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Author : Barbara Whitehead
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780425040386
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Caretaker Wife written by Barbara Whitehead and published by Berkley Publishing Group. This book was released on 1979-05-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henny Backus
Publisher : Jasper Publications (CA)
ISBN 13 : 9780966346527
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (465 download)
Download or read book Care for the Caretaker written by Henny Backus and published by Jasper Publications (CA). This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Henny Backus cared for her husband, actor Jim Backus ("Mr. Magoo & "Gilligan's Island"), through his 10 year bout with Parkinson's disease. In CARE FOR THE CARETAKER, Henny shares her experience & guidance with compassion & wit. "Jim {Backus} belongs to a very exclusive club. Its members include people like Fred Allen, Jonathan Winters, Richard Pryor & Robin Williams. Jim's ability to dissect, then comment upon the human condition was unsurpassed." Perry Lafferty, from the Foreword. Sometimes it was almost impossible to get Jimmy out of the car. As he was trying to emerge & was halfway out his muscles would lock & he would start to fall out head first. It was a symptom but a guaranteed laugh getter. I'd have to try to gather him up quickly or we might hear a chorus of, "Oh, look! Here comes Mr. Magoo! Look kids, Mr. Magoo just fell out of his car head first! Isn't Mr. Magoo a funny fellow!" Sometimes being visible isn't much fun.--from the book. To order call Jasper Publications, Inc. at (800) 807-5188 or fax to (818) 340-0991, or write to us 22287 Mulholland Hwy., #337, Calabasas, CA 91302.
Author : Vincent Zandri
Publisher : Polis Books
ISBN 13 : 1947993763
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (479 download)
Download or read book The Caretaker’s Wife written by Vincent Zandri and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when you’ve been betrayed by those closest to you? When ex-con and novelist JA Kingsley loses everything he ever cared about, including his wife and teenage daughter, he abandons his home in order to start anew, write a new book, and most of all, restart his fractured life. Traveling to the Adirondack Mountains, he checks himself into The Loon Lake Inn, a peaceful, lake-side resort. For a brief moment, he feels at peace with himself and a world that has seemingly turned its back on him. But what he doesn’t expect is the lurid attraction that ignites between him and the wife of the owner of the Loon lake Inn, who has connections to some of most dangerous people imaginable. And what begins as a torrid affair turns into something much more sinister when they decide that nothing will stand in the way of their love--including murder. For readers of Michael Connelly, Robert B. Parker, Ace Atkins, Lawrence Block, and more, Thriller Award and Shamus Award-winning New York Times Bestselling author, Vincent Zandri, brings you an unputdownable novel filled with suspense and deadly romance. Scroll up to purchase this tantalizing thriller!
Author : Kate Washington
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807011754
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
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 224 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.
Author : Diana B. Denholm
Publisher : Hunter House
ISBN 13 : 9781630266622
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (666 download)
Download or read book The Caregiving Wife's Handbook written by Diana B. Denholm and published by Hunter House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A month after proposing marriage, Diana Denholm''s husband was diagnosed with colon cancer and later congestive heart failure. Following a heart transplant several of her husband''s body systems began failing forcing Diana to become his primary caregiver for more than a decade. The Caregiving Wife''s Handbook is a step-by-step communication guide to help women maintain emotional, physical and financial health in their unique role as caregivers to their dying husbands. Women are suffering physical, emotional and financial burnout as the United States'' leading caregivers. Of the 65 million caregivers in the U.S., 66% are women, and these numbers will only increase as the population ages. And while statistics and resources abound for caregivers in general, very little exists for women in their unique role as caregivers to their dying husbands. Traditionally, caring for a dying husband has been seen as a "wifely duty." Most wives don''t label themselves, and aren''t labeled by others, as caregivers. But advances in medical technology are making this distinction an imperitive since women are under more stress as caregivers than at any other time in history. Although there are generic similarities in caretaking, caregiving for a dying husband is distinctly different, and the longer the dying process, the more complex the problems. When a husband is in the process of dying for many months or years the experience is quite different than a husband''s sudden death. On top of dealing with the tragedy, the wife must figure out how to make life work. Sometimes a woman is married to the love of her life and sometimes not. Some marriages strengthen, while others disintegrate. Some women are in abusive relationships and find the abuse continues, and even increases, during these times, while others find, much to their surprise, that they become the abusers. Still some will start or increase substance abuse and others will have affairs to get by. The Caregiving Wife''s Handbook aims to help women get through their husbands'' illness and death with compassion, emotionally whole and without regret by helping them communicate clearly--and in steps--about issues affecting this unique caregiving relationship. Without specific direction, many women find themselves over the top with stress as their lives change radically. As a board certified medical psychotherapist and primary caregiver, Diana Denholm recognized the need for a step-by-step process to help women communicate with their husbands to avoid irreparable damage and regret. In The Caregiving Wife''s Handbook, you will learn: To ask questions you may not realize you need to ask The issues that bother you and a method for categorizing them What you should and shouldn''t discuss with your husband How to make and prepare for a date to talk about difficult topics What to do if your husband won''t talk To create "understandings" with your husband How to deal with his family You will also learn survival tips from the case histories of Joyce, Fran, Tina, Jean, Susan, and Mary. Their experiences will help you: Choose roles you should take and those you should avoid Understand what is "normal" in what you''re experiencing and feeling Take care of yourself so you can survive and even have fun Implement do''s and avoid don''ts to make your life simpler Balance with greater ease Other topics addressed are: Sex life/intimacy Current and future finances Fatigue Sleep Household duties Job responsibilities Irresponsible behaviors Unrealistic expectations... The challenges of this time are endless and extreme and the reality often isn''t the beautiful and revered journey often portrayed. When a husband is dying of a long-term illness, the gift of time can allow us to prepare and say all the loving things we need to say, but it can also provide a lot of time for severe stressors and problems to develop. These problems and stressors can be debilitating for the caregiver and provide too many opportunities to say and do things we might regret. The Caregiving Wife''s Handbook will give you the tools and support needed to get through your husbands'' illness and death with compassion, emotionally whole and without regret. Let The Caregiving Wife''s Handbook support you amidst the grief--all the way through the Final Chapter.
