Yonover, Robert
Summary: "While struggling to become a successful scientist and inventor, Dr. Robert Yonover also was primary caregiver for his paralyzed wife for more than twenty years and raised their two children. He offers guidance and hope to caregivers based on his own experiences"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 649.8 YONSilver, Marc
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9944 SILPollak, Susan M
Summary: "I yelled at the kids again--and feel so ashamed." "I barely have time to shower, let alone exercise; no wonder I'm so out of shape." "I'm just not the dad I hoped I would be." Parenting is hard. That's why self-compassion is so important. In this empathic resource, mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan M. Pollak helps you let go of constant self-judgment and treat yourself with the same...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Guilford Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 POLSheehy, Gail.
Summary: No one really expects it, but at some time or another, just about everyone has been-- or will be-- responsible for giving care, for a sustained period, to someone close to them. Gail Sheehy, who has chronicled every turning point for 20th-century Americans and reported on everything from politics to sexuality, knows firsthand the trials, fears, and rare joys of caregiving. Now she takes you by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 362.0425 SHEClayton, Karen J.
Summary: "People often do not avail themselves of hospice care available to patients and families dealing with terminal illness, because they don't understand what it entails. Many wait until their last few days to request this extraordinary comfort care instead of using the full six months available to them through Medicare and other insurance options. Demystifying Hospice describes, through stories,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 CLACary, Lorene
Summary: Shares the story of the author's relationship with her remarkable grandmother, describing the latter's youth in the Jim Crow South, devotion to black causes, and management of her own business until age one hundred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CARY CARDellasega, Cheryl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Champion Press Ltd. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8526 DELAdamec, Christine A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 ADAWinfrey, Kerry
Summary: "What happens when your life is a rom-com ... but you don't even believe in true love? Chloe Sanderson is an optimist, and not because her life is easy. As the sole caregiver for her father, who has early onset Alzheimer's, she's pretty much responsible for everything. She has no time-or interest-in getting swept up in some dazzling romance. Not like her best friend Annie, who literally wrote a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2020
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Summary: Now that their parents are gone, the future has changed dramatically for sisters Adele and Justine. Neither woman knows how to start life over, but both realize they can and must support each other the way only sisters can. Together they find the strength to accept their failures and overcome their challenges. Happiness is within reach, if only they have the courage to fight for it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARMcMahon, Susan
Summary: Days with Gramps is the story of a family supporting one another through the diagnosis, and progression of Gramps' Alzheimer's Disease. Showing the reality behind family adjustments and then experiencing loss, authors Susan and Elizabeth McMahon provide a story for families struggling and a sense of hope after a terrible loss to a crippling disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorrance Publishing Co. 2022
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 920 MCMVillieu, Valérie
Summary: "When Valérie first met Josephine, she knew she would be embarking on a unique journey. Though vastly different in age, their connection was instantaneous. Humor quickly became their language, their playground, and despite the debilitating disease that Joséphine faced every single day, they were able to form a beautiful friendship that transcended the reaches of modern medicine." -- goodreads.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Life Drawn 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 VILBrantz, Loryn
Summary: "Blowing bubbles, enjoying messy ice cream cones, settling in for a bedtime story, and more are celebrated in this irresistible love poem from caregiver to child."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD BRAGibbons, Leeza.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lachance Pub Llc 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.196 GIBMace, Nancy L.
Summary: Originally published in 1981, The 36-Hour Day was the first book of its kind. Thirty years later, with dozens of other books on the market, it remains the definitive guide for people caring for someone with dementia. Now in a new and updated edition, this best-selling book features thoroughly revised chapters on the causes of dementia, managing the early stages of dementia, the prevention of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2011
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Summary: An accomplished concert pianist, Richard received standing ovations from audiences all over the world in awe of his rare combination of emotional resonance and flawless technique. Richard now has ALS, and his entire right arm is paralyzed. He knows his left arm will go next. When Richard becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, his distant wife Karina becomes his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GENPost, Stephen Garrard
Summary: "A new ethics guideline for caregivers of "deeply forgetful people" and a program on how to communicate and connect based on 30 years of community dialogues through Alzheimer's organizations across the globe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 POSRohr, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for Action and Contemplation 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 248.8 ROHSaavedra, Mary Jo
Summary: "A toolbox of critical resources that assists families and eldercare professionals with the navigation of aging loved ones based on the author's Six Pillars of Aging Wellbeing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging SaavedraCapossela, Cappy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.8 CAPCollins, Paul
Contents: The wild boy -- Fallen from the sky -- Dear chromophone -- Safety in numbers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 COLDavis, Patti
Summary: "With the searching, exquisite prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. "For the decade of my father's illness, I felt as if I was floating in the deep end, tossed by waves, carried by currents, but not drowning. "In a singular account of battling Alzheimer's, Patti Davis eloquently weaves personal anecdotes with practical advice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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Summary: An extraordinary story demonstrating how the love between a dementia sufferer and her husband/caregiver sustained them even as the disease worked its way to its inevitable and foreordained conclusion.
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