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Author :Deanne Morgan Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781535313728 Total Pages :406 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (137 download)
Book Synopsis Become an Informed Caregiver by : Deanne Morgan
Download or read book Become an Informed Caregiver written by Deanne Morgan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-29 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're "it." You're a caregiver - completely responsible for a parent, spouse, or friend. All the things you need to know and do, the paperwork you're getting, and the requests for information are overwhelming. Become an Informed Caregiver: What You Should Know When Caring for an Aging Loved One, explains what you need to know (and why) and how to get organized. You'll learn what (and who) to ask about your loved one's:* Health* Medical care* Housing situation* Finances* Transportation needs* Personal property* End-of-life wishesThis book will reduce the frustration, time, chaos, and unknowns that go along with caregiving. If you're ready to be a proactive caregiver, this book is for you.
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309448093 Total Pages :367 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (94 download)
Book Synopsis Families Caring for an Aging America by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Book Synopsis Patient Safety and Quality by : Ronda Hughes
Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Book Synopsis The Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care by : National Research Council
Download or read book The Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-11-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety. Yet a major influence on the safety, quality, and effectiveness of home health care will be the set of issues encompassed by the field of human factors research-the discipline of applying what is known about human capabilities and limitations to the design of products, processes, systems, and work environments. To address these challenges, the National Research Council began a multidisciplinary study to examine a diverse range of behavioral and human factors issues resulting from the increasing migration of medical devices, technologies, and care practices into the home. Its goal is to lay the groundwork for a thorough integration of human factors research with the design and implementation of home health care devices, technologies, and practices. On October 1 and 2, 2009, a group of human factors and other experts met to consider a diverse range of behavioral and human factors issues associated with the increasing migration of medical devices, technologies, and care practices into the home. This book is a summary of that workshop, representing the culmination of the first phase of the study.
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309671035 Total Pages :317 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (96 download)
Book Synopsis Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more likely to experience many of the risk factors that can cause or exacerbate social isolation or loneliness, such as living alone, the loss of family or friends, chronic illness, and sensory impairments. Over a life course, social isolation and loneliness may be episodic or chronic, depending upon an individual's circumstances and perceptions. A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that social isolation presents a major risk for premature mortality, comparable to other risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, or obesity. As older adults are particularly high-volume and high-frequency users of the health care system, there is an opportunity for health care professionals to identify, prevent, and mitigate the adverse health impacts of social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults summarizes the evidence base and explores how social isolation and loneliness affect health and quality of life in adults aged 50 and older, particularly among low income, underserved, and vulnerable populations. This report makes recommendations specifically for clinical settings of health care to identify those who suffer the resultant negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness and target interventions to improve their social conditions. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults considers clinical tools and methodologies, better education and training for the health care workforce, and dissemination and implementation that will be important for translating research into practice, especially as the evidence base for effective interventions continues to flourish.
Book Synopsis Helping Yourself Help Others by : Rosalynn Carter
Download or read book Helping Yourself Help Others written by Rosalynn Carter and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Helping Yourself Help Others, former first lady Rosalynn Carter draws upon her own experiences and those of hundreds of others to offer reassuring, practical advice to caregivers. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic inspired national conversations about the vast undervaluing of unpaid caregiving, the dangers of burnout, and the merits of self-care for relief, Rosalynn Carter was shining a light on these matters and everything else that caregivers confront"--
Book Synopsis My Aging Parent Needs Help! by : Cynthia Kaye
Download or read book My Aging Parent Needs Help! written by Cynthia Kaye and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caregiving for aging parents can be very stressful when unprepared. This step-by-step guide show you how to become an organized and informed caregiver. who can maintain balance while giving compassionate care without regrets.
Book Synopsis The Dementia Caregiver by : Marc E. Agronin
Download or read book The Dementia Caregiver written by Marc E. Agronin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another neurocognitive disorder can be an unexpected, undesirable, underappreciated—and yet noble role. It is heartbreaking to watch someone lose the very cognitive capacities that once helped to define them as a person. But because of the nature of these disorders, the only way to become an effective caregiver and cope with the role’s many daily challenges is to become well-informed about the disease. With the right information, resources and tips on caregiving and working with professionals, you can become your own expert at both caring for your charge and taking care of yourself. In these pages, Marc Agronin guides readers through a better understanding of the changes their loved one may be going through, and helps them tap into the various resources available to them as they embark on an uncertain caregiving journey. Insisting that a caregiver also maintain his or her own health and well being, Agronin guides caregivers in their efforts to provide care, but to also look to themselves as recipients of care from themselves and others. Shedding light on the debilitating disorders themselves as well as their everyday realities, this book is a much-needed resource for anyone caring for another person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other neurocognitive disorders.
