Who Cares: A Loving Guide for Caregivers; Providing Future Caregivers the Most Important Facts about My Life
Who Cares: A Loving Guide for Caregivers; Providing Future Caregivers the Most Important Facts about My Life

Author: Dee Marrella

Publisher:

Published: 2002-03

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780970844484

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Every day a loved one or close friend enters the world of the caregiver. One day that person could be you. People who were once vital and able to do all things for themselves find that they can no longer complete activities that were once considered routine. For many, this means entering a nursing home or some other type of assisted living facility. Others will be cared for in more familiar surroundings, such as their own home. Either way, people known as caregivers will now be responsible for taking care of virtually every aspect of daily life.Now each of us has the opportunity to provide our own future caregivers with critical data and information about us, so that when the day comes that we are incapacitated, these caregivers will know us as well as anyone could. Set up in a diary format, anyone can put down in writing all of the vital information that could mean the difference between working with loving and knowledgeable care givers or being shut away and languishing in the hands of strangers. This guide will enable each of us to provide a insider's look at who we are and tell our future caregivers what they will need to know in order to provide us with the best care possible.

The Me You Don't Know
The Me You Don't Know

Author: Dee Marrella

Publisher: Dc Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781932021363

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Expanding on the success "Who Cares: A Loving Guide for My Future Caregivers", the author has created a new vehicle for individuals to "tell" their future caregivers all the critically important facts about themselves. Recognising that the vast majority of Americans will one day find themselves in the hands of caregivers, and understanding that the statistics strongly indicate that those caregivers won't be our spouses, adult children or close loved ones, but will be strangers, the importance of this guide cannot be overstated. When the day comes that we find ourselves in a care-giving situation, it just makes sense to have the means to inform those caregivers exactly who we are, how we "want" to be cared for, the issues that are most important to us and those topics that rank highest on our list of "must do's". We purchase life and health insurance, as well as long-term care, auto, home, and all manner of insurance policies. You can have a voice in your future care-giving, even if your voice is silent.

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 Complete Caregiver's Organizer
The Complete Caregiver's Organizer

Author: Robin Porter

Publisher: Spry Publishing LLC

Published: 2015-09-08

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1938170717

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Becoming the primary caregiver for a spouse, family member, friend, or loved one can be a tremendously rewarding and equally challenging experience. How do you know if you’re the right person to be a caregiver? What important conversations should you have beforehand to make sure that you’re starting off on the right foot? What aspects of care should you manage personally and how do you assemble the best support team to handle the rest? How do you deal with doctors, hospitals, and other medical issues? Oh, and in the midst of those questions and many, many more, who takes care of you? As you invest your time, energy and strength into caregiving, how do you avoid burnout and maintain your own physical and emotional wellbeing? The Complete Caregiver’s Organizer is designed to help you provide the best possible care to others without neglecting your own needs as a result. Robin Porter offers direct and attainable strategies for managing common issues that all caregivers face, from basic health and safety concerns to complex medical and legal questions, in addition to invaluable checklists, journaling components, activities, and ideas that will guide you along your path. Whether you’re a first-time caregiver struggling with questions and confusion about where to start or one with more experience who is feeling overwhelmed and outmatched, the tips and tools contained in The Complete Caregiver’s Organizer will start to bring balance back to your life.

The Heart of Caregiving
The Heart of Caregiving

Author: Sonia S. Morrison

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-01-12

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 1468507419

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I summarize my twenty year journey through health care and education, in search of balance and focus, while maintaining my unconditional love and passion to make things right for loved ones. Journey through the world of caring, healthcare and education Balance unconditional self love and focus on caregiving. Learn How to Harness Your Unlimited Passion and Focus of Self Balance while Providing Healthy Caring Balance reality and self care, while caring for others. Discover unique insight to our connections with self and others. Focus your ability to problem solve creatively. Learn optimum caregiving tips. Caregiver Family Members Learn How to Maintain Self Balance and Focus, with optimum caregiving. "I have had the honor of working with Sonia during my tenure as the Health Promotion & Childbirth Education Coordinator and now the Level II Dept. Secretary at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. She is the utmost professional, very compassionate and respectful of all patients and their families as well as her coworkers. My husband and I had the blessing of her assistance during my mother-in-law's illness and passing - we could not have survived without Sonia's help. Sonia has always responded enthusiastically to my calls for volunteers to work in the community. Evaluations from those who participated always loved her knowledge and enthusiasm. She is a blessing and joy to work with." ~Marta Martinez Fife, CLC, LCCE Academic Executive Assistant at Chartwell School. Harness Your Passion and Healthy Caring This uplifting and inspirational story takes you on a journey with one women of unconditional love, as she travels through the world of healthcare and education, in search of balance and focus. Sonia shares with a focused passion, the story of wisdom collected over twenty years as a caregiver, providing balance for all. Her passion for making things right shines through and has found it's way to balance and focus for caregivers. Her unconventional pairing of leade

