BIBLIOGRAPHY

TITLE                                                AUTHOR                           CALL NUMBER



Alzheimer's Activities: Hundreds of Activities       Fitzray, B.J.                    362.1968/FIT
  for Men and Women With Alzheimer's Disease
  and Related Disorders
      This easy-to-use book is packed
      with creative ideas for everyday
      and special-occassion activities,
      caregivers'anecdotes, helpful tips,
      interesting facts, and encouragement.

The Alzheimer's Caregiver: Dealing With the          Hodgson, Harriet                 362.1968/HOD
  Realities of Dementia
      Author Harriet Hodgson, having
      experienced firsthand what care-
      givers go through, summarizes
      the latest caregiving research,
      weaving her own mother's story
      into the facts to make the
      advice come alive.  Her
      personal approach is re-
      assuring and encouraging,
      and her emphasis on caring
      for yourself as will as the
      patient can make each day a
      little easier.


The Alzheimer's Source Book for Caregivers           Gray-Davidson, Frena
    A fact-based, hands-on, caregiving
    guide written by an in-home Alzheimer's
    caregiver. This unique book helps
    you work through the personal issues
    surrounding caregiving, including
    how to recognize and manage stress,
    how to deal with difficult behaviors,
    how to find outside help when
    necessary and how to nurture your
    own well-being.

The Caregiver: A Life with Alzheimer's               Alterra, Aaron                   362.1/ALT
    A lucid and informative memoir, this
    book is the story of a man's efforts
    to understand his wife's experience
    with Alzheimer's disease and to
    maintain his personal connection
    to her.  Reeve Lindbergh writes of
    this book:  "It is both extremely inform-
    ative and deeply humane, and beyond
    that it is wonderfully written."


Close to Me, But Far Away: Living With Alzheimer's   Wheeler, Burton                  362.1968/WHE
    Offers one husband's story of living with
    Alzheimer's from his wife's first experiences
    with dementia through his role as her full-
    time caretaker.


Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease
    specialists around the world, a compassionate
    guide to Alzheimer's disease, a devastating
    condition that affects people over the age of
    sixty-five, provides a wealth of information
    on signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment,
    and long-term care.

Cancer

 

TITLE                                                AUTHOR                           CALL NUMBER

Caregiving: A Step-By-Step Resource for Caring       Houts, Peter and                 649.8/CAR
   for the Person with Cancer at Home                Bucker, Julia
       This practical guide offers managable
       solutions to the many conditions and
       situations caregivers face, from
       physical and emotional conditions,
       dealing with health care providers
       and insurance carriers, to taking
       care of their own needs as well as
       those of the patient.

Eldercare

 

TITLE                                                AUTHOR                           CALL NUMBER


And Thou Shalt Honor
    The companion volume to the PBS
    special by the same name provides
    a comprehensive and compassionate
    guide to caregiving, covering
    such issues as assessing a loved
    one's health, benefits assistance,
    legal advice, dealing with burnout,
    hands-on care tips, and helpful
    resources.


Complete Eldercare Planner                           Loverde, Joy                     362.6/LOV
    A comprehensive guide to caring
    for the elderly serves as a
    record book for keeping track
    of medical, legal and financial
    data and offers advice on
    assessing the health of an elder,
    broaching difficult topics, and
    more.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents   Rhodes, Linda M.Colvin           362.6/RHO
    Offers advice on medical conditions,
    medical insurance and prescription
    drug costs, nursing homes and
    assisted living facilities, and
    resources available for assistance.


Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services   Lieberman, Trudy                 362.1609/CON
  for Seniors
      A consumer's guide to the complexities
      of the health-care system for older
      Americans offers an objective,
      practical evaluation of a variety
      of health care, assisted living,
      and nursing home options in a
      helpful handbook that includes
      worksheets, charts, and comparison
      tables.

Eldercare 911: The Caregiver's Complete Handbook     Beerman, Susan
  for Making Decisions


Elder Rage or, Take My Father, Please.  How to       Marcell, Jacqueline              362.6/MAR
  Survive Caring for Aging Parents
      The author chronicles her experiences
      caring for her frail mother and
      difficult father and offers advice
      for caregivers on how to handle
      elderly parents who refuse to
      cooperate or demonstrate
      aggressive behavior.

How to Care for Aging Parents                        Morris, Virginia and             306.874/MOR
    A compassionate, single-volume                                 Butler, Robert
    reference to the many topics
    associated with caring for aging
    parents covers such areas as
    nursing homes, finances, finding
    a good doctor, legal arrangements,
    redefining parental relationships,
    and handling emotional issues.


