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  • Managing Your Ageing Parent's Care

    by Kate Sumber ...
    Today, more than two million Australians are over 70 years of age; by the year 2050 seniors are likely to make up almost 30 percent of the population. The implications of this are not just political; they are very personal. At some stage in life, most of us will help an elderly friend, parent, partner, relative or spouse make important decisions about their health and wellbeing, housing, care, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • A Bittersweet Season

    Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves

    by Jane Gross ...
    Just a few of the vitally important lessons in caring for your aging parent—and yourself—from Jane Gross in A Bittersweet SeasonAs painful as the role reversal between parent and child may be for you, assume it is worse for your mother or father, so take care not to demean or humiliate them.Avoid hospitals and emergency rooms, as well as multiple relocations from home to assisted living facility ... Read more

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  • Help! What Do I Do Now? Caring for Your Loved One with Alzheimer's

    by Nancy Nicholson ...
    Winner of the Family/Parenting - Nonfiction category of the Global eBook Awards.You have become the caregiver for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease. You may have been dreading this for some time, or you may have been surprised when this responsibility was thrust upon you. Maybe you know you are among 11 million family caregivers caring for 5 million Alzheimer's patients in the United States, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aging Is Living

    Myth-Breaking Stories from Long-Term Care

    by Irene Borins Ash, Irv Ash ...
    Through the inspirational, wise, and informative stories of the residents, either in their own words or based on interviews, and environmental photographs of each, this book focuses on various residents of long-term care facilities and especially on the positive facets of their life, their thoughts, and their feelings. The only issue that reaches the media about nursing homes is the negative and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • After the Rehearsal Living with Dementia

    A Carer's Story

    by Jill Grey ...
    At the heart of this book is a carer's story. However, it is much, much more than that. It is a book about being human, about the ups and downs of life, about loving, about trying to make sense and work out, and around the things that life throws at you how you have to find a way of living without ever forgetting your loved one. Beautifully written with love and confidence about a poignant time in ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Domestically Yours

    A Caregiver's Inspiring Journey

    by Annie Chua ...
    In 2003 Annie Chua made the bold decision to join thousands of women working in Canada under the “24 months Live-in Caregiver Program”. Her intent: to create a better future for her children. However, to make her dream come true Annie had to leave her four daughters behind in the Philippines while she travelled to work as a nanny in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Follow Annie’s journey as she encounters ... Read more

    $2.36 USD

  • Girl Power

    Chronicles of the True Power of Female Friendships

    by Teresa Madaleno ...
    Each story is about two women; one who inspires, helps orguides the other through an overwhelming obstacle or difficulty,therefore demonstrating the true power of female friendship.PRAISE FOR GIRL POWERTeresa Madaleno’s chronicles of female friendships are socompelling that parts will, no doubt, resonate within our own lives.The breadth and depth of each pair of friend’s life tribulations ... Read more

    $5.89 USD

  • Take Care, Son

    The Story of My Dad and his Dementia

    by Tony Husband ...
    'Hi Dad . . . can we have a chat about your dementia . . . Can you remember how it started?'When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments . . . daft things, important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was just the first sign of the illness that gradually took him away from the family he loved.This is the touching, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Lasting Touch

    A mother and son’s journey of joy, challenges, sadness and discovery

    by Jean-François Pinsonnault ...
    For nearly ten years Jean-François visited his widowed and unwell mother every other week, to ensure her comfort. Regularly, he invited her to come and live with him. Each time Lise, his mother, kindly refused saying she was not ready. One spring day, she called and asked: “Is the offer still good?” Not long after that life changing conversation began a journey of joy, challenges, sadness, and ... Read more

    $4.82 USD

  • Activities for the Elderly, Volume 2: Working with Residents with Significant Physical and Cognitive Disabilities

    by Sandra D. Parker ...
    A collection of 86 practical activities for residents who are very impaired because of dementia or other severe disabilities. Just as with Activities for the Elderly, Volume 1, this book provides the therapist with instructions and helpful hints, as well as the therapeutic benefits for each activity. ... Read more

    $24.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • AARP Meditations for Caregivers

    Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family

    by Barry J. Jacobs, Julia L. Mayer ...
    An AARP book for caregivers combining day-to-day advice and uplifting guidance in a daily meditations format.Family care giving has its challenges: emotional overload, time constraints, anxiety, burnout, missed work, adult sibling conflicts, and marital issues. AARP Meditations for Caregivers blends emotional and spiritual motivation to minimize the strains while helping caregivers view their work ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • So You Want to Be a Patient Advocate? Choosing a Career in Health or Patient Advocacy (Third Edition)

    by Trisha Torrey ...
    This is the description for the Third Edition, published September 2022.Choosing a new career, the next chapter in your life, is never easy. So many questions, and difficulty finding answers….Until now! If health or patient advocacy or navigation has been on your radar, you'll find this book to be a handy resource with answers to your questions, including a few you probably didn't even know to ask ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus