Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories
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Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories
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Author : Lynda A. Markut
language : en
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Release Date : 2005
Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories written by Lynda A. Markut and has been published by Vanderbilt University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Family & Relationships categories.
Replete with the powerful words of experienced caregivers, Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories is an essential guidebook for anyone who must attend to the needs of a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. In these pages, members of caregivers' support groups - representing twenty-six families and a variety of professions and income levels - speak candidly about the challenges they have faced at every step in the caregiving process, from recognizing early symptoms of dementia to dealing with its advanced stages. Highlighting the ingenuity and resourcefulness of caregivers, the book brims with inspirational stories, practical advice, and creative approaches to problem-solving. Among the issues addressed are: Becoming a caregiver, whether for a spouse or parent Dealing with the personality changes caused by dementia, from anxiety and paranoia to hallucinations and impulsive behavior Keeping dementia sufferers meaningfully involved in life Handling the emotions and stresses of caregiving Seeking help through support groups and other sources, including medical professionals, clergy, and other family members The authors, who have both been caregivers themselves, augment their interviewees' stories with connective commentary and their own personal stories. A useful resource section is included to refer readers to associations and help-lines.
You Are Not Alone Even If You Think You Are
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Author : Denise Benner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-03-25
You Are Not Alone Even If You Think You Are written by Denise Benner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-25 with Family & Relationships categories.
A caregiver of someone with dementia may say, "Who has time to sit and read?" You don't need much time to read You Are Not Alone (even if you think you are), a short book of personal stories about the journey of dementia care. Many caregivers of those with dementia feel overwhelmed from the struggles they face with the burdens of caregiving. They can feel alone and isolated. However, if they have ever shared their situation with another caregiver, they will find a common bond, as they will in this book. You Are Not Alone (even if you think you are) shares with the reader stories of caregivers for those suffering from dementia. The book offers insight and advice to help people realize the struggles, treasured moments, humor, and care throughout the journey of dementia. We are living longer. Dementia care is growing. The Alzheimer's Association states: "In 2013, 15.5 million caregivers provided an estimated 17.7 billion hours of unpaid care. All caregivers of people with Alzheimer's - both women and men - face a devastating toll. Due to the physical and emotional burden of caregiving, Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers had $9.3 billion in additional health care costs of their own in 2013. Nearly 60 percent of Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers rate the emotional stress of caregiving as high or very high, and more than one-third report symptoms of depression." Know you are not alone in this journey, by reading this short book, You Are Not Alone (even if you think you are).
The Caregivers
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Author : Nell Lake
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-02-11
The Caregivers written by Nell Lake and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with Social Science categories.
A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers—spouses, parents, and friends of the elderly and ill—illuminating critical issues of old age, end-of-life care, medical reform, and social policy—and “providing comfort in the time-honored form of shared experience” (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune). In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting in on the weekly meetings of a local hospital’s caregivers support group. Soon members invited her into their lives. For two years, she brought empathy, insight, and an eye for detail to understanding Penny, a fifty-year-old botanist caring for her aging mother; Daniel, a survivor of Nazi Germany who tends his ailing wife; William, whose wife suffers from Alzheimer’s; and others with whom all caregivers will identify. Witnessing acts of devotion and frustration, lessons in patience and in letting go, Lake illuminates the intimate exchanges of caregiving and care-receiving and considers important and timely social issues: How can we care for the aging, ill, and dying with skill and compassion, even as the costs and labors of care increase? How might the medical profession take into account the needs of caregivers as well as patients? In The Caregivers Nell Lake shares a thoughtful and tenderly reported depiction of the real-life predicaments that evoke these crucial questions. With more and more people spending their late years ill and frail, and 43 million Americans already caring for family members over age fifty, this is an important chronicle of a widely shared experience and a public concern. “The Caregivers is as elegantly constructed as a novel, but more than that, Lake writes about these people with such warmth and vividness that they feel as memorable as our favorite fictional characters. It is a beautifully written account” (The Boston Globe).
Losing Me While Losing You
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Author : Jeanette A. Auger
language : en
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Release Date : 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z
Losing Me While Losing You written by Jeanette A. Auger and has been published by Fernwood Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z with Health & Fitness categories.
Losing Me, While Losing You is a long-needed resource to those providing care for people living with dementia — and for those providing care to the caregivers. In this book, caregivers speak from their own experiences of caring for loved ones with dementia; they cover when they first noticed behavioural changes, what they did and how their roles changed when they received the diagnosis, how the experiences changed their perceptions of themselves, especially in cases where important ones no longer recognized them or their, often long-standing, relationships. The caregivers also talked about what resources, if any, were available to support them through the caregiving journey and what recommendations they would make to government policymakers and to others in similar situations. This book is unique in that it documents the personal lived experience of loss which family, friends and caregivers go through as their roles, expectations and images of self are changed throughout the caregiving process.
Alzheimer S And Dementia Caregiving Stories
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Author : Jay Artale
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-07
Alzheimer S And Dementia Caregiving Stories written by Jay Artale and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-07 with categories.
