Moments that Matter; A Life Changing Companion Journey Guide for Caregiver Support Groups or Individual Study
Moments that Matter; A Life Changing Companion Journey Guide for Caregiver Support Groups or Individual Study

Author: Karen Cochran Beaulieu

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2023-09-07

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13:

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Navigate your Caregiver Journey This Journey Guide is a companion study to the first book, Moments that Matter: A roadmap for caregivers and their loved ones with memory loss. They are designed to be used together. Learn and study the art of Moment-Making: Personal reflection Self-care Spiritual growth Support Groups Individual Study Age and ability appropriate activities Caregivers are Wounded Healers. A caregiver's wounds are many. Physical strain, anger, guilt, and grief can be daily stressors. Sharing your personal story with group members, as well as hearing theirs, helps to restore brokenness and brings healing. God is the great healer and guide on our journey. He is our strength when we are weary, our hope when we are discouraged, and our encourager when the stress of caregiving weighs us down. He allows us to find joy in the journey. "This insightful book and the Caregiver Support Group gave me ideas and guidelines that helped me love and care for my husband in new ways." .....Susie Nelson "This support group altered my perspective, my role changed from extending my mother's life to providing quality loving care." .....Manny Roman

The Unexpected Journey of Caring
The Unexpected Journey of Caring

Author: Donna Thomson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-06-05

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1538122243

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With a foreword by Judy Woodruff, The Unexpected Journey of Caring is a practical guide to finding personal meaning in the 21st century care experience. Personal transformation is usually an experience we actively seek out—not one that hunts us down. Becoming a caregiver is one transformation that comes at us, requiring us to rethink everything we once knew. Everything changes—responsibilities, beliefs, hopes, expectations, and relationships. Caregiving is not just a role reserved for “saints”—eventually, everyone is drafted into the caregiver role. It’s not a role people medically train for; it’s a new type of relationship initiated by a loved one’s need for care. And it’s a role that cannot be quarantined to home because it infuses all aspects of our lives. Caregivers today find themselves in need of a crash course in new and unfamiliar skills. They must not only care for a loved one, but also access hidden community resources, collaborate with medical professionals, craft new narratives consistent with the changing nature of their care role, coordinate care with family, seek information and peer support using a variety of digital platforms, and negotiate social support—all while attempting to manage conflicts between work, life, and relationship roles. The moments that mark us in the transition from loved one to caregiver matter because if we don’t make sense of how we are being transformed, we risk undervaluing our care experiences, denying our evolving beliefs, becoming trapped by other’s misunderstandings, and feeling underappreciated, burned out, and overwhelmed. Informed by original caregiver research and proven advocacy strategies, this book speaks to caregiving as it unfolds, in all of its confusion, chaos, and messiness. Readers won’t find well-intentioned clichés or care stereotypes in this book. There are no promises to help caregivers return to a life they knew before caregiving. No, this book greets caregivers where they are in their journey—new or chronic—not where others expect (or want) them to be.

The Caregiver's Companion
The Caregiver's Companion

Author: Debra Kelsey-Davis

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781594719165

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"Every caregiver's story is unique, but one thing you all have in common is that you need to be nourished to have the resilience and compassion to tend to the needs of those you love. The Caregiver's Companion approaches caregiving not as a burden, but as an opportunity to grow and receive graces and blessings. Written by the founders of Nourish for Caregivers--an organization that seeks to improve the health and spiritual wellbeing of caregivers--this beautifully designed, full-color journal is a practical resource with encouraging readings, prayers, and guided journaling to help you draw strength from your faith in a few sacred moments each day. It is a unique resource to remind you to care for yourself as you care for others. The physical, financial, and emotional demands of caregiving can take an enormous toll, and their high stress levels make caregivers a population at-risk. The Caregiver's Companion provides the encouragement and spiritual nourishment you need to persevere each day--whether your role involves hands-on caregiving, helping from a distance, or lending emotional support to a loved one in an assisted living facility. Each entry in this beautiful full-color guided journal combines prayers, meditations, reflection questions, quotations, and plenty of space for personal journaling, allowing you to capture the highs and lows of your daily experiences"--

