Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

by Beth Witrogen McLeod, McLeod
Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

by Beth Witrogen McLeod, McLeod

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Overview

Helping your family and loved ones when they need you most

"Caregiving has a big heart-on a much-needed topic. A rare book of spiritual and practical wisdom."
—Sue Bender, author of Plain and Simple and Everyday Sacred

"A poignant, wise, and in-the-trenches view of caregiving that is both practical and spiritual, especially of value to midlife adults."
—Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author of Goddesses in Everywoman and Close to the Bone

"Lovely. . . . Beth McLeod's experience and wisdom shine through as she shares her heartfelt journey of loss, surrender, hope, and healing."
—David Simon, M.D. medical director, the Chopra Center for Well Being, author of Vital Energy and Return to Wholeness

Sooner or later it will touch us all: A family member or loved one becomes ill or disabled, and we step in to help. This is caregiving, and in this powerful, unique book, prizewinning writer and advocate Beth Witrogen McLeod leads us through the caregiving journey with unflinching authority and compassion. Framed by the author's personal odyssey as a caregiver and richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of others, Caregiving explores medical and financial problems, all aspects of spirituality, and such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns. A rare blend of powerful storytelling and practical information, Caregiving is a revelation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780471392170
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication date: 08/18/2000
Pages: 274
Product dimensions: 6.86(w) x 8.61(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

BETH WITROGEN MCLEOD has written for Family Circle, SELF, Good Housekeeping, and Third Age Media, and teaches family caregiving through the University of California. For her writing and advocacy, McLeod has received the Society for Professional Journalists Public Service Award, the National Hospice Organization's President's Award, the Media Award for Outstanding Public Service from the Family Caregiver Alliance, and other honors. She lectures widely and has appeared on the Today show.

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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