The Successful Caregiver's Guide
Author: Rick Lauber
Publisher: Eldercare
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781770402478
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Author: Rick Lauber
Publisher: Eldercare
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781770402478
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Author: Kate, Lorig Dr.P.H.
Publisher: Bull Publishing
Published: 2018-06-20
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 1945188200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday more than 40 million people in the U.S. find themselves responsible for caring for a parent, relative, or friend. Building Better Caregivers, developed by the author team of the bestselling Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, shares the best in caregiving research and the most important lessons learned from thousands of caregivers. With a focus on reducing stress through the use of practical skills and tools, this book will help you manage your caregiving tasks so you can maintain a happy, fulfilling life while also meeting your caregiving obligations.
Author: Rick Lauber
Publisher: Self-Counsel Press
Published: 2014-02-15
Total Pages: 135
ISBN-13: 1770409009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne in five Canadians are now providing eldercare to a parent in need, and as baby-boomers age, this number is likely to grow. What do you do when your mother or father grows old? It’s the natural course of life, but so many children of aging parents are unprepared. When a parent’s health begins to fail, an adult child is left scrambling to find help, to balance their time, and to cope. The Caregiver’s Guide will provide readers with valuable tips and advice to help them to provide the best eldercare possible while balancing the demands on their time. This is not a mental “self-help” book. While it does provide encouragement and support for caregivers, it also provides practical advice on how to care for elders in need. This comprehensive guide answers all a caregiver’s common questions, such as: • Should my parent stay at home or move to assisted living? • How do I balance caregiving responsibilities with my personal life? • When to apply for guardianship and/or trusteeship • How to hire a professional caregiver should the need arise
Author: Barbara a Stewart
Publisher:
Published: 2019-05-31
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781733903103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Caregiver's Guidebook is your personal resource for successfully navigating the healthcare system as a Caregiver. This Guidebook offers tips for self care and provides lists that enable you to chronicle and organize your journey.
Author: Joanne Parrent
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780028642024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlzheimer's disease is often referred to as a family disease because of the constant emotional strain it places on family members as they watch their loved ones slowly slip away. But for those left with caring for their loved ones, the emotional, physical, and financial toll can be enormous so much so that most caregivers fail to take care of themselves and become depressed, ill and unable to continue their role as caregiver. Courage to Care: A Caregiver's Companion Through the Stages of Alzheimer's helps to ease the burden of those who have accepted this labor of love by providing them with knowledge and coping strategies to make it through each stage of this progressive and complicated disease. The book focuses not only on how to deal with the emotional issues associated with the disease, but provides specific advice on how to make life easier and more enjoyable for both the loved one and the caregiver.
Author: Lela Knox Shanks
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780140276190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the doctors told Lela Shanks that Alzheimer's would render her husband totally helpless, she was given no instructions on how to manage his disease at home. It was understood that Alzheimer's patients were destined for institutional care. Undaunted, she cared for Hughes at home for the next thirteen years until his peaceful death in 1998. In Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks, Lela Shanks sets forth the knowledge and wisdom that made all the difference. She describes her initial denial, her gradual acceptance, and her discovery that the key to successful caregiving lies in never losing sight of the patient's humanity. Shanks details the symptoms and stages of the disease, sets forth practical techniques for managing problems such as wandering and incontinence, and outlines twenty coping and survival strategies for caregivers.This moving personal account is an instructional guide and a source of inspiration and support, even humor, for anyone -- family or professional -- who lives or works with men and women with Alzheimer's disease.
