Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
A Special Love: Verna Mae and Lisa Ledin
Archetypal Caregiving
Are You Prepared for an Emergency?
Berry Good for the Brain—The Role of Antioxidants
Brief Respite
Caregiver Buddhism
Caregiving and Deferred Dreams
Change Your Thoughts—Change How You Feel
Compassion for All Concerned
Conflict Resolution in Family Caregiving
The Connection Between Patient and Caregiver Mental Health
Currying Your Way to Health
The Default Caregiver: Do You Have to Be?
Do It With Love or Don’t Do It
Don’t Do It Alone!
Elder Fraud / Elder Abuse: Could You Be Committing A Crime?Elephants Never Forget—They Eat Brahmi
Embrace the Present, Embrace Possibility
The Effect of Worry and What to Do About It
Family Caregiving as a Hero’s Journey
Flat Land
Flower Essences for Family Caregiving
Gathering Resources for Long Term Care
Giving It All for Love
Gratefulness
Healing Through the Human Energy Field
Home is Where the Heart Is
How Do You Perceive Your Caregiving Role?
How to Start Your Own Caregiver Group
Is It Really That Hard to Find Good Paid Help?
Learning to Trust When You Really Don’t Know
Loneliness May Be Hazardous To Your Health
Losing Perspective by Compulsively Trying Harder
Music as a Therapeutic Tool
The Power of Noticing What’s Going Well
Relax—It’s a Holiday!
Share the Care
To Move or Not to Move
The Seven Psychospiritual Dimensions of Family Caregiving
The Six Stages of Change
The Spiritual Rewards of Caregiving
Spring Cleaning
Stepping Into the River
Think Outside the Box When It Comes to Paying For Services
Traveling with Dementia
Twenty-Four Hour Caregiving
What’s Love Got to Do with the Price of Caregiving?
When the Patient Dies and Long Term Caregiving Comes to an End
What’s So Great About Family Caregiving?
When I Am An Old Woman
When Someone You Love is Depressed and Demented
Who Can You Trust about Alternative Approaches to Dementia Care?
Who “Ought” to Help
Writing a Letter to Someone You Love
You Say You Want a Revolution?
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