Book Synopsis Technology for Adaptive Aging by : National Research Council
Download or read book Technology for Adaptive Aging written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-04-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging and currently available technologies offer great promise for helping older adults, even those without serious disabilities, to live healthy, comfortable, and productive lives. What technologies offer the most potential benefit? What challenges must be overcome, what problems must be solved, for this promise to be fulfilled? How can federal agencies like the National Institute on Aging best use their resources to support the translation from laboratory findings to useful, marketable products and services? Technology for Adaptive Aging is the product of a workshop that brought together distinguished experts in aging research and in technology to discuss applications of technology to communication, education and learning, employment, health, living environments, and transportation for older adults. It includes all of the workshop papers and the report of the committee that organized the workshop. The committee report synthesizes and evaluates the points made in the workshop papers and recommends priorities for federal support of translational research in technology for older adults.
Book Synopsis Join the Journey by : Robert E. P. Elmer III
Download or read book Join the Journey written by Robert E. P. Elmer III and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles is compiled to help all caregivers of those afflicted with Alzheimer's and other dementias gain insight into the many do's and don'ts of caregiving. Each chapter deals with a specific subject and provides caregivers with the unique perspective of a Certified Master Trainer and Certified Senior Care Administrator. The information also provides the caregivers with a better understanding of this insidious disease as well as how to improve their quality of life and the quality of life of the loved one(s) they are caring for. This book takes a non clinical approach and candidly discusses the nuances of caring for those with Alzheimer's type dementia. Its focus is to help Formal and Informal caregivers become better informed and the best caregivers they can be.
Download or read book Caregiving written by Cindy Laverty and published by Publish Green. This book was released on 2010 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cindy Laverty Show" is dedicated to her philosophy that in order to have a functional society, we need to learn how to better care for ourselves so we can care for others. Today, as a professional caregiver, expert spokesperson for the industry and a media personality, Laverty has committed herself to re-educating the population on the necessity to live a life rooted in care. Her purpose is to make the care giving process less stressful for everyone involved. "Americans need to wake up to the fact that we are all caregivers for each other, and that is a good thing." Caregiving – Eldercare Made Clear & Simple embodies her passion for the importance and value of caregiving, while providing the reader with a clear roadmap to help you navigate your own journey.
Author :National Center for Health Statistics Publisher :Government Printing Office ISBN 13 :9780160922619 Total Pages :108 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (226 download)
Book Synopsis Long Term Care Services in the United States: 2013 Overview by : National Center for Health Statistics
Download or read book Long Term Care Services in the United States: 2013 Overview written by National Center for Health Statistics and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-term care services include a broad range of services that meet the needs of frail older people and other adults with functional limitations. Long-Term care services provided by paid, regulated providers are a significant component of personal health care spending in the United States. This report presents descriptive results from the first wave of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP), which was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This report provides information on the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by providers of long-term care services; and the demographic, health, and functional composition of users of these services. Service users include residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients of home health agencies and hospices, and participants of adult day services centers.
Book Synopsis Cancer Caregiver Roles by : John J. Garnand
Download or read book Cancer Caregiver Roles written by John J. Garnand and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If cancer has touched your family, you need this book. The Cancer Caregiver Roles that have to be assumed are: 1) Medical Support-including scheduling, medication support, monitoring side effects, managing pain, maintaining medical records, and advance medical directives. 2) Insurance and Financial Management-selecting the right insurance plans, or finding resources if you have no insurance, and navigating the medical quicksand of costs so as not to drown in medical bankruptcy or lose your home. 3) Household Management-including nutrition management, safety, controls for infection, modesty, and physical/emotional/spiritual support. The final chapter of the book is on Laughter because splashes of laughter are a powerful antidote to pain, stress, and conflict. Laughter strengthens the body's immune system. Laughter pushes back the cancer for a while. The Epilogue deals with end of life.
Download or read book Aging with Care written by Amanda Lambert and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding the right fit to match aging adults with the best caregiver to assist them in their home can be fraught with challenge. In today’s pressurized world, the process involves overstressed family members and a shortage of great caregivers. So many adult children are seeking a helping hand and a friendly, experienced voice to guide them through this emotionally charged rite of passage. Aging with Care: Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers in the Home, takes a personal, professional, and sometimes humorous approach to the challenges, benefits, pitfalls and problems of hiring in-home caregivers. Here, two geriatric care experts explore the essential credentials and experience a home caregiver should have, pitfalls to avoid, hiring options and managing costs, and the decisions that go into finding the right fit for your loved one to be able to age in place. Sharing stories and insights from interviews with caregivers and elders, as well as industry experts, they walk you through the ins and outs, and provide you with the tools necessary to making the best care choices you can for the ones you love.
