In our youth oriented culture, Currier asks us to venerate the very old. Merely surviving to old age doesn't guarantee wisdom; it may just be good genes. But if we listen, she says, our elders gift us with pure truth. After twenty five years as a nurse in Assisted Living, Currier has collected a trove of stories, with souls gruff and funny, sometimes feeble and terrifying: • meet a ninety year old lady who wants to know about syphilis • discover...

Being a caregiver is a noble work. It is a journey you may have recently started or one you have been on for decades. No matter where you are on the path what you do is heroic and honorable. Heroic Caregiver is a collection of stories and lessons to give caregivers a voice and a context in which they can appreciate themselves, the many complexities they manage, and their right and responsibility to seek happiness even when caring for others. Recognized...

In "Blessing or Burden? Taking Care Of Your Elderly," Chioma Chime delves into the intricate dynamics of caring for the elderly, offering readers a profound exploration of intergenerational relationships. Through a series of moving accounts, Chime challenges readers to reconsider their perceptions of the elderly, highlighting the rewarding nature of caregiving as a blessing rather than a burden. By emphasizing the values of empathy and understanding,...

Here is everything you need in one place regarding elder care. This resource provides Caregiving advice, tools and more. It covers all stages of senior care for elderly aging parents or spouses.

Joel Thomas is a Christian leader, teacher, and counselor to troubled marrieds, singles, and parishioners-at-large with life issues that span from spiritual maladies to domestic upsets to social and moral sicknesses of every kind. He's never authored a book until now. After all the assistance he's offered the world, the day came when he faced putting his courage and outstanding achievements to practice right at home with his ailing mother. Thus, his...

Caring for elderly parents and loved ones can be a daunting task. You love your parents and are honor-bound to care for them, but it can be a lonely journey when you feel unprepared, overwhelmed and guilt-ridden. Care giving for Your Elderly Parents is your solution. We have both cared for our parents and we created a resource to help you navigate this very challenging time of life. Our stories reflect our journey and the accompanying emotional challenges....

This book contains strategies for navigating the battlefield of caregiving, especially when the caregiver becomes the casualty of war.

Careless Caregivers is not a planner or guide to eldercare nor is it a diary or journal relating an eldercare odyssey. Rather, it is a short collection of true stories about one family's eldercare experience with hired in-home caregivers. Told in a blunt and humorous fashion, the book has a simple objective-to rally aging parents and their children to mentally and financially prepare for an unavoidable future. Readers will find stories that are simultaneously...

Susan Rava's story begins with the first suspicion that her father-in-law, Paul, was lapsing into dementia after he set out to swim solo across Lake Michigan. Subsequently, Paul's wife, Silvia, and Susan Rava's parents, George and Dorothy, succumb to Alzheimer's disease. This beautifully written memoir culminates with Dorothy's death, 14 years after Paul's fateful swim. Rava speaks honestly about the emotional and spiritual challenges she, her husband,...

In the early 1990s I was in college, and my good friend moved into my apartment. We'll call him Stu. We shared a small bedroom with two twin beds. His goal was to make the football team, and mine was to make the baseball team. One day Stu was looking at the bulletin board on the wall above my small desk, which was crammed into a corner, and he asked me, "What's with all the three-by-five cards?" I told him they contained my goals for both the present...