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Caregiving Tips A-Z takes the family caregiver through every hands-on procedure necessary to care for their loved one at home. This complete caregiving manual helps the family effectively communicate with all medical professionals to obtain maximum results for their loved one. It addresses every perplexing situation the family caregiver might find herself in and presents numerous ideas for which to solve them easily. It is colorfully illustrated with 27 humorous cartoons and has been done in larger print than normal for easier reading.

DIVSpells are conjured, herbs collected, and potions concocted in this fascinating history of the practices and beliefs of Norway's folk healers at home and in the New Land./DIVDIVITo cure a fever that begins with chills,/IIwrite the following on a piece of bread and give it to the patient for eight days, one piece each day, and on the ninth day, burn the last piece: Colameris x, Colameri x, Colamer x, Colame x, Colam x, Cola x, Col x, Co x, and C x./I ITo prevent the huldrefolk from stealing your healthy child and leaving a child with rickets in its place, make three dolls from the child

A practical guide for managing care while preserving sanity. Designed for families, communities, professionals. Topics range from resources through legal considerations, in-home and outside facility caregiving, Emergencies, financial, planning for terminal illness, and bereavement. Cases included. Also includes often asked questions and answers. Helps caregivers interact with medical, governmental, social service, and other professional agencies.

As well as practical skills, Caring for Loved Ones at Home provides caregivers with questions to ask the right people so you can better understand tests, drugs, diagnoses, infections and treatment alternatives. It lists questions to ask when going to the hospital, undergoing surgery and includes a glossary of medical and home care terms.

bBarbara Dunn/bhas an honours B.A. in Psychology/Mass Communications and a Bachelor of Design. She is currently working as a graphic designer and helps care for her parents. She lives in Oakville, Ontario.brbrbLinda Scott/bhas an honours B.A. in English/Mass Communications. She works as a marketing and advertising director and lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with her husband and was caregiver to her mother. This is their first book.bYou As Caregiver/bbrbrbrWe have talked about many of the issues you may encounter in caring for your parents. Now let

This ground-breaking book on social welfare in Canada investigates the influence of an ethic of care on the development of social work, nursing, and teaching. It examines the connections between caring and poverty, wife abuse and child neglect, and also explores the way that caring shapes the experience of women at different points in the life cycle.brContributorsbr/brbrPrefacebr/brbrOne: Perspectives on Caringbr/brbr1. Women's Caring: Work Expanding, State Contracting, Carol T. Baines, Patricia M. Evans, and Sheila M. Neysmithbr/brbr2. Women's Professions and an Ethic of Care, Carol T. Bainesbr/brbr3. Gender, Poverty, and Women's Caring, Patricia M. Evansbr/brbr4. Caring and Women of Colour: Living the Intersecting Oppressions of Race, Class, and Gender, Usha Georgebr/brbrTwo: Living the Realities of Carebr/brbr5. Still Girls Learn to Care: Girls Policed to Carebr/brbr6. Dutiful Daughters and Undemanding Mothers: Constraining Images of Giving and Receiving Care in Middle and Later Lifebr/brbr7. Caught in Tangled Webs of Care: Women Abused in Intimate Relationshipsbr/brbr8. Contradictions in Child Welfare: Neglect and Responsibilitybr/brbrThree: Policy Directions and Caring Expectationsbr/brbr9. The Child-Care Debate: Fading Hopes and Shifting Sandsbr/brbr10. Enter the Filipina Nanny: An Examination of Canada's Live-In Caregiver Policybr/brbr11. From Home Care to Social Care: The Value of a Visionbr/brbrIndexbr/brbrAuthor Indexbr/brbr

Caregiver's Guide is the first book to provide detailed instructions for caregivers on all aspects of lymphedema (or lymphoedema) home care including physical care (skin care, simple lymph drainage, compression, exercise, etc.), communications skills and emotional support, and activities of daily living. Caregivers will also learn ways to protect themselves from injury and burnout. Caregiver's Guide outlines a systematic approach to determining the patient's care needs, arranging care, and coordinating multiple caregivers. Trained lymphedema caregivers are in short supply now and we face a 'care gap' in the near future as the number of people needing care increases while the pool of potential family caregivers shrinks. This book is an important first step in the process of providing trained caregivers. This book will help: * People with lymphedema and their families and friends understand what care is required, locate caregivers and other resources, and navigate the reimbursement maze. This book also covers coordinating multiple caregivers, preparing the home for care, and many other practical topics. * Caregivers understand lymphedema, their role in lymphedema care, specific skills for providing physical care and emotional support, and how to manage equipment and supplies for home care. They will also learn ways to protect themselves from physical injury and emotional burnout as caregivers. * Lymphedema therapists work more effectively with their patients and the patient's caregivers. * Home care planners and administrators understand lymphedema and the special requirements of lymphedema home care. About the authors: * Mary Kathleen Kearse, PT, CLT-LANA, has worked full time with lymphedema patients for nine years and practiced physical therapy for 24 years. * Elizabeth McMahon, PhD is a clinical psychologist and co-author of Living Well with Lymphedema, author of Overcoming the Emotional Challenges of Lymphedema, and co-editor of Voice

