Coming Forward
ISBN: 9780985271510 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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73,19 zł |
Stop and Smell the Garbage: A Caregiver's Story of Survival
ISBN: 9781477574072 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our walking path took us past a large garbage can that sat near an apartment complex. It was a favorite stopping point for dogs and Lucy, our willful terrier, pulled me over to it. I asked, "Oh, do you want to stop and smell the garbage?" Gery didn't appear to be paying attention, but not only was he listening, he decided I was talking to him. He walked resolutely to the garbage can, removed the lid, lowered his head and took an enthusiastic whiff." At age 56, Gery Sutton - a family physician specializing in geriatric medicine - was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. For three years, his...
Our walking path took us past a large garbage can that sat near an apartment complex. It was a favorite stopping point for dogs and Lucy, our willful ...
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41,03 zł |
Taking Care; Giving Care: Essentials for New Caregivers
ISBN: 9781456488291 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New caregivers can find essential tools and resources to assist them to provide care for their care recipient as well as for themselves. Whether they are caring for a spouse, a parent, a child, a friend or relative, this books offers information they can use.
New caregivers can find essential tools and resources to assist them to provide care for their care recipient as well as for themselves. Whether they ...
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63,67 zł |
The Ninefold Path: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781618520371 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anthony Alioto was diagnosed with end stage renal disease in 1993 and was forced to go on dialysis for several years before receiving a successful kidney transplant in 2000. In The Ninefold Path, he invites readers to join him on a harrowing personal journey through a labyrinth of tests, "what can I expect" meetings with medical staff, surgeries, and near-death experiences. He spares no detail in his desire to provide a guide for others living with a chronic disease - and their families and friends - on how to navigate the oftentimes rough waters of modern medicine. The Ninefold Path is for...
Anthony Alioto was diagnosed with end stage renal disease in 1993 and was forced to go on dialysis for several years before receiving a successful kid...
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91,07 zł |
Family Caregiving: A Step-by-Step Guide to Successful Caregiving
ISBN: 9781475940503 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Family Caregiving" explores one of the most precious and fulfilling gifts of love that can be given to a family member or a friend-and also one of the most difficult tasks to undertake. The difficulty increases in magnitude because many family caregivers have no formal medical training other than basic first aid. In most cases, all of their medical knowledge has come from their own life experiences with personal illnesses, accidents, and medications. In "Family Caregiving," author Brett Lewis shares his insights and the bounty of information that he learned acting as a family caregiver... "Family Caregiving" explores one of the most precious and fulfilling gifts of love that can be given to a family member or a friend-and also one of... |
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112,80 zł |
Family Caregiving: A Step-by-Step Guide to Successful Caregiving
ISBN: 9781475940510 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Family Caregiving" explores one of the most precious and fulfilling gifts of love that can be given to a family member or a friend-and also one of the most difficult tasks to undertake. The difficulty increases in magnitude because many family caregivers have no formal medical training other than basic first aid. In most cases, all of their medical knowledge has come from their own life experiences with personal illnesses, accidents, and medications. In "Family Caregiving," author Brett Lewis shares his insights and the bounty of information that he learned acting as a family caregiver... "Family Caregiving" explores one of the most precious and fulfilling gifts of love that can be given to a family member or a friend-and also one of... |
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69,33 zł |
Managing Alzheimer's and Dementia Behaviors: Common Sense Caregiving
ISBN: 9781478718239 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Managing Alzheimer's and Dementia Behaviors...The primary purpose of this booklet is to assist both "Healthcare Professionals" and "Family Caregivers" alike in providing the best care possible to those afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease or dementia of any kind. No less important, however, is another objective; for the information contained within these pages to be a catalyst in creating a better understanding between professional caregivers and the family members of the patients who they are caring for. Communication between these two factions is paramount. It is our hope that this booklet...
Managing Alzheimer's and Dementia Behaviors...The primary purpose of this booklet is to assist both "Healthcare Professionals" and "Family Caregivers"...
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53,31 zł |
Three Weeks in Africa: The Missional Work of Hospice
ISBN: 9781935434139 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "We as the American hospices are not sent to help the poor African hospices, but to deepen relationships with them, to assess needs and to discover how they function. We can share our knowledge with them, and they in turn can share their knowledge and insight with us." Hospice and Palliative Care is a new concept in Africa, and is established, funded and carried out in different ways than American hospices. The author's 3-pronged purpose in writing this book is to: 1) Approach hospice care from a missional point of view, 2) Share the importance of compassionate, faith-based end-of-life care,...
"We as the American hospices are not sent to help the poor African hospices, but to deepen relationships with them, to assess needs and to discover ho...
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43,25 zł |
The Boomers Are Coming
ISBN: 9781479755479 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,25 zł |
The Boomers Are Coming
ISBN: 9781479755486 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,26 zł |
Spirituality in Patient Care: Why, How, When, and What
ISBN: 9781599474250 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Praise for the previous edition: I highly recommend this book as reading for all physicians and would certainly recommend it for any course on medical ethics and/or required reading for any medical student. Journal of the National Medical AssociationSince the publication of the first edition of Spirituality in Patient Care in 2002, the book has earned a reputation as the authoritative introduction to the subject for health professionals interested in identifying and addressing the spiritual needs of patients. The body of research on religion, spirituality, and health...