Download or read book Caregiving Basics written by Robert Grice and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to provide caregiving for a family member eventually touches most families. Volunteering to be a caregiver for others is a noble task, but it can become an exhausting task too. The negative implications include health problems, relationship problems, and health issues. Too often, caring and empathetic caregivers may ignore the warning signs of problems until it is too late, and they experience burnout. Research has revealed several actions that tend to improve the quality of caregiving as well as the overall quality of life of the caregiver. We know methods are available to enhance caregiving. 1. Remember, you can do this!2. Be as informed as possible.3. Practice self-care4. Monitor Your Self-Talk 5. Engage in Planning and Goal setting6. Learn to Communicate7. Managing Stress The book applies to personal care, caregiving, family and relationships, medical treatment, and self-care
Book Synopsis Elderly Parent Caregiver Guide by : Howexpert
Download or read book Elderly Parent Caregiver Guide written by Howexpert and published by Howexpert. This book was released on 2019-09-21 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elderly Parent Caregiver 101 is the ultimate guide for adult children who are or will become their parents' caregivers. Filled with valuable information and ideas, this book offers hope, support, and plenty of practical advice for anyone caring for their elderly parents. Each chapter describes a different area of caregiving, including: - Becoming a Caregiver - Medical Providers - Facility Care - Caregiver Support - Financial Concerns - Medical Devices - Special Circumstances - End of Life As the author guides you through the maze of caregiving, she shares her knowledge as a nurse and examples from her own journey of caregiving for her elderly parents. This book defines medical terms, explains insurance options, and highlights the many tools available to caregivers. Through these topics, you'll gain the understanding needed to be a caregiver for your elderly parents. Each section offers helpful information and true insights only a caregiver can provide. The tips in every chapter are practical facts and advice for every area of your caregiving. You are not alone in your caregiving journey. Don't struggle without having the best resource for knowing everything you need to know about caring for your elderly parents. This guide is your trusted companion for that journey. About the Expert Rebecca Rehak, LPN, is a nurse, writer, and public speaker who has worked in the medical field for over 20 years, including kidney dialysis, community health, and Memory Care. As a public speaker, she helped advance programs for dialysis access care and currently teaches science camps for children. Her work has touched the lives of thousands of people. After caring for both her elderly parents, she now devotes much of her time to writing articles, blogs, and providing support for other caregivers. She and her husband live with their big, furry dog in Wisconsin. The author would like to thank the doctors and staff at Froedtert Hospital, the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Horizon Home Care and Hospice for the wonderful care they provided to both her parents. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.
Book Synopsis Compassionate Care Navigating Dementia Together by : L E Summers
Download or read book Compassionate Care Navigating Dementia Together written by L E Summers and published by L.E. Summers. This book was released on 2024-04-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take charge of caregiving: conquer daily challenges, communicate effectively, and transform behavioral changes with 9 actionable steps. Dementia is a gut-wrenching, life-changing, beyond-devastating diagnosis for your loved one...and for you, who is responsible for becoming their primary caregiver by choice or default. Suddenly, your fears rise to new heights, and you're confused about what to expect, how to handle the daily challenges, and whether you can improve your loved one's quality of life. This leaves you wondering whether you can balance primary caregiving with work, personal relationships, and your needs. Let's not forget about your enormous financial fears. No one prepares you for dementia, but no one prepares your loved one, either. The world has over 55 million dementia patients, which only increases annually. And not a single one of them was prepared. But with the help of this guide, you can become more familiar with what to expect, how to care for your loved one in a loving and educated way, and ways to embrace the little things and bring joy to your and your loved one's lives. In this book, here's just a fraction of what you'll discover: 9 steps caregivers need to ensure their loved ones or patients have an improved quality of life while balancing their own mental health and needs How to deal with the diagnosis that changes everything, and discovering everything you must know about the seven stages of dementia, their symptoms, and early tests The #1 step caregivers must follow to ensure every document is ready and how to manage the inevitable family feuds that follow The brain-personality-behavior loop and how to use the DICE model to embrace the changes and help your loved one through each change The most essential support providers, caregivers, friends, and medical experts your loved one needs during the dementia years with a visual tree How to prepare an environment to protect your loved one from any harm with a comprehensive to-do list for bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and the outdoors The secrets to a new form of communication needed in each major stage of dementia and what you should avoid saying to your loved one A complete guide to the 17 most common medical and mental health complications and how you can address each one at home while knowing when to seek help, How to manage the 6 most essential daily struggles in dementia, including hygiene, nutrition, wandering off, recreation, and physical activity, How to be the best caregiver by knowing how to balance work with life, practicing self-care, improving relationships, managing time, and facing the worst-case scenario. And much more. Being a full-time caregiver for a loved one or patient requires practical tools, which many books simply don't offer. Fortunately, you now have nine actionable steps with various tools, whatever stage of dementia your loved one may be in. Don't let your fears and self-doubt make you second-guess your ability to be the best caregiver. Become an informed, thoughtful, and realistic caregiver by following the guidelines laid out in this book.
