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Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving

The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide for Caregivers

The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide for Caregivers, 2nd Edition

Caregiving: A Step-By-Step Resource for Caring for the Person with Cancer at Home

Having cared at home for her ailing father and grandfather, Rosalynn Carter's involvement has taught her that Americans are in the middle of a caregiving crisis. In this book, Mrs. Carter addresses the social issues that have created this crisis and offers practical solutions to the problems caregivers typically experience, such as isolation, burnout, anger, and helplessness.

In caring for America's aging population, emphasis is frequently given to maintaining elders in the community, preferably in their own homes, with appropriate supportive services. But what of those older persons who are at home and without a network of relatives or friends who are aware of the often life-threatening problems they face every day? What of elders who are undernourished, under- or over-medicated, visually handicapped, hard of hearing, or otherwise disabled? Many of these older people may be unaware of their need for help, or are well aware of their specific circumstances but deliberately hide their needs from others for fear of being a burden or of losing their freedom. This important new book brings together a variety of authors who seek to assist family and friends in recognizing the danger signs that surround an at-risk elder, while making vital distinctions between those types of behavior that give cause for worry and those that can best be described as idiosyncratic. The essays offer thoughtful suggestions for appropriate assistance by caregivers and interested parties while at the same time respecting the autonomy and independence of the elderly.

This information-packed, medically up-to-date guide is filled with ways to keep an older person safe and comfortable at home, handle medical emergencies, locate social services, and more.Written by two nurses, this practical guide explains the normal aging process and how to distinguish it from disease; outlines approaches to problems, including new medications for chronic disorders, as well as treatments for diseases common among the elderly; explains how to deal with depression, heart disease, and arthritis, and how to get a proper diagnosis for a wide range of conditions, including Alzheimer's; and explains how to arrange a convalescence or a program of long-term care.

While helping parents decide what kind of at-home caregiver they need, this book emphasizes the importance of the relationships among family, child, and caregiver. A special bonus section allows readers to customize information, such as emergency numbers, a child's meals and habits, and more. Line art throughout.

divA completely revised edition of this guidebook for adult children who care for aging parents, with new information on nursing homes and an updated resource section.brbrThis helpful, compassionate guide for individuals who are involved in caring for aging parents, (and for those who see caretaking in their future) centers on the emotional stresses and needs of caregivers, while at the sametime addressing all the practical issues they are likely to confront. Claire Berman--drawing on her own experiences, the experiences of many other adult children, and interviews with specialists in geriatrics--discusses the wide range of emotions that can accompany caregiving.brbriCaring for Yourself, While Caring for Your Aging Parents/iprovides the confidence and practical tools necessary to balance the needs of the parent and the caregiver. Berman provides an invaluable safety net for those going through a difficult time and emphasizes that the caregiver safeguard his or her own physical and emotional health to avoid becoming the burned-out second patient. Berman shows how to choose dedication over martyrdom and self-preservation over selflessness. There is also sensible advice on common dilemmas caregivers encounter, including those involving adult day-care, in-home care, support groups, sibling tension, and marital conflicts.brbrCompletely revised with a new chapter on nursing homes, as well as updated statistics and resources throughout, CARING FOR YOURSELF WHILE CARING FOR YOUR AGING PARENTS shows readers that there is much they can do to help themselves and their parents through the stressful and humbling challenges that so many of us face today.br/divdivA compassionate book that offers support for the caregiver, plus solid advice on how to fulfill your parents' needs without turning into a martyr.--iHorizons/ibrbrBerman's book is an invaluable safety net for adult children who care for aging parents.--iBooklist/ibrbrThis is

For human power, no set of people are as extraordinary as the caregivers who come, most of them unpaid, to help us manage our lives when life itself grows fragile and fearful. They are, collectively, an almost entirely invisible army of compassion. These are the words of Mary Fisher, AIDS activist, mother, artist and photographer, former advance woman for President Gerald Ford, former wife who, in a loving marriage, contracted the virus that causes AIDS. To make visible this invisible army of compassion, Mary Fisher set out to photograph caregivers of people - children, women, men - with HIV and AIDS. She traveled from Connor's Nursery in West Palm Beach, Florida to an unnamed nursery at the women's prison on Riker's Island; from an AIDS clinic in Birmingham, Alabama to Rosie's Place, a home in Boston for women in need. To get their stories in photographs, Fisher had to move in close: into the subdued hospital rooms of the very sick, into the laughter of friends, both healthy and infected, who worked together in food banks preparing meals for housebound patients with AIDS. Moving in close was often difficult: My cameras made me feel as if I were an intruder... Determined, Fisher went on the road for four years to photograph and write the story behind the courage, dedication, devotion, and love of caregivers, the angels in our midst.

diviBaby cheeps like a bird/ibriand I know why./ibriWhen Mama and Papa go out/ibribaby starts to cry./ibrbrbA calming picture book about separation that will help ease a child's fears/bbrbrIt's hard when Mama and Papa leave home. You want to go with them. You want them to stay. You want to know just when they'll return; and still, it's not soon enough. But while they're away, there's lots of fun to be had with a loving caregiver on the watch. Just listen as she sings playful, comforting songs. Listen, listen and know: Mama's coming home. Papa won't be long. Hush, little bird. I'll sing you one more song.brbrWith nursery rhyme images pulled from traditional songs of Africa, Spain, and the Caribbean, this gentle picture book reassures young children that Mama and Papa will indeed come home soon.br/divdivYoung children and their parents, too, will enjoy this reassuring rhythmical tale.bi--Kirkus Reviews, starred/i/bbrbrPerfectly paired text and pictures follow baby and caregiver through a full day of games and songs, intermingling images from the rhymes. . . . The book celebrates the undersung relationship while providing a bedtime resource sure to please little eyes and ears.bi--Horn Book/i/bbrbrThe text's reassuring tone and the dazzling artwork make this offering a gem to share with little ones experiencing separation anxiety.bi--School Library Journal/i/bbr/divdivbPHILLIS GERSHATOR/bis the author ofiBread Is for Eating/i(a Reading Rainbow Selection) andiWhen It Starts to Snow/i, which was praised as being written with a simple, lilting eloquence in aiPublishers Weekly/istarred review. She lives on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.brbM