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When I married my mother
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Jo Maeder |
Jo Maeder was a not-so-young DJ on a decidedly youth-driven New York City radio station when a series of crises led her to do the unthinkable: move to North Carolina to care for her ailing, estranged… |
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Critical conditions
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Martine Ehrenclou |
A step-by-step guide to patient advocacy, based on more than 150 interviews with nurses, doctors, social workers, and families. |
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A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease
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Patricia Callone |
An estimated 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease. That number continues to grow - by 2050 the number of individuals with Alzheimer's could range from 11.3 million to 16 million. Alzheimer's … |
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Affective equality
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Kathleen Lynch |
This text provides a different perspective on equality by highlighting and exploring affective equality, the aspect of equality concerned with relationships of love, care and solidarity. |
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Medical Caregiving and Identity in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Region, 1880-2000
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Karol K. Weaver |
While much has been written about immigrant traditions, music, food culture, folklore, and other aspects of ethnic identity, little attention has been given to the study of medical culture, until now… |
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Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
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Roz Chast |
In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and document… |
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After You
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Jojo Moyes,Yujia He |
"How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six mont… |
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T is for trespass
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Sue Grafton |
For the first time in the series, narration is divided between the heroine and the villain. Sociopath Solana Rojas uses a stolen identity as a private caregiver to gain access to her intended victims… |
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Moving Miss Peggy
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Robert Benson |
The story of a family helping their mother to face dementia and learning to love each other again in the process.
When the vibrant, beloved Miss Peggy began the agonizing descent into the darkness o… |
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The caregivers
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Nell Lake |
In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting in on the weekly meetings of a local hospital's caregivers support group. Soon members invited her into their lives. For two years, she observed Penny, a f… |
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It's good to know a miracle
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Jay Shotel,Sue Shotel |
In August 2002 Dani Shotel was a healthy 26-year old young woman with an almost perfect life. She had gratifying work, as a special needs teacher in an elementary school in Arlington County, Virgini… |
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Living l'Arche
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Kevin S. Reimer |
Living L'Arche explores the origins and characteristics of compassionate love in those who care for the disabled. It shows that authentic compassion is only distantly related to individual talent or … |
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Bettyville
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George Hodgman |
"A witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love. When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Misso… |
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The night guest
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Fiona McFarlane |
Ruth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. She claims to … |
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T is for trespass
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Sue Grafton |
When her elderly neighbour Gus has an accident, Kinsey Millhone is relieved that his niece organizes a nurse for him. A background check on Solana Rojas doesn't turn up anything suspicious. But Kinse… |
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Supporting Families and Carers
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Julie Wray,Mary E. Braine |
xiii, 188 pages : 24 cm |
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Illness & Healing
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Robert Pope |
The basis for this autobiographical essay on the experience of having a malignancy are 92 illustrations, all the work of the author; they include 32 ink or woodcut sketches, 24 charcoal drawings, and… |
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An Amish noel
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Patricia Davids |
"Luke Bowman's homecoming is turning Emma Swartzentruber's carefully ordered world upside down. Gone is her rebellious girlhood crush, and in his place is a handsome man who seems committed to servin… |
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In their own right
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Carol Robinson,Val Williams |
This is a report on a study reflecting the experiences of carers of people with learning disabilities following the implementation of the 1995 Carers Act. |
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Bringing Bubbe home
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Debra Gordon Zaslow |
"Debra Zaslow was humming along on baby-boomer autopilot, immersed in her life as a professional storyteller, wife of a Rabbi, and mother of two teenagers when she felt compelled to bring her 103-yea… |
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