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  • Sweet Child Of Mine

    by Deanna Adler ...
    MY DARKEST FEARS EXPLODEDwhen I found Steven in the center of thebathroom floor, naked, his body bent at an impossible angle.He was soaked in a pool of blood and mucus, his face smashed beyond recognition.I reached for my son and almost slipped on some pebbles strewn across the tile floor.Then I realized they were Steven's teeth.I dropped to my knees, crying hysterically.I heard a groan, then... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dignifying Dementia: A Caregiver's Struggle

    Diagnosed with dementia in 1997, my husband, Jim, lived at home during his illness and died there in January 2006. I wish this story were fiction, but it is not. Dignifying Dementia is both a love story and an attempt to reach out to others who are living through or who will live through a similar tragedy. It is written in the hope that others might benefit from what I learned as the caregiver of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Reasoning No Longer Works:A Practical Guide for Caregivers Dealing With Dementia & Alzheimer's Care

    by Angel Smits ...
    Nearly five million families deal with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia on a daily basis. They do this with little training, and often only their good intentions guide them. When Reasoning No Longer Works is the training manual these family caregivers have been searching for.Written by a Gerontologist with more than twenty years of experience, this reference gives the reader an easy ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Guide for Family Caregivers

    Practical Solutions and Information to Help You Make the Best Eldercare DecisionsProviding eldercare while working and managing a busy home life is a recipe for burnout and is the worst situation in which to make thoughtful, informed decisions that have significant impact on the quality of life of an aging parent. The Complete Guide for Family Caregivers, written by one of Canada’s foremost ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fundamentals of Caregiving for Older Adults

    Are you a caregiver seeking a comprehensive and compassionate guide to caring for older adults? Look no further than " The Fundamentals of Caregiving for Older Adults " by David L. Fleming.Packed with practical advice, insightful strategies, and heartfelt wisdom, this book is your ultimate companion on the journey of caregiving." The Fundamentals of Caregiving for Older Adults " equips you with ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creating Joy and Meaning for the Dementia Patient

    A Caregiver's Guide to Connection and Hope

    by Ronda Parsons ...
    According to recent estimates, more than five million Americans suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, a number predicted to grow as Baby Boomers continue to age. Although staggering, these statistics only tell half of the story. As caregivers are thrust into situations they never could have predicted, the emotional, physical, and financial strains are enormous and cannot be overestimated. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Language of Kindness

    A Nurse's Story

    #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving, lyrical, beautifully-written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touchedChristie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and meet her unforgettable patients.In the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Caregiving: Biblical Insights From a Caregiver’s Journey

    The Bible Speaks to Life Issues, #2

    Series Book 2 - The Bible Speaks to Life Issues
    When you receive the news that your spouse has advanced cancer, it can feel like your world has come crashing down. The hopes and dreams you had for your future together are replaced with feelings of hopelessness and fear. The forthcoming day-to-day struggles of caregiving can be overwhelming and seem impossible to navigate.Caregiving: Biblical Insights From a Caregiver's Journey is a powerful ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guide to the Comatose Patient

    Expert advice for families and caregivers

    Caring for a loved one in a coma is a distressing time, full of many questions, and often, not as many answers. Guide to the Comatose Patient is a first-of-its-kind book that steps into the shoes of the neurologist, to show the perspective of the staff caring for their loved ones — what worries us, how we think and intervene, what we can and cannot predict, and what we know as a certainty.In our ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Consejos de alimentación

    Antes, durante y después del tratamiento del cáncer

    Consejos de alimentación es un librito para gente que está recibiendo tratamiento para el cáncer o que está por recibirlo.Este librito explica las formas como usted puede prepararse comiendo bien para recibir tratamiento. Cubre los problemas comunes para comer que se pueden experimentar durante el tratamiento para el cáncer y sugiere las formas de controlarlos. Y, al terminar el tratamiento, ... Read more

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  • Bellocaro

    by P.S. Meraux ...
    Bellocaro will transport anyone who loves a gripping YA romance to a new world. Trapped on a mysterious island and fleeing the school jock who thinks she should be his, Skye Moon encounters a strange boy in the woods. After meeting the captivating Thatcher Blue, she is dragged into a nightmare. Skye is targeted by a vampire who wants to kill her just for being near the alluring Thatcher.With a ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Kitchen

    Reflections and Recipes from an Alzheimer’s Caregiver

    by Miriam Green ...
    The Lost Kitchen: Reflections and Recipes from an Alzheimer’s Caregiver is an honest and heartfelt look at the hidden gifts of living with a parent with Alzheimer’s. Miriam Green weaves poetry, recipes and anecdotes into a nourishing whole as she details her family’s struggle to maintain balance–and laughter–in the face of her mother’s diagnosis and deterioration. Throughout this most personal of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Waltz

    Love, Death & Betrayal

    by Sean Davison ...
      The Last Waltz, written by Sean Davison and edited by Elaine Feuer,  is the true story of an extraordinary love between a terminally-ill mother and son, and how their informed decisions lead to unforeseen consequences: A sister betrays her brother; a son is charged with murder; Archbishop Desmond Tutu requests bail; igniting a public debate about voluntary euthanasia and the right to die.   ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Als het elke dag zondag is

