Author: Pat Samples
Publisher: Fairview Press
Keywords: caregivers, comforts, daily
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 1999-10-25
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1577490886
ISBN-13: 9781577490883

For those who feel overwhelmed by the day-to-day struggles of caregiving, this charming little book offers gentle guidance and support.

Author: Kathryn Smaw Amerson
Publisher: Eloquent Books
Keywords: caregivers
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2010-04-27
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1609114604
ISBN-13: 9781609114602

Yesterday, Elizabeth Duke was a brilliant teacher. Today, she has been diagnosed with dementia. Yesterday, everyone sought her wisdom and her company. Today is the beginning of the end. Anne Rutledge is the great-niece of "Aunt Bette." She and her young family share the Southern homeplace with Aunt Bette. Now Anne must become the caregiver for her great-aunt while attempting to continue a career and rear a family. Through the unending frustrations of doctors, home care nurses and nursing home employees, Anne comes to understand the truth about aging: Society cares about citizens as long as the

Author: Jeff Kane
Publisher: Allworth Press
Keywords: caregivers, guide, heal
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1581152671
ISBN-13: 9781581152678

The ability to heal is not reserved for a gifted few. Anyone aching to ease the pain of a sick friend or loved one can tap into the immense power of caring and compassion by learning to become unconditionally present to the patient rather than to the disease. Through stories filled with compassion, wisdom, and gentle humor, Dr. Jeff Kane shows each and every one of us how to help others heal using one simple tool: our presence.A decade of practicing medicine made Dr. Kane increasingly aware of the limits of medical technology in the healing process. Shifting his study from scientific knowledge

Author: Leroy T. Howe
Publisher: Paulist Press
Keywords: caregivers, skills, listening, fearful, comforting
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2002-12
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0809141078
ISBN-13: 9780809141074

Often Christians ask, how can they be afraid and still have faith? Blending spirituality and psychology, this book offers a comforting perspective on the fears and anxieties that plague everyone. The author shows how to transform fears from crippling emotion into a way to search for God. While of interest to all, the book is especially meant to help lay ministers comfort others. Clear and accessible, the book blends the wisdom of faith with the insights of several schools of psychology to analyze fear and anxiety.It translates these principles into concrete pastoral action and reveals fears

Author: Frena Gray-Davidson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: caregivers, sourcebook, alzheimer
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1999-08-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0737301317
ISBN-13: 9780737301311

Author is director of SHACTI (Self-Help Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Training and Information). Facts-based, hands-on guide for those caring for in-home Alzheimer’s patients. Discusses how to deal with stress and difficult behaviors, how to find outside help, and how to nurture your own well-being. For consumers. Softcover.

Author: Debbie Mandel
Publisher: Catholic Book Publishing Company
Keywords: workout, total, caregivers, habits, changing
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2005-09
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1878718983
ISBN-13: 9781878718983

Stressed-out caregivers will find sensible and useable suggestions to help find the balance between giving and receiving. Debbie Mandel, caregiver extraordinaire, addresses the whole person--body, mind and spirit--so that you will soon feel happier, more self-confident and energized. Heeding the wisdom of leading experts and other caregivers will show you the way to better health, peace of mind and trust in God and yourself for a bright future. packed with sound nutritional advice and self-care mantras, complete, fully illustrated, do-at-home exercises conclude with holistic program.

Authors:Betty Kramer PhD, Edward Thompson Jr. PhD,
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: service, implications, research, theory, caregivers, men
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2001-12-15
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0826114725
ISBN-13: 9780826114723

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. Identifies the serious limitations resulting from viewing men as caregivers through the lens of women’s experiences and calls for an unbiased and fresh perspective in future research. Special attention is given to men caring for a family member with dementia.