The 48-Hour Compass
The 48-Hour Compass

Author: Jorge C Porter

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2023-12-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Embarking on a life-changing journey with "The 48-Hour Compass: A Caregiver's Guide for Families to Help Their Loved Ones on the Journey of Understanding, Compassion, and Resilience Amidst Alzheimer's and Other Types of Dementia" This meticulously prepared book is more than a collection of facts; it is a beacon of empathy, providing families with a complete resource to traverse the complex landscape of caring for people with Alzheimer's and other kinds of dementia. This handbook's central goal is to demystify the complexity of Alzheimer's and other kinds of dementia. It opens the door to comprehension, arming families with the information they need to negotiate symptoms, progression, and the intricacies of diagnosis. The path begins with awakening, which enables families to approach caregiving with enlightened compassion. The guide reveals a variety of compassionate care strategies as the pages turn. Every facet of caregiving is covered, from creating a supportive atmosphere to developing effective communication and tackling behavioral problems with empathy. This is more than a guideline for infusing grace into every caregiving moment, acknowledging the unique dignity inherent in each human. Recognizing the importance of shared experiences, the guide highlights the value of developing supporting networks. It becomes a tapestry of true stories that show the ups and downs of the caregiver's journey. Families are invited not just to receive practical ideas, but also to feel the strength that comes from a compassionate community's shared understanding. This handbook is more than simply a guide; it is a partner in empowerment. It gives families the tools they need to not only survive but thrive in the face of Alzheimer's and dementia. Practical counsel, emotional support, and a plan for building a loving atmosphere are provided, encouraging resilience and steadfast compassion. Welcome to a thorough companion that embraces understanding, providing peace, insights, and practical advice for the compassionate path ahead. Whether you're a caregiver looking for advice or a family member navigating the difficulties of dementia, this handbook is a dependable companion dedicated to illuminating the way with compassion and expertise. Caregivers and families that embrace this handbook find not only information but also a source of strength-a caring guide that reflects the heartbeat of caregiving. If you are interested, kindly click on the buy button now.

Patient Safety and Quality
Patient Safety and Quality

Author: Ronda Hughes

Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

The Caregiving Years
The Caregiving Years

Author: Denise M. Brown

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2014-05-25

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781499682496

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"The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful Journey" helps you answer these questions: Why me? Why now? What now? While other books focus on your family member or friend who needs your help and care, this book focuses just on you and what you need to manage the experience of caregiving.The handbook helps you feel better about your todays while understanding what you'll need for your tomorrows. You'll read what caregiving is really like but you'll also see that you will make it through and be better for it. The last stage–The Godspeed Caregiver–nudges you to live your dream–a dream newly defined by your caregiving experience."The Caregiving Years" is separated into six stages, beginning when you expect to care for a family member and ending about two years after caregiving ends. Because caregiving can be such a complicated experience, the handbook provides simple coping strategies, wrapped in a keyword and a purpose, to help in each stages. Each stage also includes action plans to guide you.The handbook tells the story of a family caregiver in five of the stages, as well as tips to help you navigate the bad days, the difficult decisions and the overwhelming emotions. You'll find articles which offer suggestions to give you courage when you venture out of the house after staying inside for too long, tips to help you manage the holiday season, exercises to help you understand your limits and build your team, and quizzes to make you laugh, reset your perspective and remind you that you have solutions.The handbook will prompt you to be proactive so you'll be as ready as you can for what's next, and will show you how to create memories which will comfort you later.

Working Mother
Working Mother

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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The magazine that helps career moms balance their personal and professional lives.

Working Mother
Working Mother

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Publisher:

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 190

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The magazine that helps career moms balance their personal and professional lives.

Caregiving
Caregiving

Author: Beth Witrogen McLeod

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1999-04-08

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Helping your family and loved ones when they need you most "Caregiving has a big heart-on a much-needed topic. A rare book of spiritual and practical wisdom." —Sue Bender, author of Plain and Simple and Everyday Sacred "A poignant, wise, and in-the-trenches view of caregiving that is both practical and spiritual, especially of value to midlife adults." —Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author of Goddesses in Everywoman and Close to the Bone "Lovely. . . . Beth McLeod's experience and wisdom shine through as she shares her heartfelt journey of loss, surrender, hope, and healing." —David Simon, M.D. medical director, the Chopra Center for Well Being, author of Vital Energy and Return to Wholeness Sooner or later it will touch us all: A family member or loved one becomes ill or disabled, and we step in to help. This is caregiving, and in this powerful, unique book, prizewinning writer and advocate Beth Witrogen McLeod leads us through the caregiving journey with unflinching authority and compassion. Framed by the author's personal odyssey as a caregiver and richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of others, Caregiving explores medical and financial problems, all aspects of spirituality, and such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns. A rare blend of powerful storytelling and practical information, Caregiving is a revelation.

I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here

Author: John Zeisel

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781583333358

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Discusses ways to mentally connect with a person who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which includes engaging individuals through the healthier parts of the brain.