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Author : Isabelle Butz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780964152915
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Diary of a Caregiver, a Love Story written by Isabelle Butz and published by . This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Debra Kelsey-Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594719165
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (191 download)
Download or read book The Caregiver's Companion written by Debra Kelsey-Davis and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every caregiver's story is unique, but one thing you all have in common is that you need to be nourished to have the resilience and compassion to tend to the needs of those you love. The Caregiver's Companion approaches caregiving not as a burden, but as an opportunity to grow and receive graces and blessings. Written by the founders of Nourish for Caregivers--an organization that seeks to improve the health and spiritual wellbeing of caregivers--this beautifully designed, full-color journal is a practical resource with encouraging readings, prayers, and guided journaling to help you draw strength from your faith in a few sacred moments each day. It is a unique resource to remind you to care for yourself as you care for others. The physical, financial, and emotional demands of caregiving can take an enormous toll, and their high stress levels make caregivers a population at-risk. The Caregiver's Companion provides the encouragement and spiritual nourishment you need to persevere each day--whether your role involves hands-on caregiving, helping from a distance, or lending emotional support to a loved one in an assisted living facility. Each entry in this beautiful full-color guided journal combines prayers, meditations, reflection questions, quotations, and plenty of space for personal journaling, allowing you to capture the highs and lows of your daily experiences"--
Author : Robert John Mcallister
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468587986
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (685 download)
Download or read book An Alzheimer's Love Story written by Robert John Mcallister and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years after his wife, Jane, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Robert McAllister began a journal, closely documenting the course of Jane's illness, and all that transpired between them. He wrote faithfully for Jane's sake and for his own, always committed to deepening his understanding of the disease and to talking openly with Jane about what was happening. He promised not only to be her sole caretaker till the end, but always to be at her side to help her sort out Alzheimer's devastating consequences from the "essential Jane" who was the love of his life and complete companion for over fifty years. Robert was 92 at the time of Jane's death and the completion of his journal. His graceful writing, emotional honesty, and ability to convey the transformative power of their love and their abiding faith in God makes this book stand as one of the most powerful additions to the Alzheimer's literature.
Author : Jennifer O'Brien
Publisher : Et Alia Press
ISBN 13 : 9781944528096
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (28 download)
Download or read book The Hospice Doctor's Widow written by Jennifer O'Brien and published by Et Alia Press. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone facing death--their own or a loved one's--benefits from this love story and practical guide in one. As a hospice doctor, Bob cared daily for dying patients. At home, his wife, Jen, listened to the stories of patients and families, layering her understanding of death with the early losses of her own brother and mother. Then, the man who had spent a 40-year career caregiving was diagnosed with advanced, metastatic cancer. An insightful blend of art and compassion, patience and endearing honesty, this book comprises Jen's digital art journal, which chronicles this time in their marriage. What began as a visceral, self-care compulsion within days of diagnosis became notes, collages, and images revealing the raw, luminescent reflections of a caregiver-turned-widow. Beyond the practical guidance and solace offered by an insider, Jen's journal reminds us how to live presently during our darkest hours, honor grief, and discover--even after devastating loss--ways to forge forward.
Author : B J Gustafson
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Flying Into the Storm A Story of Love and Loss written by B J Gustafson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about love and what happens when a person is given the diagnosis of a degenerative and terminal illness. It is about the caregiver, the emotional roller coaster, and how the relationship changes throughout the illness. The book is meant as the true story of how one person handled these life changes. My goal, through this narrative, is for other caregivers to see they are not alone in their feelings or emotions.
Author : Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter, M.D.
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525533419
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Extreme Measures written by Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter, M.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of Being Mortal and Modern Death, an ICU and Palliative Care specialist offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest level In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care—to become an ICU physician—and imagined herself swooping in to rescue patients from the brink of death. But then during her first code she found herself cracking the ribs of a patient so old and frail it was unimaginable he would ever come back to life. She began to question her choice. Extreme Measures charts Zitter’s journey from wanting to be one kind of hero to becoming another—a doctor who prioritizes the patient’s values and preferences in an environment where the default choice is the extreme use of technology. In our current medical culture, the old and the ill are put on what she terms the End-of-Life Conveyor belt. They are intubated, catheterized, and even shelved away in care facilities to suffer their final days alone, confused, and often in pain. In her work Zitter has learned what patients fear more than death itself: the prospect of dying badly. She builds bridges between patients and caregivers, formulates plans to allay patients’ pain and anxiety, and enlists the support of loved ones so that life can end well, even beautifully. Filled with rich patient stories that make a compelling medical narrative, Extreme Measures enlarges the national conversation as it thoughtfully and compassionately examines an experience that defines being human.
Author : Stephen Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781950659944
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (599 download)
Download or read book Dementia written by Stephen Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary story demonstrating how the love between a dementia sufferer and her husband/caregiver sustained them even as the disease worked its way to its inevitable conclusion.
