Caregiver Resources: Aging | Plum Creek Library System

1) Contemplative caregiving: finding healing, compassion, and spiritual growth through end-of-life care

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"After author John Baugher's mother was murdered in 1987, he felt that he was fated to join her killer in life imprisonment--not behind bars, but behind psychological walls of unresolved grief and anger. Baugher turned to hospice volunteering as a way to channel his experience, marking the beginning of a twenty-five year journey of exploration--in both public hospices and prison hospice programs--and the possibility of discovering compassion and even...

2) The caregiver's companion: caring for your loved one medically, financially and emotionally while caring for yourself

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Brent, Carolyn

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"Everything you need to know to ensure that your elderly loved one is being properly cared for. People today are not only living longer, they are also living sicker-making aging and caring for elderly loved ones more complicated than ever before. In this extensive guide, caregiver advocate Carolyn Brent outlines a step-by-step process so caregivers know what to do and what to ask in every situation that may arise, including: [bullet] Signs that your...

3) When roles reverse: a guide to parenting your parents

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Comer, Jim

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"Detailing Comer's experiences after his parents suffered major illnesses, When Roles Reverse merges Comer's story with practical advice to create a guide for anyone faced with caring for aging parents. When Roles Reverse helps the reader make sound decisions regarding Medicaid, Medicare, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, hospice, and much more, and it provides a state-by-state resource list"--Provided by publisher.

4) The caregiving season: finding grace to honor your aging parents

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Daly, Jane S

5) Welcome to the departure lounge: adventures in mothering mother

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Federico, Meg

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The author relates her poignant and hilariously tumultuous journey caring for her eighty-year-old mother and newly minted step-father who were forced to accept full-time home care.

6) The informed patient: a complete guide to a hospital stay

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Friedman, Karen A

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Culture and politics of health care work

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Even the most capable individuals are challenged when confronted with the complexity of the modern hospital experience. The Informed Patient is a guide and a workbook, divided into topical, focused sections with step-by-step instructions, insights, and tips to illustrate what patients and their families can expect during a hospital stay. Anyone who will experience a hospital stay-or friends or family who may be in charge of a patient's care-will find...

7) A bittersweet season: caring for our aging parents and ourselves

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Gross, Jane

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In telling the intimate story of caring for her aged and ailing mother, Jane Gross offers indispensable, and often surprising, advice for the rapidly increasing number of adult children responsible for aging parents.Gross deftly weaves the specifics of her personal experience-a widowed mother with mounting health problems, the attendant collision of fear and ignorance, the awkward role reversal of parent and child, unresolved family relationships...

8) The caregiver's toolbox: checklists, forms, resources, mobile apps, and straight talk to help you provide compassionate care

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Hartley, Carolyn P

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"Caregivers today, more than ever, use technology to help manage schedules, medication routines and pharmacy reminders, legal and financial affairs, as well as travel and expenses ... if you are ... [a caregiver], could you access your parents' critical documents in an emergency, using their user IDs and passwords? Do you know how to get a second opinion? Do you have a communication plan to keep family engaged in caregiving?ARe you managing schedules...

9) The ABA/AARP checklist for family caregivers: a guide to making it manageable

10) Downsizing the family home: what to save, what to let go

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Jameson, Marni

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Sensitively counsels readers on how to downsize a family home filled with a lifetime of memories, sharing practical recommendations for strategies based on the expertise of antiques appraisers, garage-sale gurus, professional organizers and psychologists. "It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively...

11) The good caregiver: a one-of-a-kind compassionate resource for anyone caring for an aging loved one

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Kane, Robert L

12) The caregivers: a support group's stories of slow loss, courage, and love

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Lake, Nell

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Thorndike Press large print health home and learning

13) Working daughter: a guide to caring for your aging parents while making a living

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O'Donnell, Liz

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From the challenges the author faced working and caring for her own parents, readers will learn how they, too, can navigate caregiving while working. There are plenty of books about managing careers and children but little advice about balancing careers and parents--along with children, marriages, and friendships. Provides a blueprint for women and a call to action for business leaders and policy makers.

14) Protecting your parents' money: the essential guide to helping mom and dad navigate the finances of retirement

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Opdyke, Jeff D

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Former Wall Street Journal "Love and Money" columnist presents a valuable and compassionate guide for adult children helping their elderly parents manage their money that covers such topics as estate planning, understanding Medicare, nursing homes, and elder fraud.

15) The executor's guide: settling a loved one's estate or trust

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Randolph, Mary

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If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed--especially when you're grieving. But you can do it, and this book will show you how.

16) The pain companion: everyday wisdom for living with and moving beyond chronic pain

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Shockley, Sarah Anne

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"A holistic guide to coping with chronic pain, written by a woman suffering from Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; book aims to provide strategies for mitigating the emotional, financial, and social consequences of living with debilitating pain"--

17) When someone dies: the practical guide to the logistics of death

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Smith, Scott Taylor

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A practical guide to managing the difficult legal aspects surrounding the death of a loved one offers succinct advice and checklists for a range of practical topics, from funeral arrangements and social security to accounts and taxes.

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19) Redefining aging: a caregiver's guide to living your best life

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Stearns, Ann Kaiser

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36-hour day book

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"Stearns explores the practical and personal challenges of both caregiving and successful aging. She couples findings from the latest research with ... insights and problem-solving tips to help caregivers achieve the best life possible for those they care for--and for themselves as they age"--Amazon.com.

20) The unexpected journey of caring: the transformation from loved one to caregiver

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Thomson, Donna

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Caregivers today find themselves in need of a crash course in new and unfamiliar skills. They must not only care for a loved one, but also access hidden community resources, collaborate with medical professionals, craft new narratives consistent with the changing nature of their care role, coordinate care with family, seek information and peer support using a variety of digital platforms, and negotiate social support--all while attempting to manage...