Caregiver's Guide

Care for Yourself While You Care for Your Loved Ones

Sharon E. Hohler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

284 Seiten

2011
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4962-0 (ISBN)

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Every year, 65 million people give care to their frail, ailing, or disabled loved ones. Whether caregiving begins with a crisis or builds gradually, spouses, adult children, parents with sick children, even children themselves who care for parents and grandparents can find themselves struggling to navigate the often-confusing medical world while neglecting their own health and well-being. How can caregivers care for themselves when they are consumed with tending to someone else?

This indispensible guide offers the information, support, and resources needed to achieve this difficult balance. In addition to advice on maintaining one's own health and relieving stress, topics include medical terms and procedures, tips for doctor visits, ways to avoid mistakes in medicines, safety around the home, and the most common health problems. A list of resources and samples of important medical documents complete this essential manual.

Orthopaedic surgical nurse Sharon E. Hohler is a member of the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses. The author of a number of journal articles, she is a member of the Heartland Writers Guild and the Missouri Writers Guild. She lives in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Elaine A. Moore has worked in hospital laboratories for more than 30 years, primarily in immunohematology and toxicology. She is a freelance medical writer and laboratory consultant. For more information, visit her website at www.elaine-moore.com. She lives in Sedalia, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

SECTION I. CAREGIVING

1. Statistics and Stages of Caregiving

2. Children Involved in Caregiving

3. Caregivers Need Care Too

4. Stress Breakers

5. Looking Back Through History

6. All Things Medical

7. All Things Surgical

8. Practical Decisions

9. Grieving and Remembering

10. Strategies for Healthy Aging

SECTION II. COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED

11. Alzheimer’s Disease

12. Arthritis

13. Cancer

14. Diabetes

15. Heart Disease

Glossary

Chapter Notes

Resources

Index

Reihe/Serie	McFarland Health Topics
Zusatzinfo	glossary, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	376 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
ISBN-10	0-7864-4962-4 / 0786449624
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-4962-0 / 9780786449620
Zustand	Neuware