Within these pages you will be immersed in a world of writing about Alzheimer's and dementia gathered together by the team at AlzAuthors.com. The editors of this anthology have worked tirelessly to find and vet resources - memoir, novels, nonfiction, poetry, children's books, and blogs - to provide those living with dementia a friendly place to find the support and knowledge they need.Fifty-eight authors who have "walked the walk" reveal the stories behind their books, what made them sit down and painstakingly share their stories, and what they have gained from doing so. We believe that when we share our stories we open a dialogue that not only reduces the stigma surrounding a dementia diagnosis but enlightens others to the reality of: "I made it through. You can too."
Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories
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Author : Lynda A. Markut
language : en
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Release Date : 2005
Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories written by Lynda A. Markut and has been published by Vanderbilt University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Family & Relationships categories.
Filled with practical advice and innovative approaches to problem-solving, this essential guidebook presents the powerful words of people who have had to care for a parent or spouse with dementia. The interviewees talk about the challenges faced during every step in the caregiving process, from recognizing early symptoms of dementia to dealing with its advanced stages.
Enduring
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Author : Donna Larkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Enduring written by Donna Larkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Caregivers categories.
One wife’s story of caring for her husband with dementia—and the lessons for caregivers she learned along the way.After the death of her husband, author Donna Larkin realized that she—and the other women in her dementia caregivers’ support group—had accumulated invaluable strategies and tools that might be helpful for others recently finding themselves in a similar situation. In Enduring: A Story of Love, Dementia, and Lessons Learned, Larkin shares a chronology of her husband’s Alzheimer’s disease and her caregiving approaches, including those gleaned from her support-group friends and experts she met along the way.An honest, loving, and unflinching portrait of caregiving, Enduring draws on nine years’ worth of notes, emails, and journal pages written while full-time caregiving at home and while later helping to transition her husband into a memory-care facility. A chronicle of the couple’s journey from diagnosis to passing, her stories—with vulnerability, straight talk, and good humor—uniquely illustrate what it means to be a full-time caregiver for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease.As Larkin and her husband faced down the realities of his condition, a problem-solving approach kept her focused on finding solutions where possible—while her heart kept her focused on the man she knew her husband to be and the love they still shared in the face of many obstacles. For anyone struggling with the realities of a loved one’s battle with dementia, Enduring is a reminder that you are not alone.
Is There Any Ice Cream
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Author : Judith Allen Shone
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2019-07-09
Is There Any Ice Cream written by Judith Allen Shone and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-09 with Family & Relationships categories.
In 2018, the Alzheimer Society of Canada website showed over half a million people in Canada were living with dementia. That same year, the Alzheimer Association website reported that over 5.7 million in the US were living with a form of memory loss. Unsuspecting family members had to jump into the role of caregiver without warning or training. Often, the caregiver was a spouse. Many caregivers became confused, challenged and eventually overwhelmed from the stress of caring for their loved one. Judith Allen Shone fell into that category. It never occurred to her to ask “what if” her love became ill and she, alone, had to become the one to take care of him. She never dreamed she would have to become a solo caregiver. But that is exactly what happened. It is from her experiences that Shone came to believe no caregiver should be walking their path afraid or all alone. Written for all caregivers and those who support caregivers, Shone juggles humor with insight, as she chronicles the story of an untrained and desperate caregiver who, in her memoir-story style, relates her formidable experiences accompanied by the emotional chaos of caregiving for her loved one with COPD, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, cancer, and anxiety, with occasional mysteries arising. Includes one successful intervention.
Alzheimer S And Dementia Caregiving Stories
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Author : AlzAuthors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-28
Alzheimer S And Dementia Caregiving Stories written by AlzAuthors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-28 with categories.
Within these pages you will be immersed in a world of writing about Alzheimer's and dementia gathered together by the team at AlzAuthors. The editors of this anthology have worked tirelessly to find and vet resources - memoir, novels, nonfiction, poetry, children's books, and blogs - to provide those living with dementia a friendly place to find the support and knowledge they need. Includes stories for those caring for parents, a spouse, or living with the disease themselves. Stories featuring books for children and teens are also included. AlzAuthors is the global community of authors writing about Alzheimer's and dementia from their own personal experience to light the way for others. Started in 2015 by three daughters of dementia wishing to raise awareness of Alzheimer's disease and the wealth of personal written resources available, the organization has grown to more than 200 authors, most of whom have "walked the walk." May one of their stories speak to you. Find us at AlzAuthors.com.
The Caregiver S Tale
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Author : Ann Burack-Weiss
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2006-03-14
The Caregiver S Tale written by Ann Burack-Weiss and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-14 with Social Science categories.
Ann Burack-Weiss explores a rich variety of published memoirs by authors who cared for ill or disabled family members. Contrary to the common belief that caregiving is nothing more than a stressful situation to be endured, memoirs describe a life transforming experience-self-discovery, a reordering of one's priorities, and a changed view of the world. The Caregiver's Tale offers insight and comfort to individuals caring for a loved one and is a valuable resource for all health care professionals. Identifying common themes, Burack-Weiss describes how the illness career and social meaning of cancer, dementia, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and chemical dependence affect the caregiving experience. She applies the same method to an examination of family roles: parents caring for ailing children, couples and siblings caring for one another, and adult children caring for aging parents. Jamaica Kincaid, Sue Miller, Paul Monette, Kenzaburo Oë, and Philip Roth are among the many authors who share their caregiving stories. Burack-Weiss provides an annotated bibliography of the more than one hundred memoirs and an accompanying chart to help readers locate those of greatest interest to them.