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Memoirs of a Caregiver

Author : Cynthia Young
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475970994
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Caregiver written by Cynthia Young and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alzheimers is a memory-robbing, debilitating disease that affects millions of Americans. For most families, having just one member afflicted with Alzheimers disease can be devastating. In her poignant memoir, Cynthia Young shares her story of love and devotion as she learns how to care for four family members stricken with Alzheimers disease over a ten-year period. Young narrates a journey filled with laughter, challenges, and sorrow as she commutes from California to Michigan to care for her mother, two aunts, and a cousin. She provides insight into how the disease progresses and gradually destroys the memory and abilities to learn, reason, make sound judgments, communicate, and carry out daily activities. While sharing her personal story and detailing how she overcame each obstacle along the way, Young also teaches other caregivers how to use valuable resources, navigate the court system as a guardian and conservator, handle the Alzheimers personality, and search for an assisted-living facility. Memoirs of a Caregiver shares one womans inspiring story of unconditional love and courage with the hope that it will encourage and empower other caregivers to be diligent, strong, and, most importantly, to never give up. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be directed to the Alzheimers Association.

The Caregiver's Tale

Author : Ann Burack-Weiss
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023112158X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Caregiver's Tale written by Ann Burack-Weiss and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Burack-Weiss explores a rich variety of published memoirs by authors who cared for ill or disabled family members. The text will offer insight and comfort to individuals caring for a loved one and is a valuable resource for all healthcare professionals.

Inside the Dementia Epidemic

Author : Martha Stettinius
Publisher : Dundee-Lakemont Press
ISBN 13 : 0984932623
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (849 download)

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Book Synopsis Inside the Dementia Epidemic by : Martha Stettinius

Download or read book Inside the Dementia Epidemic written by Martha Stettinius and published by Dundee-Lakemont Press. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in 8 people over age 65 has Alzheimer's disease, and nearly fifty percent of those over age 85. With the passion of a committed daughter and the fervor of a tireless reporter, Martha Stettinius weaves a compelling story of her long journey caregiving for her demented mother with a broad exploration of the causes of dementia, means of treating it, and hopes for preventing it. Her greatest gift to readers is that of optimism that caregiving can deepen love, that dementia can be fought, and that families can be strengthened. Her book is appealing, enlightening, and inspiring. Includes appendices on dementia research; source notes; resources for caregivers; and an index.

Already Toast

Author : Kate Washington
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807011509
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Already Toast written by Kate Washington and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one woman’s struggle to care for her seriously ill husband—and a revealing look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support. Already Toast shows how all-consuming caregiving can be, how difficult it is to find support, and how the social and literary narratives that have long locked women into providing emotional labor also keep them in unpaid caregiving roles. When Kate Washington and her husband, Brad, learned that he had cancer, they were a young couple: professionals with ascending careers, parents to two small children. Brad’s diagnosis stripped those identities away: he became a patient and she his caregiver. Brad’s cancer quickly turned aggressive, necessitating a stem-cell transplant that triggered a massive infection, robbing him of his eyesight and nearly of his life. Kate acted as his full-time aide to keep him alive, coordinating his treatments, making doctors’ appointments, calling insurance companies, filling dozens of prescriptions, cleaning commodes, administering IV drugs. She became so burned out that, when she took an online quiz on caregiver self-care, her result cheerily declared: “You’re already toast!” Through it all, she felt profoundly alone, but, as she later learned, she was in fact one of millions: an invisible army of family caregivers working every day in America, their unpaid labor keeping our troubled healthcare system afloat. Because our culture both romanticizes and erases the realities of care work, few caregivers have shared their stories publicly. As the baby-boom generation ages, the number of family caregivers will continue to grow. Readable, relatable, timely, and often raw, Already Toast—with its clear call for paying and supporting family caregivers—is a crucial intervention in that conversation, bringing together personal experience with deep research to give voice to those tasked with the overlooked, vital work of caring for the seriously ill.