Author: Edward M. Smink
Publisher: Wise Media Group
Published: 2021-10-28
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781629672243
DOWNLOAD EBOOK2022 Revised Edition Who are the caregivers? We all are, for at the heart of being human is the capacity to care, to reach out to others and explore the relationships we build. The Soul of Caregiving is about us, and how we, as caregivers, serve, even sacrifice, for those in need. I invite you to explore with me how we can partake in a kind of sacred journey exploring our experiences as caregivers. Who will be your guide on this journey? Unlike other pilgrims who have a guide assigned to them, you will soon discover it is your own Soul guiding you. We may be professionally skilled to meet the needs of others, but we must also learn to stop and rest. It is not a waste of time, but rather, a necessity. We need time to ponder, reflect, and grow from our experiences. Not an easy endeavor amid a whirlwind of activity. We, as caregivers, experience vulnerability, helplessness, fears, and pain over the traumatic events we experience because we care. We care about those whom we are called to serve. Compassion fatigue arises because we care. Overview of the Chapters Chapter 1 begins by outlying the tension most caregivers experience: the tension their own needs and the needs of those they care for. I call this tension the Dance of Caregiving. Chapter 2 discusses the importance of discovering interior strengths and values where one discovers Soul. Chapter 3 emphasizes caregivers do not care in a vacuum, as there are broad cultural boundaries and expectations which affect them and shape their behaviors. Chapter 4 describes The Archetype of Caregiving, both its strengths and shadow sides. This archetype also relates to several other leadership archetypes, which are also discussed. Chapter 5 discusses hospitality. This chapter positions the caregiver as the host who experiences three different dimensions of hospitality: to host the stranger, to listen to the stories of the guest, and to reflect on their reactions and experiences. Chapter 6 address the frailty of humankind and the notion that we are wounded healers. Chapter 7 addresses the art of reflection as a fundamental skill for caregivers. Chapter 8 argues that the essential actions of a caregiver are spiritual. Chapter 9 explores how the ordinary becomes spiritual as inner strengths and values give birth to meaning, insight, and transformation. Chapter 10 explores compassion fatigue and its two sisters, secondary traumatic stress disorder and burnout. In this chapter, we learn how to recover from compassion fatigue and burnout by building compassion resilience. At the end of each chapter, the reader is invited to ponder and reflect. Your insights are the gold hidden beneath the sands of confusion. Mining these insights will lead to a greater understanding of your strengths and values. The questions at the end of each chapter help facilitate this process.
Author: Susan Grant
Publisher:
Published: 2012-07
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780985217938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTips and information include: what symptoms and treatments to expect; questions to ask your medical team; recommendations on how to manage your mountain of medical bills; advice on nutrition and recipes for delicious meals; shopping lists for everything you'll need; and much more.
Author: Jackie MdDaniels
Publisher: Difference Press
Published: 2014-10-13
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781936984626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDaughters on Duty is one caregiver's shared experiences and lessons learned while shepherding her own elder loved ones -- first her in-laws and later her mother -- through multiple medical crises involving emergency room visits, hospital admissions and discharges, medication management, and working within "the system." She discusses considerations in choosing the options for ongoing care after a hospital stay, and handling that threshold when "home alone" is no longer a safe place for your elderly charge. The information presented is useful guidance on who to talk to, what to watch out for, and ways to take care of yourself while giving the priceless gift of loving care. Reader's will discover: . The right questions to ask so you can evaluate a crisis call from an aging loved one and know when to call 911. . The value of staying calm in a medical emergency and how this benefits your loved one when they are ill. . The proper legal documents and authorizations that allow you to manage your loved ones medical care with confidence and understanding of your loved ones wishes. . How to prevent medication mistakes and discover easy ways to keep an accurate list of prescriptions before and after a hospital stay. . The importance of supporting yourself as the caregiver with time out for self care and other family life. . Multiple resources of outside help to keep your elder in their home as long as they are able. . And much, much more!
Author: Rick Lauber
Publisher: Self-Counsel Press
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1770404589
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou may be among the tens of millions of Americans who provide care for your parent — or you may be among the ten of millions who will. So many children are caught unprepared when physical and mental health declines in aging parents. Life cannot readily prepare you to furnish excellent eldercare while balancing the demands on your time. This book provides practical tips, realistic guidance, encouragement and insight into the time ahead. Among other things, it answers: • How do you decide when your parent stays at home or moves to assisted living? • What should you expect when caring for your elderly parents? • Who should you ask for help? • How do you balance caregiving responsibilities with your personal life? The Successful Caregiver’s Guide includes extensive explanations of your options and checklists for differing types of eldercare to help you choose the best care possible for your loved one.