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Demystifying hospice : inside the stories of patients and caregivers / by Clayton, Karen J.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index.Acknowledgments / Introduction / CHAPTER 1: First visits by the social worker / CHAPTER 2: Hospice care at home / CHAPTER 3: Caring for the caregiver / CHAPTER 4: Hospice in a place you call home / CHAPTER 5: Finding meaning / CHAPTER 6: Dramatic challenges / CHAPTER 7: Social isolation / CHAPTER 8: Saying goodbye / CHAPTER 9: Remembering / CHAPTER 10: Mixed feelings about end-of-life care / CHAPTER 11: Making good end-of-life decisions / CHAPTER 12: Reflections / Appendix A: Ways to Make a Limited Life More Pleasant for the Patient and Caregiver / Appendix B: Selected Bibliography / Appendix C: Suggested Reading / Appendix D: Glossary, Terms, and Abbreviations / Appendix E: Helpful Websites / Appendix F: Films that May Help Discussions of End-of-Life Issues / Appendix G: The Differences Between Home Health Care, Palliative Care, and Hospice / Notes / Index / About the Author.Hospice care is available to patients and families dealing with terminal illness. People often do not avail themselves of hospice care 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 good news about end-of-life issues. Written from the perspective of a licensed social worker with experience in public and private hospitals, hospice, and the American Cancer Society, these first-hand accounts of patients, family members, hospice workers and others will lift spirits, touch hearts, and illustrate the advantages of hospice care. These are real-life examples of personalized comfort care, offered by an interdisciplinary team, where ever the patient lives. Each story addresses some aspect of helping families through the caregiving and grieving process, which are part-and-parcel of a serious illness, and offers comfort and understanding to readers who may be going through similar experiences. This book describes hope, healing, and support through difficult times. --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. Clayton provides firsthand accounts of patients, family members, hospice workers, and others to illustrate the advantages of hospice care. Each account addresses some aspect of helping families through the caregiving and grieving processes, and offers comfort and understanding to readers who may be going through similar experiences. -- adapted from publisher info
Subjects: Hospice care.; Terminally ill; Terminally ill; Caregivers.; Hospice Care.; Terminally Ill.; Family Relations.;
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The complete family guide to addiction : everything you need to know now to help your loved one and yourself / by Harrison, Thomas F.; Connery, Hilary Smith,author.;
"The purpose of this book is to explain addiction and to help families and friends to deal with it successfully. People who are struggling with addiction can also use this book to understand their situation and the resources that are available to help them. And people who are wondering if they might have an addiction can use it to get a better sense of the nature and depth of their potential problem. Part I explains the science behind addiction. Part II looks at the emotional side of the problem and how families are affected. Part III discusses many of the real-world legal and practical issues that addicts often face, and ways to keep them out of trouble. Part IV provides a detailed overview of treatment options. And Part V describes the recovery process and the most effective strategies to keep it going for the long term"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: family and friends, the first responders to the addiciton crisis -- What is addiction?. A bewildering illness ; What makes someone an addict, as opposed to a heavy drinker or a recreational user ; How addiction affects the brain ; Why do some people become addicts and others don't? ; So is addiction a disease? (and if not, what is it?) ; Why do people get addicted to one particular substance and not others? ; What about gambling addiciton, sex addiction, etc.? -- Living with an addict. How addicts behave ; How loved ones are affected ; Denial, enabling, and codependency ; The stigma of addiction ; Strategies to get a loved one into treatment ; How to cope when a loved one is refusing treatment ; Dealing with a child who is an addict ; Dealing with a spouse who is an addict ; Dealing with a parent who is an addict -- Keeping an addict out of trouble. Can an employee be fired for having an addiction? ; Drug courts and other ways to keep an addict out of jail ; Using civil commitment to keep an addict safe ; More ways to protect an addict from harm -- How treatment works. Can addicts get well without treatment? ; A brief overview of treatment options ; What really happens in detox? ; What really happens in rehab? ; How to find a good rehab and pay for it ; Psychotherapy approaches that are used for addicts ; Drugs that treat alcohol abuse ; Drugs that treat opioid abuse ; Does Alcoholics Anonymous actually work? ; AA-type groups for addictions other than alcohol ; Alternative support groups for people who don't like AA ; When an addict has other mental health problems -- What to expect in recovery. What to expect in early recovery ; What causes relapse? ; How to prevent relapse ; What to do if a relapse happense ; Managing addiction as a long-term chronic illness.