Author : Loretta Coleman
Publisher : Tate Publishing & Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 9781634181730
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (817 download)
Download or read book Unconditional Love - Diary of a Caregiver written by Loretta Coleman and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of one family's journey of cancer, dementia and growing old. Their journey is one of unconditional love, trust, compassion, patience, frustration and all the other adjectives that describe life. You will be swept up in their day to day living and follow along their path with all of the twists and turns. You will feel as if you are member of this family as you join them in their journey. This is mainly a story of trust, of giving and receiving with the goal that their story will be of help to all those care givers and family members living with cancer, dementia and growing old.
Author : Karen Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733861014
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Sudden Caregiver written by Karen Warner and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a sudden caregiver? When an unforeseen medical crisis robs someone you love of their health and wellbeing, do you feel caught off guard and ill-prepared for your role as caregiver? Plenty of research confirms what you may already know: caregiving is depleting, worrying, and exhausting, often leading to physical and emotional burnout, fear, and illness for the caregiver.Yet a growing body of evidence drawn from the field of positive psychology makes it clear that, while caregiving is depleting, it can also be a source of strength, well-being, meaning and purpose. And when caregivers reduce their own stress and increase their own well-being, they do a better job of improving the quality of life for the loved one in their care.Caregiving may be inevitable, but caregiver distress is not. You are not alone. Written by a family caregiver for family caregivers, The Sudden Caregiver, provides a roadmap for your unique caregiving journey helping you to:?Take control of the practical tasks and available resources your circumstances require.?Minimize unpleasant surprises and maximize well-being for you and your loved one.?Leverage "resilience builders" to protect yourself against stress and replenish your spirit. Karen Warner became a sudden caregiver when her late husband, Joel Kurtzman, was diagnosed out of the blue with stage IV cancer. In this book, she enters the complicated world of the informal, unpaid, sudden caregiver, offering guidance, resilience, and, yes, a playbook -- a rational approach for planning what is, essentially, unplannable. Here you will find a roadmap along with six pathways to well-being, designed to help you navigate your caregiving journey with grace and grit. Karen is an executive coach and President of Tangible Group, a coaching and consulting firm that focuses on leadership development and caregiver well-being. She received her Master's degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.For more information, and to receive updates on the publication of The Sudden Caregiver, visit www.thesuddencaregiver.com.
Author : Joan Sutton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 149173163X
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)
Download or read book The Alzheimer’S Diary written by Joan Sutton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One who Forgets and One who is Forgotten One in eight over the age of sixty-five and one in three over the age of eighty will be diagnosed with Alzheimers Disease. In her memoir, author Joan Sutton narrates a moving account of her years as caregiver to her husband, noting that Alzheimers is a disease of the brain that is paid for with the currency of the heart. A member of the board of overseers of The Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation, she stresses the need to develop more effective treatment for the five million Americans currently diagnosed with this incurable disease, pointing out that for every patient there is a large circle of others also affected. Sutton offers practical advice for the care of the caregiver and the patient, and shares the pain that came as she watched pieces of her husbands self disappear. Following his death, after what Nancy Reagan described as the long goodbye, she writes candidly about coping with her new status as a widow and the aching loneliness of the heart that is the price paid for having known a great love. 100% of the authors royalties (20 to 40% of the purchase price) will benefit the Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation/Canada. Cover design by John R. Lewis
Author : Judy Seegmiller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780759679979
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (799 download)
Download or read book Life with Big Al (Early Alzheimer's) written by Judy Seegmiller and published by . This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why settle for plain floors when you can turn them into decorative accents that add as much to the beauty of your home as the furniture or window treatments? Products such as acrylic varnishes that resist yellowing make it easier than ever to achieve great results using a variety of time-honoured techniques.
Author : Robert Hershberger
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 1612497357
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver written by Robert Hershberger and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One year shy of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, Dee Hershberger was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband, Bob, serving as her primary caregiver, kept a journal the following four and a half years. Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver provides an unflinchingly honest and heartbreaking account of what the couple went through. During the first two and a half years, Dee gradually lost short-term memory but maintained most physical and social abilities. Over the last two years she lost these abilities, most words, and long-term memory. She also became incontinent, suffered from undetected illnesses, and experienced psychotic episodes and uncontrollable, violent behavior. This is a brutally raw look at what it is like to lose a loved one to Alzheimer’s, including what the disease does to the patient and the effects it has on loved ones and caregivers. This personal view into caring for a spouse with Alzheimer’s will help readers understand the physical, emotional, and financial consequences of the disease, as well as provide support, advice, and hope to anyone in the same situation.
Author : Marian E. Wright
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595091792
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book With Love written by Marian E. Wright and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Love: A Caregiver's Journal is an authentic, sincere, and loving documentation of the caregiving realities and experiences from someone who has been there. It is the true, heartfelt account of the author's daily experiences as her elderly mother's primary and sole caregiver for over five years. Taken from her daily journal recordings, the author honestly expresses the full gamut of her emotions while struggling with the dilemmas, frustrations, joys, grief, and fears during the greatest challenge of her life. This is an inspirational story showing how life's lessons are instruments toward the evolvement of an individual's spiritual growth.
