Overview

""A fine source to help bring out the helping heart in all of us.""-Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with MorrieAs featured on the Today ShowWhether it involves caring for an aging parent, an ill spouse or partner, or a disabled child, caregiving takes us into a new reality. In this powerful, unique book, Beth Witrogen McLeod leads readers through the caregiving journey with unflinching authority and compassion. A rare blend of powerful storytelling and practical information, Caregiving presents advice from leaders in the fields of aging, medicine, finance, and spirituality and explores medical and financial problems as well as such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns. McLeod also draws on the wisdom of Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and shamanism, and on the writings of current and past spiritual figures.Beth Witrogen McLeod (Antioch, CA) is a prizewinning journalist who has won the National Hospice Organization President's Award, the United Way Health Network Award, and others. She regularly lectures nationwide.

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Author:   Beth Witrogen McLeod
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9780471254089

ISBN 10:   0471254088
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   08 April 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

SETTING OUT ON THE PATH OF CAREGIVING. What Family Caregiving Is: I Am a Caregiver. Women and Caregiving: The Spirit of Christmas Present. The Medical/Financial Maze: A Sacred Sorrow. Caring for Aging Parents: Into the Abyss. Spousal Caregiving: Do Not Resuscitate. EMOTIONAL WILDERNESS. The Nature of Loss. The Stresses of Caregiving: Blessings. Caregivers and Depression. Hitting Bottom: To the Stars through Difficulty. BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE. Support Strategies and Everyday Miracles. Caregivers, Religion, and Spirituality. End-of-Life Concerns. Caregiving as a Rites of Passage: Fancy Nightmares. RECLAIMING LIFE. Awakening the Heart: Thank You for Everything. The Urge to Serve: Out Love Will Never End. Caregiving and Community. Appendix. Reference Notes. Index.

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BETH WITROGEN MCLEOD lectures nationwide and conducts Internet chat groups on caregiving issues. She has written for Family Circle, SELF, Good Housekeeping, the Noetic Sciences Review, and the San Francisco Examiner, is a consultant and syndicated columnist for Third Age Media, and teaches a course in family caregiving through the University of California. For her writing and advocacy, Beth McLeod has received many honors, including the Society for Professional Journalists Public Service Award, the National Hospice Organization's President's Award, the Primary Care Journalism Award from Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Media Award for Outstanding Public Service from the Family Caregiver Alliance. She lives in the San Francisco area with her husband and two cats.

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