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• 7 Caregiver Landmines

  and How You Can Avoid Them

  Rosenberger, Peter W.

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  "A caregiver's journey often contains beliefs and behaviors that act like emotional landmines and can cause serious damage. Avoiding these landmines, while finding a path to safety, requires caregivers to hear from someone with experience they can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aging With Care

  Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers at Home

  Lambert, Amanda

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  "Finding the best and most appropriate in-home care for an aging loved one can be confusing and time-consuming. This guide helps readers through the process of hiring a private caregiver, assessing needs and resources, and making difficult choices.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Alzheimer's Sourcebook for Caregivers

  a Practical Guide for Getting Through the Day

  Davidson, Frena Gray

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  Alzheimer's changes a patient's personality and therefore changes, eventually drastically, how he or she interacts with family members. Life won't be the same, but there are others who have been on this same road and can share wisdom on how to cope…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Family Caregiving

  the Essential Guide to Cancer Caregiving at Home

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  Being a loved one's rock during a cancer siege means supporting them in their treatments, both physically and emotionally, being the patient's advocate with doctors, and dealing with insurance. It also means finding a way to look after yourself…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Thou Shalt Honor: Respite Care - Caring for the Caregiver

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  Without scheduled respite, caregivers run the risk of burnout, exhaustion or other stress-related illness, thus endangering the very person they are caring for. Caregiver support groups, retreats, adult day care and anger management groups are just…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art of Conversation Through Serious Illness

  Lessons for Caregivers

  McQuellon, Richard P., 1949-

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  "But I don't know what to say." Don't let your fear of saying the wrong thing keep you silent with a loved one who is facing a life-threatening illness. This wise advice can help you find empathy to emotionally support the person every day through…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Bittersweet Season

  Caring for Our Aging Parents-- and Ourselves

  Gross, Jane

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  Jane found herself pushed into a chapter of life she had not anticipated when her 85-year-old mother's health began to decline. She learned a lot during those difficult days about confronting and dealing with this life passage, and she shares her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Caregiver's Encyclopedia

  a Compassionate Guide to Caring for Older Adults

  Gillick, Muriel R., 1951-

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  The Caregiver's Encyclopedia provides you with all of the information you need to take the best care of your loved one--from making major medical decisions to making sure you don't burn out.

• A Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia

  Whitworth, Helen Buell

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  With Robin Williams' death, Lewy Body Dementia made its way into the headlines. Although it shares some commonalities with Alzheimer's, it isn't the same, and this sourcebook written for caregivers should provide some answers and guidance.

• The Caregiver's Survival Handbook

  How to Care for Your Aging Parent Without Losing Yourself

  Abramson, Alexis

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  A book to encourage caregivers, particularly women, in handling the needs of their parents, their immediate families, and themselves.

• Chicken Soup for the Soul

  Living With Alzheimer's & Other Dementias : 101 Stories of Caregiving, Coping, and Compassion

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  Subtitled: Living With Alzheimer's & Other Dementias : 101 Stories of Caregiving, Coping, and Compassion. Uplifting words for those in the thick of it.

• Cruising Through Caregiving

  Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One

  FitzPatrick, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lubaczewski)

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  When a loved one is looking to you for strength as a caregiver, you can use these suggestions to help maintain your inner peace while providing the best care you can.

• The Dementia Caregiver

  a Guide to Caring for Someone With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders

  Agronin, Marc E.

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  Subtitled: "A Guide to Caring for Someone With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders." The author helps prepare caregivers for the work ahead, while reminding them to look after themselves.

• Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories

  a Support Group in a Book

  Markut, Lynda A., 1949-

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  A shared road, however rough, can make for an easier journey. Members of dementia-care support groups share their stories and advice about common problems in the care-giving experience.

• Demystifying Hospice

  Inside the Stories of Patients and Caregivers

  Clayton, Karen J.

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  Hospice care is available to patients and families dealing with terminal illness. People often do not avail themselves of hospice care because they don’t understand what it entails. Demystifying Hospice describes through stories good news about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dr. Ruth's Guide for the Alzheimer's Caregiver

  How to Care for Your Loved One Without Getting Overwhelmed-- and Without Doing It All by Yourself

  Westheimer, Ruth K. (Ruth Karola), 1928-2024

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  Dr. Ruth is not a medical doctor, but she is an educator and communicator, and her take on the emotional and physical difficulties faced by caregivers is full of wisdom.

• The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers

  Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping An Aging Parent

  Jacobs, Barry J.

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  Jacobs creates a narrative of two sisters with other family responsibilities whose mother's cancer battle leads them through the difficult stages and choices of care-giving. The sisters are composites of family members he has known as director of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Floating in the Deep End

  How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  Davis, Patti

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  With the heartfelt prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients.

• Grace for the Unexpected Journey

  a 60-day Devotional for Alzheimer's and Other Dementia Caregivers

  Barr, Deborah

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  Sixty days of Christian devotions for difficult times.

• The Handholder's Handbook

  a Guide to Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's or Other Dementias

  Teitel, Rosette, 1939-

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  The author, a high school teacher, went through her husband's decline from vascular dementia without finding much support, so this book is her reaching out to help others deal with the emotional and financial issues they will face.