Praise for the previous edition: I highly recommend this book as reading for all physicians and would certainly recommend it for any course on medical...
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125,15 zł |
The Conflict Of Caring
ISBN: 9781479146932 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Living through the experience of a serious diagnosis brings to light the effect illness has on the human perspective. From the search for a heart for a dying husband and father to the reality of the death of a loved one, The Conflict of Caring follows the story of one family's struggle to maneuver the healthcare system and their perception of the people within it. The feeling of loss of control during the time of a stressful illness is told through a personal and touching view point that will generate laughter and tears and the feeling of personally "living through" the situation. As the...
Living through the experience of a serious diagnosis brings to light the effect illness has on the human perspective. From the search for a heart for ...
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45,64 zł |
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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64,98 zł |
Long Days Last Days: a down-to-earth guide for those at the bedside
ISBN: 9781482785777 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Called to the bedside of someone critically or chronically ill, what should you bring, what can you do, what must you know, what will you say? Likely you've already sat with a grandparent, parent, brother, sister, lover, or friend in a hospital or nursing home and found yourself disturbed by certain medical protocols, mystified by lab reports, frustrated by insurance forms, benumbed by pharmocracy, thinking taboo thoughts about life or loss, and yourself on the verge of falling sick. LONG DAYS, LAST DAYS is for all of us who sooner or later will be sitting for hours with someone we love,...
Called to the bedside of someone critically or chronically ill, what should you bring, what can you do, what must you know, what will you say? Likely ...
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54,73 zł |
Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People
ISBN: 9780415849890 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems. The challenge for professionals and policy-makers is to find ways to respond to the coming crisis by delivering high-quality care in the home. This collection offers a critical analysis of home care policy and practice. It focuses on how high-quality care is provided and the practices and policies that support this. It offers case studies (both policy- and practice-oriented empirical studies) from countries that share a basic orientation to social welfare:...
Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems. The challen...
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271,23 zł |
When the Doctor Says, Alzheimer's: Your Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's & Dementia - Revised Edition
ISBN: 9781481720434 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although one in ten Americans over 65 and half of those over 80 has Alzheimer's, it's one of the most hidden, misunderstood diseases ever known. Because patients appear normal, few believe anything is wrong. Cognitive tests can't show the full extent of its devastation on victims and families-and it is a family disease-everyone is affected. It doesn't happen overnight, it sneaks in over years-decades; denial, blame and conflicts arise, few know what to do. What caused it? Will I get it? He keeps falling. He's violent Why isn't there a cure? The doctor doesn't understand. What's an MRI, MMSE?...
Although one in ten Americans over 65 and half of those over 80 has Alzheimer's, it's one of the most hidden, misunderstood diseases ever known. Becau...
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87,69 zł |
Services for Older Adults with Brain Disorders
ISBN: 9781482568547 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the spring of 2010, forty-one focus group participants met to identify the service needs of individuals fifty and older living with brain disorders in the Fairfax-Falls Church Community. Participants were comprised of adults fifty and older living with brain disorders, care givers of adults fifty and older living with brain disorders, mental health advocates, individuals who work with and/or for programs that serve adults fifty and older living with brain disorders, and academicians who specialize in geriatric services.
In the spring of 2010, forty-one focus group participants met to identify the service needs of individuals fifty and older living with brain disorders...
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45,60 zł |
Along the Continuum of Care: What Every Case Manager Must Know...
ISBN: 9781481745482 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Along the Continuum of Care creates a mind shift for the case manager in the new paradigm to be effective "agents of change" and "resource connectors." The urgent need to improve health outcomes is resulting in moment-to-moment changes in the world of case management. Along the Continuum of Care focus on helping health care professionals meet the new challenges with Health Care Reform. Case Managers must educate the senior leadership team about the financial contributions that result from appropriate care coordination. The CEO is responsible for the bottom line but the buck stops with case...
Along the Continuum of Care creates a mind shift for the case manager in the new paradigm to be effective "agents of change" and "resource connectors....
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66,99 zł |
Alzheimer's Moments: Memories from a Caregiver's Diary
ISBN: 9781480117471 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After living in Southern California for 20 years, the author returned home to upstate New York to watch over his mother who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He and his brother did everything they could to keep her in familiar surroundings at home and avoid assisted living. They were successful until June 2009, two weeks short of her 80th birthday. "Alzheimer's Moments" documents her life, particularly those poignant and sometimes humorous experiences that occurred along the way, and the challenges of being a primary caregiver. Anyone who has found themselves in the caregiving role to...
After living in Southern California for 20 years, the author returned home to upstate New York to watch over his mother who was suffering from Alzheim...
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45,60 zł |
Geriatric Palliative Care
ISBN: 9780195141917 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geriatric Palliative Care covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end of life for older adults. Beginning with the social and cultural context of old age and frailty, this volume details specific aspects of palliative care relevant to particular disorders (e.g. cancer, strokes, dementia, etc.) as well as individual symptoms (e.g., pain, fatigue, anxiety, etc.). Communication between care-givers and patients, in a variety of settings, is also discussed.
The theme of this book is that palliative care is the best approach to the care of chronically ill and frail elderly... Geriatric Palliative Care covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end of life for older adults. Beginning with the social and c...
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525,25 zł |