Subjects: Substance abuse.; Substance abuse; Substance abuse; Substance-Related Disorders.; Substance-Related Disorders; Family Relations.;
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Ambiguous loss : learning to live with unresolved grief / by Boss, Pauline.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151).Frozen grief -- Leaving without goodbye -- Goodbye without leaving -- Mixed emotions -- Ups and downs -- The family gamble -- The turning point -- Making sense out of ambiguity -- The benefit of a doubt.
Subjects: Loss (Psychology); Grief.; Family; Interpersonal relations.;
© 1999., Harvard University Press,
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Communication : core interpersonal skills for healthcare professionals / by O'Toole, Gjyn,author.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHqdRgJfvVyrg6GQmMdHy;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Section 1. The significance of effective interpersonal communication for the healthcare professional. Effective communication for healtcare professionals: a model to guide communication -- The overarching goal of communication for healtchcare professionals: person-centered care -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: introductions and providing information -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: questioning, comforting and confronting -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: effective conclusions of interactions and services: negotiating closure -- Section 2. Achieving effective communication by developing awareness within the healthcare professional. Awareness of and the need for relective practice in healthcare communication -- Awareness of self to enhance healthcare communication -- Awareness of how personal assumptions affect healthcare communication -- Awareness of the whole "person/s" for healthcare communication -- Awareness of the effects of non-verbal communication for the healthcare professional -- Awareness of listening to facilitate person/s-centered communication in healthcare -- Awareness of the effects of different environments up healthcare communication -- Section 3. Managing realities of communication as a healthcare professional. Holistic communication contributing to holistic healthcare -- Effective interprofessional communication within multidisciplinary teams -- Managing conflict when communicating as a healthcare professional -- Culturally responsive communication to accomodate cultural diversity in healthcare -- Healthcare professionals communicating with Indigenous peoples -- Misunderstandings and communication for the healthcare professional -- Ethical communication in healthcare -- Remote or long-distance healthcare communication: the typically unseen healthcare professional -- Telehealth or telecommunication: the seen but not-in-the-room healthcare professional -- Documentation: "one-way" professional healthcare communication -- Social media or "not present in person" communication and the healthcare professional -- Section 4. Scenarios to guide communication: opportunities for healthcare professionals to practice communicating effectively with "the person/s." Person/s experiencing strong negative emotions -- Person/s in particular stages of life -- Person/s fulfilling particular life roles -- Person/s experiencing particular conditions -- Person/s in particular contexts."Communication is a core skill for all healthcare professionals, regardless of their specific discipline. The fifth edition of Communication: Core Interpersonal Skills for Healthcare Professionals provides a comprehensive introduction that will be invaluable for students undertaking any training program in health. The book guides students toward an understanding of all the basic communication techniques and skills they will need in practice. They will learn to develop self-awareness about the impact their words and actions might have on others, use a person-centred model to reconstruct their communication style and approach, and then apply their new knowledge and skills to real-life scenarios. Easy to read and logically ordered over four sections, this book will guide students towards developing lifelong communication skills that will ultimately enable optimal person-centred care, successful therapeutic relationships and positive patient outcomes."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Communication in medicine.; Medical personnel and patient.; Interpersonal communication.; Cultural competence.; Communication; Professional-Patient Relations; Professional-Family Relations; Cultural Competency;
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The emotional journey of the Alzheimer's family / by Santulli, Robert B.; Blandin, Kesstan.;
An empathic discussion of the emotional journey of family and friends who care for people with dementia.Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index.Introduction: the importance of understanding the family's emotional and psychological experiences -- Coping with discordant views of the illness -- The defenses of the Alzheimer's family care partner -- Common emotions experienced by the family care partner -- Understanding grief in the family care partner -- Stages of grief in the family care partner -- Acceptance and moving forward -- Connecting with the Alzheimer's community -- Understanding and coping with stress in the family care partner.
