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Eldercare 911: The Caregiver’s Complete Handbook for Making Decisions (Revised, Updated and Expanded)

Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am  
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The intricacies of elder caregiving duties and responsibilities can be overwhelming, especially because adult children of ageing parents do not know the ins and outs of the medical and social service systems, let alone how to cope with the emotional burdens of providing care for their ailing parents. They desperately wish for a single resource that... [Read More]

Home Sweet Home: Helping Elders Age in Place

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 5:47 am  
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Group Work With the Elderly: And Family Caregivers

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 3:47 am  
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State University of New York, Albany. Reference for those who work with the elderly on the special skills required for leading social, recreational, educational, and health-related groups. Covers theory of group work and specific methods.

Daily CareLog (The Complete Caregiving Diary)

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 1:47 am  
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* Complete Caregiving Management System for Family and Professional Caregivers * The first and only product of its kind, this log book system helps relieve caregiver stress by keeping all of your caregiving information in one convenient place. No more chasing separate pieces of paper! Each Daily CareLog(TM) book holds one full year of caregiving i... [Read More]

Pillbox System that transmits information about user’s activity to the family/caregivers. No internet at home required. Reminders to user and caregivers. Includes 1 yr. subscription service.

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 11:47 pm  
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Maya from MedMinder is the most effective and affordable solution available to help people take the right medicines at the right time. Maya looks like a basic seven-day pillbox. Designed with ease of use in mind, its simple and friendly interface has no digital readouts or buttons. The unit contains 28 compartments for a week's supply of medication... [Read More]

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 9:47 pm  
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Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down. The emotional fallout can be devastating, but it doesn't have to be that way. Empathic guidance from an expert who's been there can help. Through an account of two sisters and their ailing mother--interwoven with no-nonsense advice--The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregive... [Read More]

Mindfulness-Based Elder Care: A Cam Model for Frail Elders and Their Caregivers

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 3:36 pm  
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"She shares with us her gold - the conception, trial and error implementation, and initial scientific investigation of a new, educationally-oriented treatment approach that she has named mindfulness-based elder care (MBEC)." -from the Foreword by Saki Santorelli, EdD, MA , Associate Professor of Medicine, Society University of Massachusetts Medica... [Read More]

The Caregiver’s Essential Handbook : More than 1,200 Tips to Help You Care for and Comfort the Seniors in Your Life

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm  
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For the 54 million Americans who currently care for aging parents and loved ones, this important resource provides essential information for solving day-to-day problems in the real world. The Caregiver's Essential Handbook includes valuable insights and commonsense tips from those who have walked in their shoes: nursing professionals, physical... [Read More]

Lessons From A Caregiver: Caring for an Elder with Love and Compassion

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 8:31 pm  
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How an elderly loved one is treated and cared for is a main concern of relatives and health care professionals around the globe. In Lessons from a Caregiver, Laurel Wicks shows how focusing on the older person's comfort, happiness, and serenity is not only good for the elder but also a less stressful way for the caregiver to manage the elder's care... [Read More]

Supports for Family Caregivers of the Elderly: Highlights of a National Symposium (Program Innovations in Aging)

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 am  
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Fire in the Dark

Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 6:00 am  
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An elderly woman who is losing her health her friends and having to listen to her children arguing over her care attempts to maintain her dignity.System Requirements:Run Time: 93 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 692865410331 Manufacturer No: T-4103

Men As Caregivers to the Elderly: Understanding and Aiding Unrecognized Family Support

Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 9:37 am  
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Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly

Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 8:29 am  
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Through firsthand accounts and research, Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly focuses on the education, training, and support of individuals who care for the elderly. This book provides caregivers with methods to cope with grief and loss and will help educators design programs that meet the needs of their consumers: the elderly and their ... [Read More]

Coping Successfully: Cognitive Coping Strategies for Older Caregivers (Garland Studies on the Elderly in America)

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 4:26 pm  
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Profiles in Caregiving: The Unexpected Career