The Caregivers

Author : Nell Lake
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451674163
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Caregivers written by Nell Lake and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers—spouses, parents, and friends of the elderly and ill—illuminating critical issues of old age, end-of-life care, medical reform, and social policy—and “providing comfort in the time-honored form of shared experience” (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune). In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting in on the weekly meetings of a local hospital’s caregivers support group. Soon members invited her into their lives. For two years, she brought empathy, insight, and an eye for detail to understanding Penny, a fifty-year-old botanist caring for her aging mother; Daniel, a survivor of Nazi Germany who tends his ailing wife; William, whose wife suffers from Alzheimer’s; and others with whom all caregivers will identify. Witnessing acts of devotion and frustration, lessons in patience and in letting go, Lake illuminates the intimate exchanges of caregiving and care-receiving and considers important and timely social issues: How can we care for the aging, ill, and dying with skill and compassion, even as the costs and labors of care increase? How might the medical profession take into account the needs of caregivers as well as patients? In The Caregivers Nell Lake shares a thoughtful and tenderly reported depiction of the real-life predicaments that evoke these crucial questions. With more and more people spending their late years ill and frail, and 43 million Americans already caring for family members over age fifty, this is an important chronicle of a widely shared experience and a public concern. “The Caregivers is as elegantly constructed as a novel, but more than that, Lake writes about these people with such warmth and vividness that they feel as memorable as our favorite fictional characters. It is a beautifully written account” (The Boston Globe).

The Caregiver

Author : Aaron Alterra
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720589
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Caregiver written by Aaron Alterra and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aaron and Stella Alterra had been married for more than sixty years when Aaron began to notice puzzling lapses in his wife's memory. Innocuous at first, they became more severe and more alarming. After a series of appointments and tests, the Alterras were informed that Stella was one of the more than 4.5 million Americans with Alzheimer's disease. Combining medical research on the disease and often-painful anecdotes of memory loss, deteriorating motor functions, personality shifts, support-group and daycare experiences, and drug trials, Alterra chronicles his transformation from husband to caregiver after his wife's diagnosis. More than a chronology of one family's experience of Alzheimer's disease, The Caregiver is an intelligent, beautifully reflective testimony to how family members turned caregivers become the ultimate advocates for their loved ones in the face of a disease with no cure.

The Caregiver's Guide to the Universe

Author : Renee Pirie
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983834684
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book The Caregiver's Guide to the Universe written by Renee Pirie and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caregiver's Guide to the Universe is a narrative revealing the humorous and unorthodox methods my father used to care for my mother after she developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease in her late forties. Although he was uneducated and semiliterate, he used his superpowers to care for her 24/7 for over a quarter of a century before her death on the outside finally caught up with her death on the inside. As she metamorphosed, he kept his love alive through music and teenage love notes. He survived tragedy as a teenager, tragedy with his cherished wife, and somewhere in between, he taught my siblings and I the true meaning of life by weaving across the lines between reality and dreams. According to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA), over five million Americans have Alzheimer's and one to four family members act as caregivers for each individual with the disease. The Caregiver's Guide to the Universe fills a much needed niche being a true story of an ordinary man in love with the memory of someone without one. Wildly popular novels on Alzheimer's such as Still Alice and The Notebook continue to fascinate readers. The true love story portrayed in this memoir will not only fascinate them, it will inspire them.

Crash

Author : Rachel Michelberg
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1647420334
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Crash written by Rachel Michelberg and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “. . . an engaging exploration of duty, guilt, and self-preservation. . . . A cleareyed consideration of difficult ethical and familial choices.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS Rachel likes to think of herself as a nice Jewish girl, dedicated to doing what’s honorable, just as her parents raised her to do. But when her husband, David, survives a plane crash and is left with severe brain damage, she faces a choice: will she dedicate her life to caring for a man she no longer loves, or walk away? Their marriage had been rocky at the time of the accident, and though she wants to do the right thing, Rachel doesn’t know how she is supposed to care for two kids in addition to a now irrational, incontinent, and seizure-prone grown man. And how will she manage to see her lover? But then again, what kind of selfish monster would refuse to care for her disabled husband, no matter how unhappy her marriage had been? Rachel wants to believe that she can dedicate her life to David’s needs, but knows in her heart it is impossible. Crash tackles a pervasive dilemma in our culture: the moral conflicts individuals face when caregiving for a disabled or cognitively impaired family member.

