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Confessions of an Imperfect Caregiver

Author : Bobbi Carducci

Publisher :

Page : 284 pages

File Size : 49,29 MB

Release : 2014-07-26

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9780985936778

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Bobbi Carducci's life was about to change. Her ill father-in-law 's odd behavior was a mystery when he came to live with her and Mike. For the next seven years Bobbi did everything she could to save him from himself-while he tried to convince everyone that he didn't need her and that she was crazy. "Brutally honest and written from the heart, Carducci's intimate chronicle of caring for her father-in-law is a poignant story of strength, compassion, and humor that will linger with you long after you read the last page. Highly recommended for anyone caring for an elderly parent." Jan Neuharth, author of the Hunt Country Suspense novels "Confessions of an Imperfect Caregiver, perfectly encapsulates the human experience, not just the caregiver's. When we live in a world of worry, stress and self-doubt, where do we find the strength to go on? Bobbi's retelling of her caregiving years unfolds in a beautiful answer to the questions posed by sickness, health, care, and loss." Alexandra Axel, Media Director, The Caregiver Space Bobbi is an award winning author and multi published short story writer. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications, in print and online. Bobbi's website and blog can be found at www.bobbicarducci.com and theimperfectcaregiver.com. Bobbi also blogs monthly for TheCaregiverSpace.org and AgingCare.com.



Doing the Right Thing

Author : Roberta Satow, Ph.D.

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 48,63 MB

Release : 2006-03-16

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1101098821

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Book Description

Now in paperback, one of the first books to help navigate the profound emotional challenges of caring for elderly parents in a strained parent-child relationship.



A Cup of Comfort for Grandparents

Author : Colleen Sell

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 37,16 MB

Release : 2006-06-30

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1605503738

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More than fifty heartwarming stories dedicated to the bond between grandparents and grandchildren! The bond between grandparent and grandchild is like none other. A Cup of Comfort for Grandparents celebrates the unconditional love, mutual delight, and everlasting joy only this special bond can bring you. In this heartwarming collection you'll find more than fifty stories that pay tribute to the difference grandmothers and grandfathers can make in grandchild's life—and vice versa—including: Charles, whose granddaughters give him a reason to live after his wife passes away; Sydney, whose five-year-old grandson's first heartbreak reminds her of her own almost-lost love; Bobbi, who defies her age (and sore muscles) and rollerblades and rides horses with her grandson. These moving tales, along with the dozens of others in A Cup of Comfort for Grandparents, will make you appreciate your own special relationship in the way only A Cup of Comfort can.



A Beautiful Place to Die

Author : Malla Nunn

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 387 pages

File Size : 22,91 MB

Release : 2009-01-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1416586202

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Screenwriter Nunn draws on her true-life experience growing up in Africa to create this darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa. Detective Emmanuel Cooper is caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make for dangerous times.



Civil Democratic Islam

Author : Cheryl Benard

Publisher : Rand Corporation

Page : 89 pages

File Size : 22,88 MB

Release : 2004-03-25

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0833036203

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In the face of Islam's own internal struggles, it is not easy to see who we should support and how. This report provides detailed descriptions of subgroups, their stands on various issues, and what those stands may mean for the West. Since the outcomes can matter greatly to international community, that community might wish to influence them by providing support to appropriate actors. The author recommends a mixed approach of providing specific types of support to those who can influence the outcomes in desirable ways.



The Reluctant Caregiver

Author : Karen Oke

Publisher : Winners Press

Page : 100 pages

File Size : 41,52 MB

Release : 2020-12-29

Category :

ISBN : 9780971224063

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The Reluctant Caregiver addresses the inner conflict unique to those who are or were caregivers for a parent with whom they still have issues.



Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul

Author : Jack Canfield

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 18,19 MB

Release : 2012-08-07

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1453278893

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Whether you're a veteran grandma or a Nana-to-be, this collection of stories will warm your heart and make you laugh about the universal experiences of being a grandmother.



Pragmatics of Human Communication: A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes

Author : Paul Watzlawick

Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company

Page : 293 pages

File Size : 31,93 MB

Release : 2011-04-25

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 0393707229

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The properties and function of human communication. Called “one of the best books ever about human communication,” and a perennial bestseller, Pragmatics of Human Communication has formed the foundation of much contemporary research into interpersonal communication, in addition to laying the groundwork for context-based approaches to psychotherapy. The authors present the simple but radical idea that problems in life often arise from issues of communication, rather than from deep psychological disorders, reinforcing their conceptual explorations with case studies and well-known literary examples. Written with humor and for a variety of readers, this book identifies simple properties and axioms of human communication and demonstrates how all communications are actually a function of their contexts. Topics covered in this wide-ranging book include: the origins of communication; the idea that all behavior is communication; meta-communication; the properties of an open system; the family as a system of communication; the nature of paradox in psychotherapy; existentialism and human communication.



The Four Walls of My Freedom

Author : Donna Thomson

Publisher : House of Anansi

Page : 206 pages

File Size : 22,98 MB

Release : 2014-01-13

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 1770894802

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A riveting and redemptive family memoir, The Four Walls of My Freedom is Donna Thomson’s account of raising a son with cerebral palsy and a passionate appeal to change the way we think about “the good life.” Donna Thomson’s life was forever changed when her son Nicholas was born with cerebral palsy. A former actor, director, and teacher, Donna became his primary caregiver and embarked on a second career as a disability activist, author, and consultant. Thomson vividly describes her experience in treading delicately through daily care, emergencies, and medical bureaucracy as she and her family cope with her son’s condition while maintaining value and dignity (for Nicholas, too). She brilliantly demonstrates the vital contribution that people with disabilities make to our society and addresses the ethics and economics of giving and receiving care. Featuring an introduction by John Ralston Saul, and two new chapters, The Four Walls of My Freedom is a passionate appeal to change to the way we think about the “good life” that will touch anyone caring for the life of another.



Weary Warriors

Author : Pamela Moss

Publisher : Berghahn Books

Page : 286 pages

File Size : 40,1 MB

Release : 2014-06-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1782383476

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As seen in military documents, medical journals, novels, films, television shows, and memoirs, soldiers’ invisible wounds are not innate cracks in individual psyches that break under the stress of war. Instead, the generation of weary warriors is caught up in wider social and political networks and institutions—families, activist groups, government bureaucracies, welfare state programs—mediated through a military hierarchy, psychiatry rooted in mind-body sciences, and various cultural constructs of masculinity. This book offers a history of military psychiatry from the American Civil War to the latest Afghanistan conflict. The authors trace the effects of power and knowledge in relation to the emotional and psychological trauma that shapes soldiers’ bodies, minds, and souls, developing an extensive account of the emergence, diagnosis, and treatment of soldiers’ invisible wounds.