Author : Martin J Schreiber
Publisher : Harper Horizon
ISBN 13 : 0785291709
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (852 download)
Download or read book My Two Elaines written by Martin J Schreiber and published by Harper Horizon. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In My Two Elaines, author Marty Schreiber, former governor of Wisconsin, watches his beloved wife, Elaine, gradually transform from the woman he fell in love with in high school, and who diligently supported his political career, to the Elaine who knows she is declining and can’t remember how to cook a meal, and finally to the Elaine who no longer recognizes Marty or their children. One part love story, one part practical advice, this compelling book includes several unique elements: Excerpts from Elaine’s journal, recounting her thoughts, concerns, and frustrations as the disease progresses A recurring feature called “What I Wish I’d Known,” which provides helpful takeaways for caregivers based on Marty’s observations about what he wishes he’d known sooner and done differently A Q&A between Marty and neuropsychologist Dr. Michelle Braun, to equip caregivers with the right questions to ask and empower them to advocate for their loved ones and their own needs Beyond sincere, practical advice, My Two Elaines gives the reader permission to feel the full spectrum of emotions, including humor, even in the face of this relentless illness. And the book speaks to anyone touched by this disease--spouse, child, friend, or family member.
Author : W. C. Stephenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781092369213
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (692 download)
Download or read book Can't Stop Falling written by W. C. Stephenson and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your wife will go within six years. Forget yourself and learn to be a caregiver," the neurologist said after diagnosing my wife's mystery disease as PSP, Progressive Supernuclear Palsy--a rare version of Parkinson's. For five years we'd been wondering what was wrong, only to learn we must keep battling the unknown. This book chronicles how my Marilyn's world crumbled and what kept her from giving up. Shortly after getting married, we'd traded a conventional lifestyle for living off-the-grid on a remote Colorado mountain top. This adventure caused financial lows and emotional and spiritual highs, knitting us into a solid unit lasting 25 years. The next eight challenged it. When physicians could only prescribe anxiety pills, she replied, "I am NOT depressed!" She and I had just retired and moved into our dream house in the mountains of North Carolina and were still the happiest couple in America. I knew nothing about caregiving except that I was temperamentally unfit for it, being used to a lifetime of staying active outdoors. At first I handled her repeated falls and gradual decline, but eventually admitted to needing help--but lacked finances and couldn't find local, state, or federal assistance. Being a writer, keeping a daily journal helped keep me sane. I wrote about small things like adding hand grips on walls or buying baby monitors to let me know when she'd fallen upstairs. I recounted bigger challenges like nursing homes or hospice or not giving in to doubt, despair and denial. I rehashed anger over friends not there to help. I told of terrible grief during and after Marilyn's death--how her faith kept her strong but mine couldn't. Friends encouraged me to publish the journal, saying other caregivers could profit by learning what did or didn't work for us. Nowadays everybody knows at least one caregiver; America has over forty-three million in need of help. Most start off as I did, not knowing what to do. Ignorance added to loneliness and grief always produces denial and despair. For those who have enough money or can detach emotionally, assisted living and nursing homes can provide a solution: let someone else take responsibility. Others have to choose my path of caring for their loved ones at home. "How to" books provide some answers to practical problems, but don't help submerged emotional and spiritual needs. I wanted this book to address these deeper needs by dramatizing two ordinary people struggling to keep love strong. One day I realized the work's subtitle, "a caregiver's love story" wasn't just a tag-on. The memoir had to tell the beginning of our life adventure, not just its end, because that's what made our love truly unconditional. I went back to writing, this time about the first half of the marriage that friends called the most unusual they'd known. Now readers who enjoy creative prose can live vicariously through our ordeal. It marries a narrative of our unusual, happy, and exciting early life adventures to the original journal about later difficult caregiving times. The chapters move back and forth from Colorado mountain-top homesteading or farming in Wisconsin to finding a little-known "Money Follows the Person" federal program to replace nursing home with living at home. After Marilyn's decline took a dive, our perfect union started coming unglued. Her conventional religious faith stayed strong, but my unconventional spirituality didn't. Reading this memoir, friends get surprised when I tell them my great anger subsided the morning I held my love tightly in my arms and whispered it was time for her to go. "You'll be in a better place; I'll soon be with you," I said, not knowing if I believed it. Faith surfaced as I accepted the inevitable and learned how to help her die as she wished. The words "love story" in the subtitle don't begin to explain the complexity or depth of what we went through. The work itself does, and I hope will help other caregivers live through their grief.
Author : Julian Barnes
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307957330
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Sense of an Ending written by Julian Barnes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
Author : Joan Wickersham
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307958892
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The News from Spain written by Joan Wickersham and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A San Francisco Chronicle and NPR Best Book of the Year The author of the acclaimed memoir The Suicide Index returns with a virtuosic collection of stories, each a stirring parable of the power of love and the impossibility of understanding it. Spanning centuries and continents, from eighteenth-century Vienna to contemporary America, Joan Wickersham shows, with uncanny exactitude, how we never really know what’s in someone else’s heart—or in our own.