Author : Rosamond Stanton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Caretaker's Wife written by Rosamond Stanton and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aaron Alterra
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720589
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
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.
Author : Doon Arbus
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811229505
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)
Download or read book The Caretaker written by Doon Arbus and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lush, disorienting novel, The Caretaker takes no prisoners as it explores the perils of devotion and the potentially lethal charisma of things Following the death of a renowned and eccentric collector—the author of Stuff, a seminal philosophical work on the art of accumulation—the fate of the privately endowed museum he cherished falls to a peripatetic stranger who had been his fervent admirer. In his new role as caretaker of The Society for the Preservation of the Legacy of Dr. Charles Morgan, this restive man, in service to an absent master, at last finds his calling. The peculiar institution over which he presides is dedicated to the annihilation of hierarchy: peerless antiquities commune happily with the ignored, the discarded, the undervalued and the valueless. What transpires as the caretaker assumes dominion over this reliquary of voiceless objects and over its visitors is told in a manner at once obsessive and matter-of-fact, and in language both cocooning and expansive. A wry and haunting tale, The Caretaker, like the interplanetary crystal that is one of the museum’s treasures, is rare, glistening, and of a compacted inwardness. Kafka or Shirley Jackson may come to mind, and The Caretaker may conjure up various genres—parables, ghost stories, locked-room mysteries—but Doon Arbus draws her phosphorescent water from no other writer’s well.
Author : Amanda Bestor-Siegal
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063138220
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (631 download)
Download or read book The Caretakers written by Amanda Bestor-Siegal and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Bestor-Siegal switches perspective among a group of characters with tenderness and intimacy. . . . The writing is smooth as honey. . . It's utterly absorbing.” — NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “Thrilling and deeply moving, gorgeously written and intricately plotted . . . bold and brilliant." –ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN Recommended by New York Times Book Review • USA Today • Glamour • Business Insider • Popsugar • CrimeReads • The Millions • BookRiot • and more! Set in a wealthy Parisian suburb, an emotionally riveting debut told from the point of view of six women, and centered around a group of au pairs, one of whom is arrested after a sudden and suspicious tragedy strikes her host family—a dramatic exploration of identity, class, and caregiving from a profoundly talented new writer. Paris, 2015. A crowd gathers outside the Chauvet home in the affluent suburban community of Maisons-Larue, watching as the family’s American au pair is led away in handcuffs after the sudden death of her young charge. The grieving mother believes the caretaker is to blame, and the neighborhood is thrown into chaos, unsure who is at fault—the enigmatic, young foreigner or the mother herself, who has never seemed an active participant in the lives of her children. The truth lies with six women: Géraldine, a heartbroken French teacher struggling to support her vulnerable young students; Lou, an incompetent au pair who was recently fired by the family next door; Charlotte, a chilly socialite and reluctant mother; Nathalie, an isolated French teenager desperate for her mother’s attention; Holly, a socially anxious au pair yearning to belong in her adopted country; and finally, Alena, the one accused of the crime, who has gone to great lengths to avoid emotional connection, and now finds herself caught in the turbulent power dynamics of her host family’s household. Set during the weeks leading up to the event, The Caretakers is a poignant and suspenseful drama featuring complicated women. It’s a sensitive exploration of the weight of secrets, the pressures of country, community, and family—and miscommunications and misunderstandings that can have fatal consequences. “A deep, enthralling pleasure, as wise as it is lovely. I read it voraciously, desperate to discover the fates of its unforgettable characters . . . Magnificent.” – ROBIN WASSERMAN
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062129732
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)
Download or read book The Case of the Caretaker written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctor Haydock, the resident GP of St. Mary Mead, hopes to cheer up Miss Marple as she recovers from the flu with a little story. The tale revolves around the return of the prodigal son of Major Laxton, the devilishly handsome Harry Laxton. Harry, after leading a life of childish indiscretions and falling head over heels for the village tobacconist’s daughter, has made good and returned to lay claim to his tumbling childhood home and introduce the village to his beautiful new wife. But, the villagers are prone to gossip about young Harry’s past, and one person in particular cannot forgive him for tearing down the old house. Will Miss Marple’s acumen be up to the task of solving the story?