    Verhalen over dementie, zorgverleners en het menselijk brein

    by Dasha Kiper ...
    Aangrijpende maar ook troostende verhalen van geliefden, ouders en kinderen van alzheimerpatiënten.Een man denkt dat zijn vrouw hem bedriegt. De denkbeeldige vriendschappen van een vrouw jagen haar partner angst aan. Een moeder kwelt haar kind met haar jeugdtrauma’s. Waarom is de zorg voor een familielid met dementie zo moeilijk? Waarom bezwijken zorgverleners voor gedrag – ruziemaken, aandringen, ... Read more

    $11.08 USD

  • The Washington Manual of Outpatient Internal Medicine

    Focusing on the essential information you need to know for the most commonly encountered problems in outpatient internal medicine, this practical volume in the Washington Manual® series provides concise, high-yield content that reflects today’s advances in patient evaluation and management. In one convenient, portable resource, you’ll find complete coverage of everything from hypertension and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Signs of Life: - an anthology

    by Sarah Sasson ...
    'Signs of Life' is an extraordinary anthology, an astutely put together collection, that peels away the layers of health so we can see the complexity underneath. Disease, illness, decline, and deterioration; all these failings of the human body are at the heart of this selection of poignant and beautifully written stories. Seen through the eyes of these talented writers, what we end up with is not ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 慈悲的語言

    走進護理師的日常風景,寫一首生命的詩

    Translated by 謝佩妏 ...
    Series series MARK
    跟隨護理師的腳步,走進醫院最隱密的動人場景慈悲是聾人能聽到、盲人也能看到的語言。——馬克‧吐溫擁有二十年經驗的護理師,在父親罹癌的當下,重新以家屬及專業護理人員的雙重身分,帶領讀者走入醫院最不為人知的角落,揭露醫護生活的個人故事,以及時時面對的兩難情境。二十年的護理師生涯造就了這部深刻細膩、強勁有力的作品。克里斯蒂‧華特森打開醫院的一扇扇門,揭露醫學的神祕世界。跟著她的腳步,我們將穿過醫院走廊,造訪不同的病房,認識她難以忘懷的病患。在新生兒病房,我們看見以馬內利寶寶包在三明治袋子裡,跟他一樣的早產兒正在生死邊緣與生命奮戰。癌症病房裡,護理師正在幫病患做化療。當藥物都失效之後,更重要的工作才要開始;然而,作者要到罹癌的父親臨終之際才會體悟。在兒科加護病房,護士為火災喪命的女童清洗沾染煙味的頭髮。急診室總是人滿為患,一波又一波的藥癮、酒癮患者湧進醫院。此外,也有像貝蒂這樣的病患——突然一陣胸痛 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Parkinson’s Disease and the Family

    A New Guide

    Series series The Harvard University Press Family Health Guides
    Parkinson’s disease is a movement disorder characterized by tremor, stiffness, and slow gait. It affects 500,000 people in the United States, with approximately 50,000 new cases diagnosed annually. But its impact is much wider. Family members with little understanding of the disease often find themselves struggling to help their loved one navigate the complexities of the health care system. ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Anti-Psychiatry and the UN Assault on the Mentally Ill

    by Marvin Ross ...
    This present book exposes the danger of antipsychiatry beliefs and their infiltration into the UN and that body's Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons. Anti-psychiatry is another manifestation of the growing anti-science views found in the anti-vax movement and in the rise of alternative medicine. This book explores the common myths often propagated against psychiatry and psychiatric ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Seven Signs of Life

    Unforgettable Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor

    For Readers of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, an Intensive Care Doctor Reveals How Everyday Emotions Are Taken to Extremes in the ICUDr. Aoife Abbey takes us beyond the medical perspective to see the humanity at work inside our hospitals through the eyes of doctors and nurses as they witness and experience the full spectrum of human emotion with every shift. It is their responsibility ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Parce que parfois, la pluie doit tomber

    « Débusqueuse d’espoir, Chantal avance malgré le pire. Dans ses sourires, il y a la preuve que le courage existe. » - Pierre Duchesne Le ciel est clair et lumineux : Chantal est l’une des premières agentes de correction au Service correctionnel du Canada. Elle se hisse rapidement au sommet, jusqu’à devenir directrice d’un pénitencier. De gros nuages menacent toutefois son ciel bleu. À 46 ans, elle ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Along the Continuum of Care

    What Every Case Manager Must Know...

    Along the Continuum of Care creates a mind shift for the case manager in the new paradigm to be effective agents of change and resource connectors. The urgent need to improve health outcomes is resulting in moment-to-moment changes in the world of case management. Along the Continuum of Care focus on helping health care professionals meet the new challenges with Health Care Reform. Case Managers ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Le politiche sanitarie e il coronavirus

    by Carlo Saitto ...
    Di fronte a un evento straordinario come quello che stiamo vivendo in questi giorni – in un clamore informativo affollato di cifre, di paure, di previsioni – è necessaria una riflessione che ci aiuti a riconoscere le dimensioni di questa crisi, a comprenderne gli antecedenti e a immaginare i cambiamenti, a partire dal sistema sanitario. Una riflessione urgente e necessaria perché l’epidemia ha ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Learning from My Daughter

    The Value and Care of Disabled Minds

    Does life have meaning? What is flourishing? How do we attain the good life? Philosophers, and many others of us, have explored these questions for centuries. As Eva Feder Kittay points out, however, there is a flaw in the essential premise of these questions: they seem oblivious to the very nature of the ways in which humans live, omitting a world of co-dependency, and of the fact that we live in ... Read more

    $28.99 USD