Welcome to Wherever We Are

Author : Deborah J. Cohan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978808925
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to Wherever We Are written by Deborah J. Cohan and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extraordinary memoir, Deborah Cohan shares her story of caring for her elderly father, a man who was often generous and loving, but who also subjected her to a lifetime of cruelty, rage, and controlling behavior. Trained as a sociologist and family violence counselor, Cohan reflects on how she healed from decades of emotional abuse.

The Language of Time

Author : Ashley Bendiksen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book The Language of Time written by Ashley Bendiksen and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My mother developed Alzheimer's at just 48. It didn't make any sense. Worse, there was no cure and no timeline. I became a caregiver overnight, endlessly aware of a heartbreaking new reality - tomorrow was no longer guaranteed. I needed to somehow slow down time, to find answers, to create a miracle (while still managing my own life as a woman in my 20s). At the very least, I had to do my best to capture it all before time ran out - archiving memories and learning all I could about courage, how to live, and how to love." Combining journal entries with transcribed conversations and emotive storytelling, The Language of Time is a real and honest expression of one daughter's sudden and unplanned journey as caregiver. It's a story of hope, strength, courage, and the unbreakable bond between a daughter and her mom. It's a story of womanhood, without the guidance of a mother. And it's a poignant reminder of the ever-passing moments of time with those we love. The Language of Time is a breakthrough memoir that will be appreciated by those who have been touched by caregiving, Alzheimer's/dementia, terminal illness, hospice, or loss of a parent. It shines a light on the unique circumstances of early onset Alzheimer's, and fulfilling the role of caregiver as a young adult. It's also filled with stories of facing life's challenges, love, family, gratitude, personal growth, and self-discovery.

The Conscious Caregiver

Author : Linda Abbit
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440597731
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Conscious Caregiver written by Linda Abbit and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Abbit, founder of Tender Loving Eldercare and a veteran of the caregiving industry, shares her advice on taking care of an older parent or loved one and how to handle everything that goes along with this dramatic life change. Being a caregiver can be a difficult role. It requires patience, tenderness, selflessness, and hard work. Providing care for someone, whether it’s a parent, a loved one, or as a professional requires a high level of self-love and self-care. But while it may be a rewarding experience to care for a loved one, the emotional and physical stress of caregiving can lead to burnout and exhaustion—causing caregivers to put themselves and their own well-being in the background. How can you fulfill your role as a caregiver without losing yourself? Conscious Caregiver teaches you how to navigate caring for your loved one, whether it’s full-time in-house caregiving or hiring support from outside services. With information on how to talk to your loved ones about the situation, handle the emotional stress, stay financially secure, and take the time to care for yourself, this guide can help you care for your loved one and yourself at the same time.

Share the Care

Author : Cappy Capossela
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439147884
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Share the Care written by Cappy Capossela and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Don't Have to Do It Alone Whether you're prepared for it or not, chances are you'll take on the role of caregiver when a family member or friend is affected by a serious illness or injury, or when you find your elderly parent needs help. As you'll soon discover, the range of tasks and responsibilities involved are overwhelming. Share The Care offers a sensible and loving solution: a unique group approach that can turn a circle of ordinary people into a powerful caregiving team. Share The Care shows you how to: Create a caregiver "family" from friends, real family members, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances. Hold a meeting to organize your group, and introduce members to the Share The Care systems that guarantee every job will be done and no one person will have to do too much. Discover the hidden talents within the group, make the most of their resources, cope with group issues, and stay together in the face of adversity. Included here are valuable guidelines, compassionate suggestions, and a simple-to-use workbook section that together offer support to free the patient from worry and the caregivers from burnout. Share The Care offers friends and family the best answer ever to the frequently asked question "What can I do?"

