Books – Health – Carers
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Now That I Have Cancer, I Am Whole, Reflections on Life and Healing for Cancer Patients and Those Who Love Them by John Robert McFarland
John McFarland offers hope and honesty, practicality and spirituality, calm and understanding, along with a heightened appreciation of life’s meaning and purpose. Throughout this moving account, survivor John McFarland shares his Everyman approach to everyday life with cancer in brief meditations full of unflinching honesty, humour, and optimism. This revised edition also shares McFarland’s continued relationship with cancer, seeing it through his eyes as a grandfather to one-year-old Joey, who struggles to fight a rare and ravaging form of the disease.
Paperback, 298 pp, $13.95. Buy
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The Story of My Father by Sue Miller
In the spring of 1986, Sue Miller found herself more and more deeply involved in caring for her father as he slipped into the grasp of Alzheimer’s disease. The Story of My Father is a profound, deeply moving account of her father’s final days and her own response to it. With care, restraint and consummate skill, Miller writes of her struggles to be fully with her father in his illness while confronting her own terror of abandonment, and eventually the long, hard work of grieving for him. And through this candid, painful record, she offers a rigorous, compassionate inventory of two lives, a powerful meditation on the variable nature of memory and the difficulty of weaving a truthful narrative from the threads of a dissolving life.
Paperback, 208 pp, $22.95. Buy
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New Hope for People with Alzheimer’s and Their Caregivers by Porter Shimer
Presents a compassionate and practical approach to slowing the affects of Alzheimer’s, describing its symptoms, latest research, and natural and traditional treatments
Paperback, 296 pp, $31.95. Buy
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Alzheimer’s Disease, A Guide for Families and Caregivers by Lenore S. Powell and Katie Courtice
When people suffer from Alzheimer’s, their family and friends usually must care for them and make decisions on their behalf, tasks that can be emotionally and physically draining. This guide explains how to cope with the many feelings provoked by the disease and provides practical care advice
Paperback, 416 pp, $25.95. Buy
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Circles of Care by Ann Cason
A practical, supportive guide on how to care for elderly parents at home, this text shows how to work out a care plan, and how to assemble and foster a caregiving team. The guide discusses how to create an uplifting daily routine and how to vary it creatively
Paperback, 128 pp, $27.95. Buy
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Dignified Life the Best Friends Approach by Virginia Bell and David Troxel
Outlines a practical approach to Alzheimer’s that urges caregivers to improve the lives of both patient and care provider, offering advice on how to regard an Alzheimer’s sufferer as a best friend while working from their strengths. Original. 20,000 first printing
Paperback, 323 pp, $18.95. Buy
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When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer’S by Earl A. Grollman
This gentle, sensitive book tells Alzheimer’s caregivers what to expect, how to cope, and where to find help along the way. WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE HAS ALZHEIMER’S should help ease the difficult journey that all caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients must make”.–Dennis J. Selkoe, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Paperback, 192 pp, $29.95. Buy
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The Comfort of Home for Parkinson Disease, A Guide for Caregivers by Maria M. Meyer and Paula Derr
< div> This comprehensive guide to the day-to-day issues confronted by Parkinson disease patients and their caregivers covers every caregiving stage.It’s all here& #160; in an illustrated, easy-to-read format, including the decision to provide home care, preparing the home, assisting with daily activities, financial management, and strategies for avoiding caregiver burnout. This guide also includes information on the specific issues that PD patients and caregivers face, as well as tips on purchasing equipment, travel, therapies, loss of motor skills, and communicating effectively with physicians.< /div>
Paperback, 279 pp, $42.95. Buy
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The Comfort of Home for Stroke, A Guide for Caregivers by Maria M. Meyer and Paula Derr
< div> This complete guide helps caregivers, family members, and stroke survivors understand the day-to-day issues faced by care providers. It guides readers through every stage of care, from explaining different kinds of strokes to understanding personality changes brought on by the illness. Other topics covered include how to prevent strokes from recurring, making the home safe and comfortable, returning to work after a stroke, and preventing caregiver burnout.< /div>
Paperback, 338 pp, $42.95. Buy
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The Stroke Book, A Guide to Life After Stroke for Survivors and Those Who Care for Them by June Biermann and Barbara Toohey
Former stroke victim June Biermann and her coauthor and caregiver Barbara Toohey offer a sensitive and essential guide to the latest developments in stroke therapy; tips for creating a smart nutritional plan post-stroke; and information on managing complex rehabilitation needs
Paperback, 320 pp, $23.95. Buy
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Voices of Lung Cancer, The Healing Companion: Stories for Courage, Comfort and Strength by The Healing Project
Provided by the patients, their friends, families, and caregivers of those diagnaosed with lung cancer, these very personal stories offer inspired insight into the ways families and professionals care for both themselves and the patient, gain a deeper understanding of the relationships, and learn to come to terms with the end of life. Included are essays by medical experts about the science of lung cancer, current treatments, choosing the right doctors, and what the future holds for the next generation of patients
Paperback, 250 pp, $28.95. Buy
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