Taking Care of Aging Family Members                  Lustbader, Wendy and             679.8/LUS
    Offers advice on handling the                                  Hooyman, Nancy R.
    physical, mental,emotional,and
    financial needs of the aged and
    includes sections on spirituality,
    ethnicity, self-neglect, and other
    issues.

The Unofficial Guide to Eldercare                    Adamec, Christine A.
    A practical, cost-conscious guide
    offers children  of elderly parents
    informed advice about providing
    for their parents' needs, including
    information about care-giving,
    living wills, nursing homes,
    financing eldercare, meeting the
    everyday needs of elders, coping
    with illnesses, handling services
    not covered by Medicare and keeping
    their own lives in balance in
    difficult situations.




Caregiving

 

TITLE                                                AUTHOR                           CALL NUMBER



1001 Tips for Caregivers.  Experienced Caregivers    Carr, Sash and
  Share Their Time Tested Ideas and Advice           Choron, Sandra


American Medical Association Guide to Home           Perry, Angela                    362.14/AME
  Caregiving
       A difinitive guide to taking care of your
      loved one at home.  Written by experts
      from the AMA, the book provides the
      information you need to take the best
      possible care of an elderly, ill or
      disabled person in a home setting.

Caregiving: A Guide for Those Who Give Care and      Bumagin, Victoria                362.0245/BUM
  Those Who Receive It
      Chock-full of descriptive case examples,
      this book emphasises the ways in which
      caregiving is affected by the conditions,
      personalities, capabilities, and wishes
      of both the caregivers and the care
      receipients.  Chapters explore the range
      of care receivers and the difference in
      caregiving styles and options.



The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-By-Step     Meyer, Maria
  Guide


The Educated Caregiver Three Tape Set


The Fearless Caregiver: How to Get the Best Care     Barg, Gary                       362.1/FEA
  for Your Loved One and Still Have a Life of
  Your Own
      A step-by-step guide to becoming the ultimate
      caregiver-skillful, knowledgeable, and
      fearless-for your loved one.  In this book are
      also tools and strategies for taking care of
      your own physical and emotional needs while
      you care for someone you love.

From the Heart Through the Hands: The Power of       Nelson, Dawn                     615.822/NEL
  Touch in Caregiving
      Integrating personal experience and skillful
      instruction, the author teaches how touch,
      the most basic form of human
      communication, can facilitate physical,
      emotional and spiritual healing for the
      caregiver as well as for the patient.

The Gifts of Caregiving: Stories of Hardship,        Goldman, Connie                  649.8092/GIF
  Hope and Healing
      More than thirty caregivers in very diverse
      circumstances describe how they achieved
      the balance that allows long-term
      caregiving to be possible.  Contains
      extraordinary conversations with family
      caregivers including Dana Reeve, wife of
      actor Christopher Reeve, former First
      Lady Rosalynn Carter, and Pultizer
      Prize-winning author Studs Terkel.

God Knows Caregiving Can Pull You Apart. 12 Ways     Thompson, Gretchen                248.88/THO
  to Keep it All Together
      In a format designed for quick
      reading in stolen moments, the
      author offers practical "how
      to" information and also offers
      consolation and encourage-
      ment to those who find
      themselves caring for others
      in need.

Hard Questions-Simple Answers.  A Workbook to        Peters, Elana
  Take the Crisis Out of Caregiving


Keeping Them Healthy, Keeping Them Home: How         Caruso, Ellen                    362.14/CAR
  to Care for Your Loved Ones at Home
      This book offers the practical knowledge
      you need to sucessfully face the
      challenges and rewards of caring for
      those you love.  It demystifies the
      paperwork involved in securing adequate
      services such as physical and home
      intrevenous therapies.  It also covers
      what can-and cannot-be expected of visiting
      health professionals.

Quick Tips for Caregivers                            Karpinski, Marion                649.8/KAR
    An information-packed book in a user-
    friendly format that contains practical,
    easy-to-follow descriptions and clear
    instructions on basic nursing
    prosedures such as how to position someone
    in bed, how to help someone in and out of a
    wheelchair without hurting yourself, how
    to give a bed bath, protecting your back,
    infection control and more.

The Resourceful Caregiver: Helping Family            National Family Caregivers       362.14/RES
  Caregivers Help Themselves                           Association
      Created by family caregivers for family
      caregivers, this book contains over 500
      resources to help caregivers help
      themselves and their loved ones.

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