Medical / Caregiving

Walking on Eggshells: Caring for a Critically Ill Loved One

by Amy Sales

Dealing with a loved one's terminal illness brings difficult and daunting tasks for caregivers. Knowing when and how to say things and what to do becomes frightening. Caregivers often feel they are "walking...

Coping with Lupus, 4th Edition

by Robert Phillips

A completely updated and revised edition that provides comfort, information, strategies, and advice for those living with lupus.

There is no cure for lupus, so a diagnosis of this potentially debilitating autoimmune...

Share the Care: How to Organize a Group to Care for Someone Who Is Seriously Ill

by Sheila Warnock, Cappy Capossela & Sukie Miller

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...

An Uncertain Inheritance

by Nell Casey

In this eloquent collection of essays—from the editor of the national bestseller Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression—contributors reveal their experiences in caring for family through illness and death

Today,...

The Eldercare Handbook

by Ann Convery & Stella Henry

In this comprehensive and accessible guide, long-term care expert Stella Henry helps readers navigate the daunting logistics and powerful emotions of making care decisions for an elderly parent or loved one....

Supporting Parents with Alzheimer's: Your parents took care of you, now how do you take care of them?

by Tanya Lee Howe

Many of us are unprepared and confused about how to proceed when our parent begins to suffer the effects of old age. This confusion is amplified when faced with a diagnosis of a cognitive illness such as Alzheimer's...

The Caregiver's Tao Te Ching: Compassionate Caring for Your Loved Ones and Yourself

by William Martin & Nancy Martin

With empathy and insight, William and Nancy Martin offer readers solace drawn from the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching.

How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick

by Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Everyone knows someone who’s sick or suffering. Yet when a friend or relative is under duress many of us feel uncertain about how to cope.

Throughout her recent bout with breast cancer, Letty Cottin Pogrebin...

The Ninefold Path: A Memoir

by Anthony Alioto

Anthony Alioto was diagnosed with end stage renal disease in 1993 and was forced to go on dialysis for several years before receiving a successful kidney transplant in 2000.

In The Ninefold Path, he invites readers...

Caring and Well-being: A Lifeworld Approach

by Kathleen Galvin & Les Todres

Something is missing in contemporary health and social care. Health and illness is often measured in policy documents in economic terms, and clinical outcomes are enmeshed in statistical data, with the patient's...

Making Myself at Home in a Nursing Home: Vanderbilt University Press

by Sandra J. Gaffney

Sandra Gaffney entered her first nursing home for long-term care at the unusually young age of fifty. Fourteen years earlier she had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou...

When Love in Not Enough, the Caregiver's Companion: What to Do When Your Parents Are Loosing Their Independence

by Stella Mesode Nsong

Steps to take and actions plans to put in place when your parents are loosing their independence and you want to give them the best quality of life and the best care possible without loosing yourself in the...

Deconstructing Evidence-Based Practice

by Dawn Freshwater & Gary Rolfe

This innovative book strips the concept of evidence-based practice back to basics using deconstructive analysis, so that readers can move towards a clearer understanding of it. The practitioner is guided through...

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease

by Joanne Koenig Coste & Robert Butler

More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease. Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer’s, Joanne...

Guia para el Cuidado de Nuestros Mayores

by Stella Henry & Ann Convery

En esta exhaustiva y práctica guía, Stella Henry, experta en cuidados a largo plazo, ayuda a los lectores a dominar la abrumadora logística y las fuertes emociones que provoca el tomar decisiones respecto...

Caregiver's Guide for Canadians

by Rick Lauber

What do you do when your mother or father grows old? The Caregiver's Guide will provide you with valuable tips and advice so you can provide the best eldercare possible while balancing the demands on your time....

Cancer Caregiving A-to-Z: An At-Home Guide for Patients and Families

by American Cancer Society

Whether caring for one’s self at home or providing care for a loved one, this indispensable quick reference can improve quality of care and quality of life for those with cancer. Organized in a straight-forward...

Solace: How Caregivers & Others Can Relate, Listen, and Respond Effectively to a Chronically Ill Person

by Walter St. St. John

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...

When the Focus Is on Care: Palliative Care and Cancer

by Kathleen Foley & John Seffrin

Explaining how cancer patients can benefit from palliative carecare that addresses the psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the seriously ill patientthis book provides the information, support, and...

Help Me Live, Revised: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know

by Lori Hope

Almost all of us know someone with cancer.

And, of course, we want nothing more than to offer comfort and support, and foster hope. But we don’t always know how—and may feel uncomfortable asking. Following...