The Caregiver's Companion
The Caregiver's Companion

Author: Carolyn A. Brent

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2015-01-27

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1460346831

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Everything you need to know to ensure that your elderly loved one is being properly cared for. People today are not only living longer, they are also living sicker—making aging and caring for elderly loved ones more complicated than ever before. In this extensive guide, caregiver advocate Carolyn Brent outlines a step-by-step process so caregivers know what to do and what to ask in every situation that may arise, including: • Signs that your loved one needs more assistance • What to look for in a retirement home • Caretaking in your own home • How to ensure wills are in order • How to manage difficult family relationships • Ensuring you are getting the help and care you need Brent leaves no stone unturned, provides personal stories and scenarios for context, and includes other references and resources in this complete guide to caregiving.

A Guide For Caregivers
A Guide For Caregivers

Author: Maybelle Toquinto

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-26

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Are you looking for a book about caregiving? If so, there are plenty of great ones out there. To help you narrow your focus we've highlighted the six best books about caregiving below. Many of us caregivers face an uncertain future while caring and providing for our elderly loved ones. Being responsible for the needs and care of an elderly loved one can be a difficult role that many of us do willingly but it requires a lot - patience, time, energy, tenderness, and hard work. We often need to make decisions that are life-altering for our loved ones and our own selves and at times, are not pleasant or easy. Tough Decisions in the book is an invaluable, practical, and sympathetic guide to how to give your loved one the best possible care while addressing the concerns that you or other carers may have. This straightforward guide includes practical tips, real-life scenarios, checklists for best practice, offering advice and solutions to common problems, and expert advice on how to deliver compassionate and dignified care to older people. In this book, the author objectively divides tough situations into four categories and tackles each category in a straightforward way. He offers professional support and guidance on how to maintain a work/life/caring balance and better care for your elderly loved ones. These decisions have to be made with compassion, knowledge, and an objective mind. After reading the book, you will feel as if someone is holding your hand while you make those tough decisions. How to have a conversation with your elderly loved one about change in health? Deal with deteriorating physical and mental health in loved ones. What happens when the family members develop dementia? Deciding on in-home care or a care facility. Adjusting to your role as caregiver while still caring for yourself.

The Practical Caregiver's Essential Guide
The Practical Caregiver's Essential Guide

Author: Sara M. Barton

Publisher: Sara Barton

Published: 2020-06-28

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13:

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This guide will help you to better understand your loved one’s need for care and how you can effectively provide it, while still maintaining your own good health. There are three important rules for good family care: 1. Love is never enough. You can love someone utterly and completely, but without the right tools and education, you can fail as a caregiver. 2. You have to take care of yourself in order to be able to take care of your loved one. If you fail, there will be two people who need a caregiver -- you and your loved one. 3. What you don't know or understand can hurt you and your loved one -- when you learn about what ails your loved one, you can also learn about what will make care better.

A Caregiver's Guide
A Caregiver's Guide

Author: Josephine Clerk

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-30

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781941721070

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Caregiving is one of the oldest, more natural and most critical vocations of life. However, everyone is not knowledgeable about how to care for their loved ones or family members. This book will aid in providing some general knowledge and specific insights for providing a safe and effective quality home care. The quality of care that is provided to your loved one(s) will allow them to remain in the home rather than being place in a long-term care facility. This book will further help you navigate through the challenges that come along with assisting and providing care to your loved one.

Families Caring for an Aging America
Families Caring for an Aging America

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2016-11-08

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 0309448093

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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.