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As a gathering place for stories from across Penn Medicine, the Listening Lab affirms and celebrates listening as essential to the work of healing. This book is a compilation of stories recorded for the Listening Lab by patients, caregivers, staff, and providers at the front lines of caregiving. These stories have the capacity to change how we address some of healthcare's most pressing challenges around communication and connection. The simple act...
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From the groundbreaking series written specifically for family caregivers, "Activities for the Family Caregiver - Traumatic Brain Injury: How to Engage / How to Live" offers information and insight to enhance quality of life through improved social interactions as well as activities of daily living, safety and general caregiver information. Learn new communications and activities strategies to improve time spent with your loved one. Gain new insight...
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I want to do the right thing. She was a wonderful mother, and deserves only that.
This common refrain comes from children of aged, ill parents. Families struggle with decisions, confronting the inevitable while providing parents with love and care. Modern medicine often offers endless treatments - but illnesses eventually progress and the focus must ultimately shift to end-of-life care. Moments that Matter: Cases in Ethical Eldercare reflects Dr....
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In the beginning of my mother's journey with dementia, I was clueless. I had very little knowledge of this disease and absolutely zero understanding. I felt a need, a want, to write about our journey, not only for my own sanity but also as a tool to help others walking the same path that we were. I wanted the reader to know about my mother and experience her incredible life during the Nazi invasion of Europe and before dementia came knocking. Knowing...
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The bond between patient and caregiver is an important one. If your loved one is struggling with a serious illness, there are ways that you can work together as a team to make sure that each of you is able to be as active and engaged as possible. This helps to reduce the stress and frustrations in your relationship, improve your ability to communicate effectively with each other, and avoid unnecessary complications that could knock you both off-track....
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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 Gehrig's disease. Over the next sixteen years, Gaffney lived in nursing homes in Florida, Virginia, and Minnesota, as the ways she could be close to family changed.
She describes her situation in these words: "As a nursing home resident, I require...
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From the groundbreaking series written specifically for family caregivers, "Activities for the Family Caregiver – Lewy Body Dementia: How to Engage / How to Live" offers information and insight to enhance quality of life through improved social interactions as well as activities of daily living tips, safety and general caregiver information. Learn new communications and activities strategies to improve time spent with your loved one. Gain new insight...
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What choices were right, what choices were wrong, and how can she now help those whose journey is just beginning. She clearly and wisely explains that in Alzheimer's there are no "right" ways, no "best" decisions, no "perfect" answers. The Return Journey is the result of Sue's personal journals during her mother's 8-year illness and her correspondence with other caregivers kind enough to share their innermost feelings and emotions. Their stories provide...
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Chemotherapy Treatment: Comforting Gift Book For Patients Coping With CancerThis relaxing book is a quick reference for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer.It includes valuable advice, personal testimonies, wise sayings, prayers for healing and salvation, uplifting Bible scriptures, and tips on applying such ideas. It can be read during chemo or at home.Sometimes, we just don't know what to say to someone undergoing treatment and so,this book...
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Living in the Land of Limbo is the first anthology of short stories and poems about family caregivers. These men and women find themselves in "limbo," as they struggle to take care of a family member or friend in the uncertain world of chronic illness. The authors explore caregivers' experiences as they deal with family conflicts, the complexities of the health care system, and the impact of their choices on their lives and the lives of others. The...
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The Home and Community Health Caregiver Nursing is the art of caring for any human being who is ill, helping to prevent disease and promoting health. This care includes both the mental and the physical welfare of the patient and is carried out under the supervision of a doctor. It demands strict discipline and obedience to all his instructions. The home and community health caregiver should be taught that nursing has preventive, promotive, curative,...
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Greg Henkel was the main caregiver for his parents in their golden years. During that time, they engaged in a multitude of short conversations about many subjects, all filled with humor, comfort, compassion, and occasionally a gentle parental guiding hand. Once his parents were at peace, Greg sought guidance from another source, and the dialogues in this book evolved. Here are the transcripts of those conversations. Anyone who has been a caregiver...
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Framed by the author's personal odyssey as a caregiver and richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of others, Caregiving explores medical and financial problems, all aspects of spirituality, and such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns. A rare blend of powerful storytelling and practical information, Caregiving is a revelation.
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Une analyse des rapports entre le travail et la santé accessible à tous.
L'ouvrage La santé et le travail traite de la place de la santé au travail, entre atout et contrainte pour les entreprises. Il aborde tous les enjeux du problème, sans omettre les points plus particulièrement d'actualité.
À la fois didactique et critique, l'ouvrage ne se contente pas d'expliquer : il interroge, fait s'interroger et fournit de nombreux principes d'action...
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Those who care for the ailing, whether helping someone recover, grapple with a long-term disability, or face a terminal illness, often feel alone, overwhelmed, exhausted. William and Nancy Martin have worked as counselors, hospice trainers, and Zen guides - and as caregivers to Nancy's late mother. With empathy and insight, they offer readers solace drawn from the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching. Like the original Chinese text, this book contains eighty-one...
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Remember Me? is an award-winning guidebook for owners of dogs who are losing their mental faculties as they age, and the story of a dog and owner who retained their bond through this most difficult situation. If you have an aging dog, Remember Me? will give you the information you need to weather the difficult condition and give your dog the most fulfilling life possible. In Remember Me?, you will learn:About the symptoms of canine cognitive dysfunction,...
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Quels sont les besoins et les attentes des patients face aux soins proposés ?
L'évaluation de la satisfaction des patients est insuffisante pour connaître la manière dont le patient a vécu une consultation médicale ou une hospitalisation. Il faut pouvoir mesurer l'écart entre ce que l'établissement de santé souhaite offrir à ses patients et ce que vivent les patients en réalité ; et entre ce que le patient attendait du service et ce qu'il...
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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 Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers that emphasizes relating to patients in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance...
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Life Expectancy in the West has been falling since 2015. Linked to this, the climate of healthcare has become toxic. This crisis, as urgent as global climate change, has its roots in the same factors that drive climate change.
Shipwreck of the Singular looks at our changing environment through a healthcare lens rather than an economic one. One advantage to this is that each of us is better, placed to put right what is, going wrong in the climate...
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Finding the right fit to match aging adults with the best caregiver to assist them in their home can be fraught with challenge. In today's pressurized world, the process involves overstressed family members and a shortage of great caregivers. So many adult children are seeking a helping hand and a friendly, experienced voice to guide them through this emotionally charged rite of passage.
“Aging with Care: Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers...
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