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"Voices of" series ; bk. no. 6Yonover, 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 YONPollak, 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 POLPost, 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 POSYonover, Robert
Summary: Caregiver's Survival Guide is based on Dr. Robert Yonover's personal experiences. While struggling to become a successful scientist and inventor, he also was primary caregiver for his paralyzed wife for more than twenty years and raised their two children. Yonover takes you into the throes of his life as a caregiver, husband, and father, offering guidance and hope through his story. He provides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.8 YONCary, 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 CARRohr, Richard.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
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 ROHWiggs, Susan
Summary: "In the wake of a shocking tragedy, Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming but financially strapped bookshop in San Francisco. She also becomes caretaker for her ailing grandfather Andrew, her only living relative--not counting her scoundrel father. But the gruff, deeply kind Andrew has begun displaying signs of decline. Natalie thinks it's best to move him to an assisted living facility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WIGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WIGVillieu, 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 VILClayton, 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 CLAKenway, Emily
Summary: "When Emily Kenway became the full-time caregiver for her terminally ill mother, her life was changed forever. While her friends outside were chasing down the successes and joys of life, for her, success was when her mother managed to drink half a fortified juice, and joy came from the dulled relief she felt on realizing they'd managed three hours' straight without a vomiting spate. Kenway...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.14 KENMcMahon, 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 Adult, Call number: 920 MCMAcheson, Alison
Summary: "A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS. Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist. Ten months and ten days later, Marty passed away. Dance Me to the End is an evocative memoir about the emotional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brindle & Glass 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ACHESON, ALISON ACHSaavedra, 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 SaavedraBall, Troylyn
Summary: Troylyn Ball and her husband, Charlie, an engineer and real estate investor, had spent their entire lives in Texas. But after a near fatal trip to the emergency room with their mute, wheelchair-bound son Marshall, they admitted the dust and the heat were too dangerous. To save their boys, the Balls cashed out, sold their beloved farm, and moved to Asheville, North Carolina. Nearing fifty, Troy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BALL, TROYLYN BALBrent, Carolyn.
Summary: "Everything you need to know to ensure that your elderly loved one is being properly cared for. People today are not only living longer, they are also living sicker-making aging and caring for elderly loved ones more complicated than ever before. In this extensive guide, caregiver advocate Carolyn Brent outlines a step-by-step process so caregivers know what to do and what to ask in every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.6 BRECapossela, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 DAVEstreich, George.
Summary: The author discusses the raising of his daughter, Laura Estreich, with Down syndrome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ESTREICH, GEORGE ESTGillies, Andrea.
Summary: 'Keeper' is a very humane and honest exploration of living with Alzheimer's, giving an illuminating account of the disease itself. Gillies tells about the time she and her family spent living with someone with dementia, in a big Victorian house in the far, far north of Scotland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 GILHanstedt, Constance.
Summary: As a young girl in the Midwest, Constance Hanstedt was consumed by fear -- of her parents, especially her disapproving mother, Virginia; of social situations; and of people in general. Even as an adult she remained guarded around her mother, avoiding conflict at all costs. Still, when Virginia developed Alzheimer's, Hanstedt did what the perfect daughter she'd always struggled to be would do:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind HanstedtLewis, Stephen
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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