Category: Caregiving

Caring for the Parkinson Patient: A Practical Guide (Golden Age)

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Prometheus : May 1999

Seller ID: 95985

ISBN-13: 9781573926843

New treatments and advances in therapy for the ravages of Parkinson's disease are constantly being researched and perfected for patients, yet those afflicted still must endure tremors, poor balance, speech problems, and lessened psychological well-being. Patients and families need the most up-to-date information available to improve quality of care and life. This new, second edition of Caring for the Parkinson Patient covers a variety of topics, providing information and helpful suggestions for patients, families, and caregivers to aid them as they grapple with this chronic, debilitating neuro...
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What If It's Not Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Prometheus Books : October 2003

Seller ID: 95988

ISBN-13: 9781591020875

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the largest groups of non-Alzheimer's dementias. This guide for caregivers covers the medical aspects of FTD as well as practical issues relating to day-to-day care. Fifteen contributions from medical professionals and experienced caregivers address such topic
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Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry

By: Art, Corcoran Gallery of

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Bulfinch Pr : April 1996

Seller ID: 95995

ISBN-13: 9780821222607

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

softcover in good condition.
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Cooking Well for the Unwell: More Than One Hundred Nutritious Recipes

By: Behan, Eileen

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Hearst Books : July 1996

Seller ID: 95983

ISBN-13: 9780688113728

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Nursing Home Life: What It Is and What It Could Be

By: Bennett, Clifford

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Tiresias Pr : June 1980

Seller ID: 95996

ISBN-13: 9780913292198

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Inscription and signature by author.
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The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

By: Byock, Ira

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Avery : March 2012

Seller ID: 95984

ISBN-13: 9781583334591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A palliative care doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time on his quest to transform care through the end of life. It is harder to die in this country than ever before. Statistics show that the vast majority of Americans would prefer to die at home, yet many of us spend our last days fearful and in pain in a healthcare system ruled by high-tech procedures and a philosophy to "fight disease and illness at all cost."Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the country, argues that end-of-...
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The Caregiver Helpbook, Powerful Tools for Caregivers

By: Cleland, Marilyn,Schmall, Vicki L.,Studervant, Marilynn,Congleton, Leslie,Kirkbride, Kay,McFalls, Jean,Shannon, Kathy,Sponsler, Virginia,Turner, Howard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Legacy Caregiver Services : January 2006

Seller ID: 130425

ISBN-13: 9780978544805

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Coming Home: A Guide to Dying at Home With Dignity

By: Duda, Deborah

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Aurora Pr : September 1987

Seller ID: 95978

ISBN-13: 9780943358314

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Provides answers to questions about efforts to ease the path of terminally ill patients to a peaceful conclusion. This book outlines how to make the final weeks as comfortable and meaningful as possible, encouraging the dying person to live fully, until the moment of death.
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Coming Home: A Guide to Home Care for the Terminally Ill

By: Duda, Deborah

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Aurora Pubns : September 1984

Seller ID: 95987

ISBN-13: 9780912528397

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Inside Grammie's Closet

By: Guluzzy, Laura

Price: $6.50

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform : August 2013

Seller ID: 95993

ISBN-13: 9781492229858

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Inscription by former owner on inside cover.
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My Turn: Caring for Aging Parents & Other Elderly Loved Ones : A Daughters Perspective

By: Haymon, Sandra W.

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Magnolia Productions Inc : October 1996

Seller ID: 95986

ISBN-13: 9780965296502

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A how-to guide by a daughter who had nowhere to turn and everything to learn when her own parents needed care. She was unprepared and overwhelmed with the myriad of questions fired at her the day her stepfather was rushed to the emergency room and her mother had to be moved from their home to a care facility.
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It's Not Rocket Science: A Guy's Blueprint to Caregiving

By: Heyison, Marc

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Rocket Science Productions, LLC : October 2013

Seller ID: 95977

ISBN-13: 9781939954084

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness

By: Lynn, Joanne,Harrold, Joan

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA : October 2001

Seller ID: 95992

ISBN-13: 9780195146011

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Handbook for Mortals is warmly addressed to all those who wish to approach the final years of life with greater awareness of what to expect and greater confidence about how to make the end of our lives a time for growth, comfort, and meaningful reflection. Written by Drs. Joanne Lynn and Joan Harrold and a variety of experts from nursing, hospice, counseling, and the arts, this book provides equal measures of practical information and gentle insight. Readers will learn what decisions they will need to face, where to look for help, how to ease pain and other symptoms, what to expect with specif...
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Medicine and Compassion: A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers

By: Nyima, Chökyi

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Wisdom Publications : June 2006

Seller ID: 124786

ISBN-13: 9780861715121

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

It is estimated that some 54 million people in the U.S. act as informal caregivers for ill or disabled loved ones. We can add to these countless workers in the fields of health and human service, and yet there is still not enough help to go around: as many as three fourths of our informal caregivers report "going it alone." It's no wonder that "caregiver burnout" and depression afflict so many. Sure to be welcomed by caregivers of all types, the groundbreaking new Medicine and Compassion can help anyone reconnect with the true spirit of their caregiving task. In a clear and very modern voice, ...
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