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| View Larger Image | The Caregiver's Survival Handbook: How to Care for Your Aging Parent Without Losing Yourself | Paperbackby Alexis Abramson (Author)
| List Price: | $15.95 | | Price: | $11.48 | | You Save: | $4.47 (28%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Perigee Trade | | Page Count: | 272 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 03, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 351,090st |
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Product Description
One in four families in the U.S. is caring for parents or other senior relatives-and 72% of the primary caregivers in these families are women. This book is written for those 16 million women who are part of the "sandwich generation"-caught between the needs of their elderly relatives and their young families. These women often feel invisible, their own needs unobserved and unappreciated by those around them. The Caregiver's Survival Handbook not only offers practical caregiving advice for these women, but also helps them deal with the emotional concerns they face: € Dealing with changing parent/child roles € Fostering aging parents' independence € Asking for, and getting, help from siblings and other family members € Balancing work, family, and caregiving duties € Finding time for themselves in the middle of it all |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 8 reviews)
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Written with a female caregiver in mind. by Clark R. Steinmetz (Paso Robles, CA.)  3 Stars
October 26, 2009
This is a practical book with good, common-sense advice. As a male caregiver, my only complaint is that the book is written to the female reader.
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Disappointed by C. J. Ayala (New Hope, PA)  1 Stars
April 29, 2009
This book made some good points reminding me others share my situation. It just didn't give me any help in dealing with it.
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the other 20 percent.... by J Quesinberry (Toledo, Ohio) 3 Stars
March 20, 2009
I'm 55, work a very demanding job 50 hrs a week or more and often "on call" for emergencies after hours. I also am the sole care provider for my mother who is suffering from Alzheimers and my father, suffering another form of dementia. Life is somewhat stressful at this point so I was looking forward to finding some help on surviving this difficult time with some "self" left when it's over. A few pages into the book the author gives statistics stating that 80 percent or more of elder caregivers are women. From that point on almost all references to the caregiver refer to "her" and things that women can do to help manage the process. Well, I'm part of the other 20 percent. As a guy, I had difficulty relating to many of the suggestions/comments and though it's probably a helpful book for women, I gave up about a third of the way into it and have moved on to searching for something I can better relate to.
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honest and informative by Juel B. Sicilian  4 Stars
January 17, 2009
Having been a caregiver and now involved with several people in the same situation I wanted to find a reasource guide to give them. It is a quick read , which for a caregiver is a great thing. It does not sugar coat the situation and gives practical suggestions and good source information
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Caregiving help by Sharon W. (Texas, USA)  5 Stars
October 06, 2008
Good book for caregivers to aging parents. I used this book to give as a door prize at a presentation on caregiving for caregivers. Price is right.
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| Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent : A Guide for Stressed-Out Children
by Grace Lebow (Author), Barbara Kane (Author), Irwin Lebow (Contributor)
Do You Have
An Aging Parent Who --Blames you for everything that goes wrong?Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time?Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined?Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you?Is hostile, negative and critical? Coping with these traits in parents is an endless high-stress battle for their children. Though there's no medical defination for "difficult" parents, you know when you have one. While it's rare for adults to change...
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| The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent
by Barry J. Jacobs PsyD (Author)
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 Caregivers helps family members navigate tough decisions and make the most of their time together as they care for an aging parent. The author urges readers...
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| Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents, Third Edition: How to Help, How to Survive
by Claire Berman (Author)
For women and men who are involved in caring for aging parents, and for those who see caregiving in their future, this empathetic and practical book offers complete coverage of all the practical issues you are likely to confront-while addressing the emotional stress and particular needs of caregivers. Claire Berman, drawing on her own experiences, the experiences of many other adult children, and interviews with specialists in the geriatric field, discusses the wide range of emotions that can...
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| How to Care for Aging Parents (Morris, How to Care for Aging)
by Virginia Morris (Author), Robert M. Butler (Author)
The best and bestselling book of its kind. Originally published in 1995, How to Care for Aging Parents, with 220,000 copies in print, won a Books for a Better Life Award and was praised as "an indispensable book" (AARP) and "a compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion" (The Washington Post). It also catapulted its author, Virginia Morris, to national prominence as a recognized eldercare authority on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, CBS, and other media.
Nine years later, and the...
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| Self-Care for Caregivers: A Twelve Step Approach
by Pat Samples (Author), Diane Larsen (Author), Marvin Larsen (Author)
Are you one of the growing number of people who serves as a caregiver for an aging or chronically ill friend or family member? If so, you probably struggle to meet both their special needs and still find time and resources for yourself. But now there is reason to take heart. The authors of this down-to-earth, encouraging book can help you make the most of the experience without losing yourself in the process. Using the Twelve Steps as a guide, the authors conduct readers through the pitfalls of...
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