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers; Alzheimer Disease; Caregivers; Family Relations.;
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Passages in caregiving : turning chaos into confidence / by Sheehy, Gail.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The making of a caregiver -- The call -- Why didn't we talk about this before? -- The inner pilgrimage -- Tag, you're it! -- First turning : shock and mobilization -- How we mobilize -- What to do about Mom and Dad? -- Second turning : the new normal -- Seeking a new dream -- The education of a fearless caregiving family -- Sibling wars -- Third turning : boomerang -- When it comes back -- Chasing the tiger -- Sandwiched! -- Fourth turning : playng God -- The whole world in my hands -- Taking clay to Monet -- Guess what, we're not God! -- When a couple is divided by dementia -- Fifth turning : "I can't do this anymore!" -- Traumatic transitions -- Ready to explode -- Mind jobs : caring of a loved one with cognitive decline -- Cognitive comeback : a creative breakthrough -- Sixth turning : coming back -- Breaking down, breaking through -- Caring for the unloved one -- Seventh turning : the inbetween stage -- Beyond cure, what now? -- Coming home -- The new Latina model -- Eighth turning : the long good-bye -- The crucial choice -- Finding the "why?" to live -- Moments of presence -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Epilogue : Who will take care of us? -- From crisis to closure.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 major turning point for twentieth-century Americans, as well as reported on everything from politics to sexuality, knows firsthand the trials, fears, and rare joys of caregiving. Here, she takes you by the hand and shows you that you will get through this, and you will do the right things. Sheehy identifies eight crucial stages of caregiving and offers insight for successfully navigating each one. Most important, however, she points out that you don't have to be alone in this process. This book can help turn a stressful, life-altering situation into a journey that can be safely navigated and from which everyone can benefit.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Caregivers.; Chronically ill; Chronically ill; Home nursing.; Chronic Disease; Family Relations.;
© c2010., HarperCollins,
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Songs of the humpback whale : a novel in five voices / by Picoult, Jodi,1966-;
After a volatile argument, a woman leaves her husband in San Diego and takes her daughter on a cross-country odyssey to her brother's farm in Massachusetts, where self-discovery awaits. Meanwhile, as her husband searches the continent for her, he finds a new way of seeing the world, his family, and himself.
Subjects: Oceanographers; Married people; Interpersonal relations; Family;
© 1992., Washington Square Press,
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Lubkin's chronic illness : impact and intervention /
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chronicity -- The illness experience -- Psychosocial adjustment -- Loss -- Spirituality -- Social isolation -- Uncertainty -- Quality of life -- Adherence -- Family caregiving -- Sexuality -- Powerlessness -- Culture -- Self management -- Client and family education -- Health promotion -- The advanced practice nurse in chronic illness -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- Models of care -- Home health care -- Long-term care -- Palliative care -- Health policy -- Rehabilitation.
Subjects: Chronic diseases; Chronic diseases; Chronically ill; Nurse and patient.; Chronic Disease; Professional-Family Relations.; Professional-Patient Relations.; Therapeutics.;
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A field guide to ferns and their related families : northeastern and central North America / by Cobb, Boughton.; Farnsworth, Elizabeth,1962-; Lowe, Cheryl.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-402) and index.Part One. Life cycle of a fern -- The place of ferns and fern relatives in the plant kingdom -- Fern habitats and conservation -- Morphology of a fern -- How to use this field guide -- Key to genera of Northeastern and Central North American ferns and related species -- Part Two. True ferns -- Part Three. Fern relatives -- Part Four. Ferns in cultivation and culture.Presents a comprehensive field guide to the ferns of northeastern and central North America, and contains color photographs and full-page line drawings.
Subjects: Ferns; Ferns; Ferns; Ferns;
© 2005., Houghton Mifflin Co.,
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The helping professional's guide to end-of-life care : practical tools for emotional, social, & spiritual support for the dying / by Strada, E. Alessandra.;
"Clinical psychologist E. Alessandra Strada presents The Helping Professional's Guide to End-of-Life Care, a complete manual designed to help chaplains, nurses, physicians, hospice workers, psychotherapists, palliative care specialists, and psychologists address the psychological needs of terminally ill and dying patients and their families"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index.The journey through illness -- Developing a healing presence -- Working effectively with the medical team -- Meeting with the patient and the family -- The experience of grief in patients who are approaching death -- The multidimensional nature of pain -- Anxiety -- Depression -- Exploring the spiritual domain -- When death is imminent: supporting patients and caregivers -- After the death: supporting the mourning process -- Maintaining personal and professional well-being: the meaning of self-care.
Subjects: Terminal care; Terminally ill; Terminal Care; Attitude to Death.; Family Relations.; Terminally Ill;
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