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)
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.
Author : Barry J. Jacobs
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1606237934
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)
Download or read book The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers written by Barry J. Jacobs and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down. The emotional fallout can be devastating, but it doesn't have to be that way. Empathic guidance from an expert who's been there can help. Through an account of two sisters and their ailing mother--interwoven with no-nonsense advice--The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers helps family members navigate tough decisions and make the most of their time together as they care for an aging parent. The author urges readers to be honest about the level of commitment they're able to make and emphasizes the need for clear communication within the family. While acknowledging their guilt, stress, and fatigue, he helps caregivers reaffirm emotional connections worn thin by the routine of daily care. This compassionate book will help families everywhere avoid burnout and preserve bonds during one of life's most difficult passages.
Author : Maggie Hartley
Publisher : Trapeze
ISBN 13 : 1409177076
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sold To Be A Wife written by Maggie Hartley and published by Trapeze. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage. To her family's fury, Shazia is sent to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley whilst social services investigate. But with Shazia denying everything and social services unable to find any evidence to support the teacher's fears, Shazia is allowed to return home. But a few weeks later, Maggie is woken up in the middle of the night by a phone call from a terrified Shazia, who has managed to escape the family home through a window. Sobbing, she confesses to Maggie that her parents are planning to send her to Pakistan to be married in a few days, and have threatened to kill her if she speaks out again. Returned to Maggie's care, Shazia is petrified that her parents will track her down and kill her, and Maggie must be on constant alert. But the worst is yet to come when it emerges that Shazia is the victim of FGM. Can Maggie help this damaged and traumatised young girl understand what has happened to her and to find a way to heal? A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years. 'I've always enjoyed Maggie Hartley's fostering stories, but this is without doubt her best' 5* Amazon reader review
Author : Michele Weiner Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671797255
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Divorce Busting written by Michele Weiner Davis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1993-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step approach to making your marriage loving again.
Author : Barbara Sheklin Davis
Publisher : Parker Hayden Media
ISBN 13 : 9781950349357
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (493 download)
Download or read book Advice from a Parkinson's Wife written by Barbara Sheklin Davis and published by Parker Hayden Media. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than ten million people worldwide live with Parkinson's disease, and their spouses are most likely to be their primary caregivers. The transition from spouse to caregiver is not an easy one, often causing frustration, resentment, sadness, fear, and concern about the future. A lot has been written about caring for the Parkinson's patient, but their caregivers need a book to help them cope with the enormous life changes that Parkinson's brings to a relationship. This book does that. Barbara Davis's husband had Parkinson's for over twenty years. She wrote this book after more than two decades of personal experience because she wanted to chronicle the serious matters that most Parkinson's partners don't like to talk about publicly, and the feelings and frustrations they are embarrassed to share. By discussing these challenges openly and honestly, this unique book seeks to help others in ways that are not otherwise easily accessible, and to let them know that they are not alone in dealing with the negative life impacts of Parkinson's Disease. Advice from a Parkinson's Wife is realistic and enlightening, providing stories and advice from someone who's been there, along with practical suggestions for how to cope with the changes caregivers experience. Among the topics covered in the book are: -How your marriage changes and what caregiving does to you-How to handle doctor visits-What to do about falls, clinging, masks, and variability-Handling guilt and other emotions -Suggestions for practical things you can do to make things easierBeing a caregiver is tough, but with the wisdom, compassion, and advice in this book, the hope is that you can find moments when you can experience something approaching happiness, pleasure, and maybe even joy.
Author : Arthur Kleinman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525559337
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book The Soul of Care written by Arthur Kleinman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world. When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine. In The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor, Kleinman delivers a deeply humane and inspiring story of his life in medicine and his marriage to Joan, and he describes the practical, emotional and moral aspects of caretaking. He also writes about the problems our society faces as medical technology advances and the cost of health care soars but caring for patients no longer seems important. Caregiving is long, hard, unglamorous work--at moments joyous, more often tedious, sometimes agonizing, but it is always rich in meaning. In the face of our current political indifference and the challenge to the health care system, he emphasizes how we must ask uncomfortable questions of ourselves, and of our doctors. To give care, to be "present" for someone who needs us, and to feel and show kindness are deep emotional and moral experiences, enactments of our core values. The practice of caregiving teaches us what is most important in life, and reveals the very heart of what it is to be human.
Author : Elaine Argyle
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031615786
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Inside the World of Older Spouse Carers written by Elaine Argyle and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
