to dealing with day ...

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American Medical Association Guide to Home Caregiving more books like this

by Angela Perry, MD (Editor)

A definitive guide to taking care of loved ones at home from the largest and most prestigious organization of medical doctors in North America.

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Cerebral Palsy: A Complete Guide for Caregiving more books like this

by Dr. Freeman Miller, M.D., Professor Steven J Bachrach, M.D., Professor Stephen J Bachrach

When a child has a health problem, parents want answers. But when a child has cerebral palsy, the answers don't come quickly. A diagnosis of this complex group of chronic conditions affecting movement and coordination is difficult to make and is typically delayed until the child is eighteen months old. Although the condition may be mild or severe, ...

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Therapeutic Caregiving: A Practical Guide for Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's and Other Dementia Causing Diseases more books like this

by Barbara J. Bridges, Jaime Temairik (Illustrator)

A complete therapeutic caregiving system for ensuring people with dementia are more functional, both physically and mentally. Moving beyond traditional concepts of custodial care, Bridges presents the "art of cueing" as an essential communication skill and a building block to this compassionate, revolutionary model for bettering the quality of ...

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Bedside Manners: A Practical Guide to Visiting the Ill more books like this

by Katie Maxwell

Most people have encountered a situation with an ill friend or relative when it has been difficult to know what to say or do. Even pastors and others in ministry are often at a loss when encountered with a critically ill person who is looking to them for some comfort and guidance. Katie Maxwell's "Bedside Manners" provides the reader practical ...

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A Time for Listening and Caring: Spirituality and the Care of the Chronically Ill and Dying more books like this

by Christina M Puchalski

This book is a thoughtful, informative, and practical guide for anyone involved in caring for the seriously and chronically ill or dying. The connection between spirituality and medicine has been receiving a lot of attention in both the scientific and lay presses recently, but research and anecdotal evidence all indicate that spirituality is ...

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Caregiver's Handbook more books like this

by Visiting Nurse Associations of America (Foreword by), Deni Bown

Aimed at the home-based caregiver, whatever their age or experience, this handbook offers indispensable advice on providing quality care, equipment that can make life easier, coping on an emotional level, financial support, and much more. Includes key first-aid information and a fill-in patient's log book of daily tasks, habits, and preferences. ...

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