The Caregiver

Author : Samuel Park
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501178792
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Caregiver written by Samuel Park and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the critically acclaimed author of This Burns My Heart comes a “luminous mother-daughter saga” (Entertainment Weekly) about a young woman who is forced to flee 1980s Brazil for California, and in doing so unearths the hidden life of her enigmatic mother. Mara Alencar’s mother Ana is her moon, her sun, her stars. Ana, a struggling voice-over actress, is an admirably brave and recklessly impulsive woman who does everything in her power to care for her little girl in perilous 1980s Rio de Janeiro. With no other family or friends her own age, Ana eclipses Mara’s entire world. They take turns caring for each other—in ways big and small. But who is Ana, really? As she grows older, Mara slowly begins to piece together the many facets of Ana’s complicated life—a mother, a rebel, and always, an actress. When Ana becomes involved with a civilian rebel group attempting to undermine the city’s cruel Police Chief, their fragile arrangement begins to unravel. Mara is forced to flee the only home she’s ever known, for California, where she lives as an undocumented immigrant, caregiving for a dying woman. It’s here that she begins to grapple with her turbulent past and starts to uncover vital truths—about her mother, herself, and what it means to truly take care of someone. A “lovely and heartbreaking” (People) story that is “simultaneously dreamlike and visceral” (The Atlantic), The Caregiver is “a beautiful testament to Samuel Park’s extraordinary talents as a storyteller…that reads, in some moments, like a thriller—and, in others, like a meditation on what it means to be alive…A ferocious page-turner with deep wells of compassion for the struggles of the living—and the sins of the dead” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

The Art of Caregiving in Fiction, Film, and Memoir

Author : Jeffrey Berman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350166596
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Caregiving in Fiction, Film, and Memoir written by Jeffrey Berman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the human story of care with its representation in film, fiction and memoir, this book combines an analysis of care narratives to inform and inspire ideas about this major role in life. Alongside analysis of narratives drawn from literature and film, the author sensitively interweaves the story of his wife's illness and care to illuminate perspectives on dealing with human decline. Examining texts from a diverse range of authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton and Alice Munro, and filmmakers such as Ingmar Bergman and Michael Haneke, it addresses questions such as why caregiving is a dangerous activity, the ethical problems of writing about caregiving, the challenges of reading about caregiving, and why caregiving is so important. It serves as a fire starter on the subject of how we can gain insight into the challenges and opportunities of caregiving through the creative arts.

Memoirs of a Caregiver

Author : Nancy Lindsey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983999201
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Caregiver written by Nancy Lindsey and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After monitoring different clients as I worked as a caregiver I feel as though death is not cruel but it's a spiritual transition that we must go through, a spiritual transition to return to our beginning, the one who created us in his image, my God.

Alzheimer's, My Mother, And Me

Author : Patti Bonczkowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733135375
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Alzheimer's, My Mother, And Me written by Patti Bonczkowski and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-07 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alzheimer's, My Mother, and MeThe author of Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me will show you how to deal with your stressful situations, while taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer's on a daily basis. Patti Bonczkowski will also show you all the trials and tribulations that come with caring for a person that has Alzheimer's, as well as share some of her unlimited advice on the different stages that Alzheimer's patients go through and how to simplify their lives and yours. The author strongly recommends this book, as she was her mother's caregiver for 10 years or longer and has valuable information to share with you. Patti has done a lot of research on Alzheimer's, read multiple books on the subject, became involved with the Alzheimer's Association; attending events, raising money for research and participating on Alzheimer's Walks. You will NOT regret purchasing her book.

Inside the Dementia Epidemic

Author : Martha Stettinius
Publisher : Dundee-Lakemont Press
ISBN 13 : 0984932607
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Inside the Dementia Epidemic written by Martha Stettinius and published by Dundee-Lakemont Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unflinching and hopeful story of one woman's journey into family caregiving, and a vivid overview of the challenges of Alzheimer's care. With the passion of a committed daughter and the fervor of a tireless reporter, Martha Stettinius weaves this compelling story of caregiving for her demented mother with a broad exploration of the causes of Alzheimer's disease, means of treating it, and hopes for preventing it. She shares the lessons she's learned over seven years of caregiving at home, in assisted living, a rehabilitation center, a "memory care" facility for people living with dementia, and a nursing home--lessons not just about how to navigate the system, but how caregiving helped the author to grow closer to her mother, and to learn to nurture her mother's spirit through the most advanced stages of dementia.