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Meeting the Leadership Challenge in Long-Term Care: What You Do Matters
ISBN: 9781932529708 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What you do really does matter This book is a must read for nursing home administrators, directors of nursing, and others in leadership positions in long-term care. It offers practical, commonsense, easy-to-implement approaches that will yield immediate positive results. It also serves as a wake-up call to leaders who doubt their impact and as an affirmation to leaders who struggle daily to do a good job. Let Meeting the Leadership Challenge in Long-Term Care open the door to new possibilities and set your organization on a better course. Too often long-term care leaders feel overwhelmed by...
What you do really does matter This book is a must read for nursing home administrators, directors of nursing, and others in leadership positions in ...
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Remember Me When: Navigating Through Alzheimer's Disease
ISBN: 9781616600129 / Angielski / Twarda / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Optimize Life for Your Aging Parents and You
ISBN: 9781432797386 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Most Important Lesson: What My Mother Taught Me That Will Change Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Forever
ISBN: 9781614487104 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Are you caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia and longing for greater purpose and meaning?"
"Are you tired of the ups and downs of daily challenges and looking for a new way to interact with your loved one?" "Do you wish you could connect more deeply with your loved one?" Our society is buckling under the demands of Alzheimer's disease and dementia care, and now a simple but innovative approach has arrived. Laura Anthony brings you on her real-life journey of love and discovery as she cares for her mother suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Tired,... "Are you caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia and longing for greater purpose and meaning?"
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How to Age in Place: Planning for a Happy, Independent, and Financially Secure Retirement
ISBN: 9781607744160 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first authoritative and comprehensive guide to "aging in place"--a burgeoning movement for those who don't want to rely on assisted living or nursing home care--which allows seniors to spend their later years living comfortably, independently, and in their own home or community. For millions of Americans, living in a nursing home or assisted living facility is not how they'd prefer to spend their retirement years. This is why more and more people are choosing to "age in place." In this empowering and indispensable book, clinical psychologists and aging...
The first authoritative and comprehensive guide to "aging in place"--a burgeoning movement for those who don't want to rely on assisted livi...
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Stolen
ISBN: 9781625099334 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "What would you say if I told you that an insidious thief maybe lurking in your mind?," asks author and advocate Lora D. King. Her compelling anecdote in STOLEN clearly reveals the impact of a robbery that occurs in the brain as a result of the theft. This bandit is commonly known as Alzheimer's Disease. Also known as AD, it is a brain disease which steals a person's memory, and causes alarming thinking and behavior problems that seriously impact cognitive and functional abilities to the point of requiring 24-hour care. Alzheimer's Disease is a complex villain, and only recently have the...
"What would you say if I told you that an insidious thief maybe lurking in your mind?," asks author and advocate Lora D. King. Her compelling anecdote...
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Stolen
ISBN: 9781625099341 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "What would you say if I told you that an insidious thief maybe lurking in your mind?," asks author and advocate Lora D. King. Her compelling anecdote in STOLEN clearly reveals the impact of a robbery that occurs in the brain as a result of the theft. This bandit is commonly known as Alzheimer's Disease. Also known as AD, it is a brain disease which steals a person's memory, and causes alarming thinking and behavior problems that seriously impact cognitive and functional abilities to the point of requiring 24-hour care. Alzheimer's Disease is a complex villain, and only recently have the...
"What would you say if I told you that an insidious thief maybe lurking in your mind?," asks author and advocate Lora D. King. Her compelling anecdote...
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Stolen
ISBN: 9781625099396 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "What would you say if I told you that an insidious thief maybe lurking in your mind?," asks author and advocate Lora D. King. Her compelling anecdote in STOLEN clearly reveals the impact of a robbery that occurs in the brain as a result of the theft. This bandit is commonly known as Alzheimer's Disease. Also known as AD, it is a brain disease which steals a person's memory, and causes alarming thinking and behavior problems that seriously impact cognitive and functional abilities to the point of requiring 24-hour care. Alzheimer's Disease is a complex villain, and only recently have the...
"What would you say if I told you that an insidious thief maybe lurking in your mind?," asks author and advocate Lora D. King. Her compelling anecdote...
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Who Cares? God's Path for the Caregiver
ISBN: 9780989023917 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How should we respond to our aging loved ones when they act like children? Does God expect us to love them when they are demanding and want what they want now? Thrust into the role of caring for a grandmother, an aging father, and eventually in-laws, Valeri Miller experienced emotions ranging from love to anger; from isolation to social strain. As family members struggled with a loss of independence and the prison of their frail bodies, Valeri had her struggles as well. While striving to show love and care to everyone else, God was doing a much-needed work in her own heart. Who Cares? God's...
How should we respond to our aging loved ones when they act like children? Does God expect us to love them when they are demanding and want what they ...
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The Alzheimer's Prevention Plan: 10 proven ways to stop memory decline and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's
ISBN: 9780749925147 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alzheimer's disease and age-related memory loss are on the increase. The burden this condition places on sufferers, their families and health care systems is immense. In this reassuring and practical book, top nutritionist and mental health expert Patrick Holford argues that memory decline and Alzheimer's disease can be arrested, and the risks of developing such diseases reduced significantly, if you take action early.
THE ALZHEIMER'S PREVENTION PLAN is based on research into nutritional medicine from experts around the world, and features the latest scientific findings on how nutrition... Alzheimer's disease and age-related memory loss are on the increase. The burden this condition places on sufferers, their families and health care sys...