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 7:22 am  
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Given medical advances and greater understanding of healthful living habits, people are living longer lives. Proportionally speaking, a greater percentage of the population is elderly. Despite medical advances, there is still no cure for dementia, and as elderly individuals succumb to Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia, more and more people ar... [Read More]

The Reluctant Caregivers: Learning to Care for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 at 8:19 am  
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Although Hendershott has spent many years teaching and writing about the sociological aspects of aging, she writes that "none of this could have prepared me for the overwhelming challenge of caring for my own mother-in-law in my home." She introduces baby boomers as the unexpected caregivers of the coming decades. The process of family denial about... [Read More]

A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 at 9:00 pm  
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Monica Dodds understands the pressures that millions of middle-aged Americans endure as they become caregivers to aging parents. Her professional work with the elderly has exposed her to the complex medical, financial, and legal problems that entangle older people. Her personal experience helping ailing family members has given her deep i... [Read More]

Keeping Active: A Caregiver’s Guide to Activities With the Elderly (Working Caregiver)

Sunday, August 9th, 2009 at 11:37 pm  
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Creating Abuse-Free Caregiving Environments for Children, the Disabled, and the Elderly: Preparing, Supervising, and Managing Caregivers for the Emo

Saturday, August 8th, 2009 at 12:57 pm  
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Fire in the Dark

Friday, August 7th, 2009 at 10:04 pm  
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Aiding and Aging: The Coming Crisis in Support for the Elderly by Kin and State

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 2:36 pm  
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Citizens of all societies age both as biological beings and as members of households in the open community. Through joining a series of essays and survey analyses, Mogey has constructed a book that examines the way aging affects those who are growing older as well as the institutions of their society. To study the relationships between aiding the e... [Read More]

Caregiving Daughters: Accepting the Role of Caregiver for Elderly Parents (Garland Studies on the Elderly in America)

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 1:44 am  
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Chronic Pain: Assessment

Monday, August 3rd, 2009 at 2:40 am  
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Discusses the false beliefs concerning chronic pain of both elderly patients and health care workers. Directly guides you in the assessment process. Discusses assessing influence of pain on functional status, and the use of pain rating scales. Instructs lay and professional caregivers on assessment techniques, and covers specific issues and techniq... [Read More]

Compassionate Touch Presents- Sensitive Massage:Reclaiming the Human Touch in Caregiving

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 am  
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Sensitive Massage: Reclaiming the Human Touch in Cargiving is an instructional DVD for massage therapists, health professionals and caregivers of all kinds who care for elders in home or long term care facilities. For thousands of years the therapeutic use of touch has been known to support healing, relieve pain and provide comfort to those living ... [Read More]

The Locket

Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 10:35 pm  
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Gentle sentiment turns The Locket into an old-fashioned weeper for anyone who loved Driving Miss Daisy. It's not nearly as effective as that 1989 Oscar®-winner, but this Hallmark Hall of Fame production--adapted from the novel by Richard Paul Evans--has similar charms of its own, and its warm-hearted themes of love and compassion offer a welcomed ... [Read More]

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent

Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 11:09 am  
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Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down. The emotional fallout can be devastating, but it doesn't have to be that way. Empathic guidance from an expert who's been there can help. Through an account of two sisters and their ailing mother--interwoven with no-nonsense advice--The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregive... [Read More]

The Caregiver’s Manual: A Guide to Helping the Elderly and Infirm

Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 10:39 am  
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Family Caregivers and Dependent Elderly: Minimizing Stress and Maximizing Independence (SAGE Human Services Guides)

Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 4:24 am  
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Much of the burden of caring for the elderly rests on members of their immediate family -- usually their children, who often have children of their own. Such a situation can create stress, since the aged may require special care and attention that is time-consuming and wearing. The book describes the basic processes and problems of ageing, in order... [Read More]

El estres en cuidadores de mayores dependientes/ The Stress of the Elderly Caregivers: Cuidarse para cuidar/ Taking Care to Care For (Psicologia; Manuales Practicos) (Spanish Edition)

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 12:22 am  
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Surviving Parents: You Can take care of your aging parents and live to tell the tale.

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 at 7:00 pm  
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