As the U.S. population ages, adult day services have become an integral component in the continuum of care for elderly people. Providing a variety of social and medical services for cognitively or physically impaired elderly people who otherwise might reside in institutions, these facilities can be found in a variety of building types, from purpose-built facilities to the proverbial church basement. They also vary widely in their philosophies, case mix, funding mechanisms, and services.pIn this interdisciplinary study, Keith Diaz Moore, Lyn Dally Geboy, and Gerald D. Weisman offer guidance for planning and designing good-quality adult day services centers. They encourage architects, caregivers, and staff members to think beyond the building, organizational mission, and staffing structure to conceive of the place that emerges as an interrelated system of people, programming, and physical setting.pThrough case studies, thoughtful explanations, and well-crafted illustrations, Designing a Better Day provides caregivers, architects, and administrators tools with which they can make qualitative changes for participants and their families. Organized into three parts -- creating awareness, increasing understanding, and taking action -- this book will be a key resource for professionals involved in creating and maintaining effective adult day services centers.A thought-provoking book that illustrates a holistic approach to architectural design and provides a welcome addition to the literature on adult day-care services. -- Julienne Hanson, Journal of Aging and SocietyAn excellent contribution... should be read by students and teachers of architecture, practicing architects, facility programmers, administrators, board members, staff members -- everybody who wishes to be involved in creating better ADCs. -- Zachary Rosenfield, Journal of Long Term Home Health Care

In the Year 1918 the average price of a home was under five thousand dollars. A new car could be purchased for less then four hundred dollars; a loaf of bread for ten cents and a postage stamp for three cents. World War I was coming to an end and the first woman of a major party ran (unsuccessfully) for a Senate seat but most importantly this was the year my mother was born! Her journey extended for almost eight-eight years. Her last six years became the most profound, soul-searching and inspiring years of my life. Her courage, faith and sense of humor brought us, mother and daughter, full circle. Her disease could not conceal her undying faith and strengthened mine beyond my expectations. This disease that I thought would swallow me up, with its many mysterious twists and turns surprisingly did not. It renewed my spirit. It enabled me to value life; each breath to its fullest extent. Astonishingly, it also brought many years of laughter and joy. As her caregiver I was to embark on my own journey; of the most unimaginable lessons I had yet to learn and we became soul-mates.

Research has shown that stimulating early memories can have positive effects for persons with dementia or related disorders and can energize the relationships between such persons and their families, friends, and caregivers. Remembering Home emphasizes the importance of home in the lives of memory-challenged adults, offers insight into the richness and variety of life experiences associated with the idea of home, and suggests ways in which caregivers can encourage reminiscences to improve the quality of life for those with dementia or associated diseases.pThis volume advances the goals of affirming the dignity of and reinforcing personhood in adults with debilitating memory loss. Environmental gerontologist Habib Chaudhury draws on research and fieldwork -- along with the stories and actions of persons with dementia and their loved ones -- to discuss dementia and the concept of self. He shows how recollections of home can reach persons with compromised mental capacity, and he shares techniques designed to spark conversation and stimulate participation in group and one-on-one activities.pChaudhury encourages health care professionals and activity leaders to embrace a personhood-affirming mode of care and provides tools and information for nonprofessionals who want to connect with, understand, and better appreciate people with dementia.

For too long, caregiving has been done to people with Alzheimer's disease on the assumption they can no longer do anything for themselves. But increasingly, care providers are recognizing how much can be done with someone with dementia - that activities and interactions can be enjoyable for both care receiver and caregiver. The Positive Interactions Program of Activities for People with Alzheimer's Disease outlines an individualized approach that helps you customize your activities to the existing needs and abilities of a person at any stage in the disease. Featuring 92 step-by-step activities for immediate implementation, this book also provides valuable communication tips that promote positive interactions in each of four categories: creative arts, daily living skills, physical exercise, and sensory experiences. Professionals in a range of settings - activity directors, social workers, home health caregivers, nurses, nursing assistants, and volunteers - as well as family caregivers can use this activity program to enhance the quality of life of someone in their care.

P-- IChoice/I/PPA valuable text for anyone interested in learning more about skip-generation parenting. -- ISocial Work Today/I/PPBy bringing together multiple perspectives on the needs and strengths of older people caring for HIV orphans, Joslin has made an important contribution to improved practice and policy. -- Nicholas Freudenberg, professor and director, Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York/PPThis profoundly moving and educational book shines a spotlight on a critical but largely forgotten part of the AIDS tragedy. Joslin's book is a must read for practitioners, scholars, and anyone interested in understanding family caregiving, and the unique aspects of such caregiving in the wake of AIDS. -- Meredith Minkler, University of California, Berkeley/PPAn understudied aspect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is the creation of hundreds of thousands of grandparent-headed households that have become home to children bereft of one or both of their parents. Such skip-generation parenting presents a host of challenges to the families involved and the social programs designed to assist them. Despite this unprecedented caregiving responsibility, older surrogate parents remain relatively invisible, hidden in the shadows of HIV care and the demands of raising a child. The primary goal of Invisible Caregivers is to generate, support, and guide program and policy initiatives designed to meet the needs of elder surrogates and their families./PPMost social service programs are not able to identify the needs of older surrogates, often because these surrogate parents in HIV-infected families are reluctant to make their needs known for fear of social stigma or possible reductions of benefits. Multiple systemic barriers to case management and other services also frustrate attempts to bring available resources to elder caregivers. These barriers include professional ignorance or denial that HIV affects surrogates, eligibili