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The Selfish Pig's Guide To Caring: How to cope with the emotional and practical aspects of caring for someone
ISBN: 9780749929862 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Six million people in the UK, often unnoticed by the rest of us, provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly relatives, friends or neighbours. Their job is long, lonely and hard, yet there is limited support and no formal training. As a result, carers suffer frequent damage to physical and mental health. Oddly, though carers by definition are anything but selfish pigs, they are liable to feelings of guilt, probably brought on by fatigue and isolation. So Hugh Marriott has written this book for them - and also for the rest of us who don't know what being a carer is all about. His aim is...
Six million people in the UK, often unnoticed by the rest of us, provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly relatives, friends or neighbours. Their j...
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A Dignified Life: The Best Friends(tm) Approach to Alzheimer's Care: A Guide for Care Partners
ISBN: 9780757316654 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that as many as 66 million people around the world will be faced with this life-altering disease. Unfortunately, these staggering statistics impact millions of caregivers, too. Compared with all types of caregivers, those who assist someone with dementia experience the highest levels of burnout, depression, poor health, and premature death. A Dignified Life, Revised and Expanded offers hope and help with a proven approach. Ten years ago,...More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that ... |
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Being There
ISBN: 9781492272366 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book was written as a companion for caregivers. I am the friend who understands the emotional rollercoaster of being involved with caring for a loved one tragically left with a minimal quality of life due to an unfortunate life saving measure. I am the friend who shares the deepest pain, the torturous amount of guilt, and the inner thoughts of wishing for death. I am also the friend who finds happiness in the smallest moments, shares the strength of a family who sticks together, and finds forgiveness and hope when life takes unexpected turns. Through my story, medical professionals...
This book was written as a companion for caregivers. I am the friend who understands the emotional rollercoaster of being involved with caring for a l...
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The Hope of Glory: A Devotional Guide for Older Adults
ISBN: 9781938499326 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Hope of Glory is a devotional guide with 57 lessons for older adults and those leading weekly devotionals in retirement homes, assisted living residences, skilled nursing facilities, senior centers or Sunday school classes.
These time-tested devotions will restore a sense of purpose and instill the Gospel message of hope in you or the older adults you know and love-as they remind us all of who we are in God's eyes: not old and useless, but men and women created in His image who still have a life to live, a story to tell, and a future of eternal glory For individual or group... The Hope of Glory is a devotional guide with 57 lessons for older adults and those leading weekly devotionals in retirement homes, assisted living res...
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The Caregivers: A Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love
ISBN: 9781451674156 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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...
A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers--spouses, parents, and friends of the el...
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Embracing Elderhood: Planning for the Next Stage of Life
ISBN: 9780990649700 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Finally A practical guide to walk you through the process of planning for a longer life. Using her years of experience as an Elder Law and Estate Planning attorney, and the personal lessons she learned walking her own parents through this process, Laurie Menzies explains, in practical terms, the best way to plan for this stage of life. You may be asking questions like: "Who will care for me?," "Where will I live?" and "Will I have enough money?" Unfortunately, many families either ignore the need for planning, only to "stumble through" a fragmented, confusing system that often leaves them...
Finally A practical guide to walk you through the process of planning for a longer life. Using her years of experience as an Elder Law and Estate Pla...
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Parentrapped
ISBN: 9781938463181 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You love them. Of course you do. But they're driving you crazy They're overly demanding, inpatient, unreasonable, self-centered and selfish, and expect you to drop everything for them at a moment's notice. And they act so juvenile No, we're not talking about the kids. This dissertation deals with those who brought you into this world - your parents, AKA Mommy and Daddy. They've entered their golden years and can't get around like they used to, and have turned to you for help- lots of help. Are you feeling caught between a rock and a hard place, or 'trapped' as it were? Then it's time to...
You love them. Of course you do. But they're driving you crazy They're overly demanding, inpatient, unreasonable, self-centered and selfish, and expe...
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The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life
ISBN: 9781631520495 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2015-2016 Sarton Story Circle: Memoir Winner 2016-2017 Readers Views Award: Memoir/Autobiography/Biography Winner, West Pacific Regional Winner 2017 Independent Press Award: Relationships Winner 2017 International Book Awards: Autobiography/Memoir Finalist 2016 National Indie Excellence Awards: Memoir Finalist As a bereavement care specialist, Dr. Virginia Simpson has devoted her career to counseling individuals and families grappling with illness, death, and grieving. But when her own mother, Ruth, is diagnosed in 1999 with a...2015-2016 Sarton Story Circle: Memoir Winner 2016-2017 Readers Views Award: Memoir/Autobiography/Biography Winner, West Pacific Regi... |
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Scattered: My Year As An Accidental Caregiver
ISBN: 9780996403504 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In November 2009 Jana Panarites was scrambling to make ends meet in LA, despite a lifetime of working hard and having recently earned a master's degree from the University of Southern California. Her career spiraling out of control, she didn't think life could get any worse until she learned of her father's sudden death two days before Thanksgiving. She flew east for the funeral, and was forced to confront her future head-on at the sight of her devastated eighty-year-old mother. After living her entire adult life in LA and New York City, the second generation Greek-American decided... In November 2009 Jana Panarites was scrambling to make ends meet in LA, despite a lifetime of working hard and having recently earned a master's de... |
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Dementia Care: Techniques To Improve The Quality Of Their Life
ISBN: 9781519302151 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Dementia Care- goes over all the care techniques that should be implemented in different situations pertaining to dementia. You will learn care techniques for communication problems, bad behavior, dementia walk and wandering, incontinence, agitation, repetitive actions and speech, paranoia, sleeplessness, bathing, bad nutrition and all other conditions related to dementia. Some of the care techniques for certain symptoms will coincide with the care techniques for other symptoms. Make note of all the symptoms that your patient is currently experiencing and then use this book as a guide to...
-Dementia Care- goes over all the care techniques that should be implemented in different situations pertaining to dementia. You will learn care techn...
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