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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...
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La salud es un derecho fundamental de todo ser humano. El derecho a la salud implica el acceso a una atención sanitaria oportuna, rápida, profesional, eficaz y de calidad.
En la actualidad la situación en la que se encuentran los profesionales de la salud difiere a la de hace unos años al tener que interaccionar con personas procedentes de culturas ajenas a la suya propia. En efecto, con individuos que entienden la salud, la enfermedad y los...
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Contending with the difficult questions and circumstances that accompany chronic illness, this handbook aims to comfort those suffering from a sustained condition as well as their loved ones. Tips on what to do and say in exchanges between sufferers and those closest to them are provided in a no-nonsense manner and plain language. Five concise sections cover ideal communication, the most efficient ways to provide support, listening and observing,...
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Lost, Travel, Found: A Compelling Story of Surviving Grief, Finding Oneself Through World Travels, & Falling Madly in Love - Indulge in an Inspirational Personal Tale of Overcoming Hardships, Caregiving, & Coming Out a Victor!
Hardships have defined us in more ways than we realize...or more than we care to admit.
It is through surviving life's rough patches that we find our way to off the beaten paths toward self-discovery, learning, and well-deserved...
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As a part-time hospice volunteer, Eric Lindner provides "companion care" to dying strangers. They're chatterboxes and recluses, religious and irreligious, battered by cancer, congestive heart failure, Alzheimer's, old age. Some cling to life amazingly. Most pass as they expected.
In telling his story, Lindner reveals the thoughts, fears, and lessons of those living the ends of their lives in the care of others, having exhausted their medical options...
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In this book, an award-winning journalist tells the story of people devising innovative ways to live as they approach retirement, options that ensure they are surrounded by a circle of friends, family, and neighbors. Based on visits and interviews at many communities around the country, Beth Baker weaves a rich tapestry of grassroots alternatives, some of them surprisingly affordable:
• a mobile home cooperative in small-town Oregon
• a senior...
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Courage to Care is a practical book that is a joy to read. It provides a spiritual framework for practices and attitudes that empower ordinary people to be courageous and effective caregivers. The book is immensely practical and aimed at both clergy and laypersons. The author opens your eyes with:
• Tools to cultivate your effectiveness and confidence, •True stories that will move you, instruct you, and encourage you, •Illustrations to help...
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Q. You've been sent for a stress test. Does this mean your doctor thinks there's something wrong with your heart? A. Not necessarily. Doctors often schedule stress tests when they are certain a patient's heart is healthy. So why the test? In What Your Doctor Really Thinks, Ian Blumer looks at the doctor-patient relationship, and explains what your doctor will and won't tell you in the examining room. Blumer lets you know what is going on in your physician's...
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Hundreds of millions of people around the globe care for loved ones who are ill, disabled, elderly or a special-needs child. Despite compassion and commitment, caregiving is stressful and takes a toll on body and mind; heart and soul; on finances, family and work life.
This 2nd Edition of The Caregiver's Guide to Self-Care: Help for Your Caregiving Journey is packed with sensible self-care strategies and effective solutions for your problems with...
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As You Give Care, God is Caring for You
Caring for someone with health needs can be emotionally, physically, and spiritually draining. Sarah Forgrave has spent considerable time, both as someone struggling with serious medical issues and as the family member of a chronically ill patient, and she understands the many challenges you face in your caregiving role.
Sarah wants to share what she discovered with you-peace through prayer, solace in Scripture,...
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Would a creator of humankind form us without offering a plan for our aging? Does the Scripture's ancient wisdom really speak to our getting older and how we ought to think of aging in our day? Can we see how God anticipated our needs in aging from the very first? Is there biblical insight for address today's common difficulties in aging? Could a scriptural approach to aging change the relationships we have and our experience in aging?
The Bible offers...
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Daniel Singer hadn't eaten in a week. Hunched over with his head in his hands, he'd sit in his "safe" chair for hours, doing nothing but shaking, mumbling and moaning; he was in the throes of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Dan went from seven therapists to ten medications to a nine week stay at a world renowned residential treatment program. His parents worried he'd never again be able to function in society, or even worse, survive.
Overcoming...
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Que se cache-t-il réellement derrière les murs des EHPAD?
EHPAD, cet acronyme d'Établissement d'Hébergement pour Personnes gées Dépendantes, est maintenant passé dans le langage courant et pourtant ils n'existent que depuis le début des années 2000 lorsqu'ils ont remplacé les anciennes maisons de retraite. EHPAD n'est pas un joli nom et on en parle plus souvent en mal qu'en bien au point d'évoquer, parfois, un "EHPAD bashing". Beaucoup...
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A History of the Royal Hospital Chelsea looks at the hospital's beginnings, with its Royal patronage and heritage, which dates back to King Charles ll in 1682. It then goes on to look at some of the characters who have been In Pensioners at the hospital over the centuries, as well as some of the individuals who have been buried in the Hospital's grounds. This includes the ashes of the ex-British Prime Minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher and her husband,...
55) Cancer: A Memoir
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We were living the perfect life. That is, until my husband was diagnosed with Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma. That's cancer to the layperson. This is the personal story of one couple's experience with cancer, from diagnosis and treatment, to remission and recovery, to reoccurrence.
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If you have a newly-diagnosed child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, then this book is for you. Given that there's still a huge stigma around mental illness and, specifically, autism, it is very important that we learn more about this disorder and educate others with up-to-date information. Here you'll find answers to your questions regarding what it means to be diagnosed with autism, what the warning signs are, common co-occurring diagnoses, and what...
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Written as a source of inspiration and support for the contemporary caregiver, The Lessons of Caring is short, sweet and to the point - colorful, digital pages with video commentaries from caregivers to comfort you, and exercises and questions to help you. The purpose of the book is twofold. First, to share some of the insights the author has gained from helping his parents deal with the challenges of advanced and complex medical issues and their...
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Caregiver, are you overwhelmed? Do you secretly have bouts of despair, bitterness, and even hopelessness?
As a caregiver, you run the risk of disappearing. Your time goes overwhelmingly to the needs of your loved one. Your relationships get strained, and your challenges and anxieties are difficult to articulate. It's easier to just keep your head down and do what must be done.
What's more, you probably didn't sign up for this role or train for it....
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You may be among the tens of millions of Americans who provide care for your parent - or you may be among the ten of millions who will.
So many children are caught unprepared when physical and mental health declines in aging parents. Life cannot readily prepare you to furnish excellent eldercare while balancing the demands on your time. This book provides practical tips, realistic guidance, encouragement and insight into the time ahead.
Among other...
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Sisterly Love Endures, Guidance for the Caregiver is a memoir of the caregiving journey of two sisters. What starts out as a response to a need for help for one sister, ends up with a heart that was forever changed, in the other. You are invited to journey with them, from beginning to end as the bond of love tightens through the day-to-day challenges and triumphs. Through these unforgettable and dramatic memories, current caregivers, prospective caregivers,...
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