Cruising through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One
Caregiving is no vacation, but you can cruise more smoothly through it!
If you're facing the daunting reality that you're about to become a caregiver--whether you planned for it or not--Cruising through Caregiving is the down-to-earth and authoritative answer you need. Jennifer FitzPatrick has been through nearly every possible scenario on the caregiving spectrum, both professionally and personally, and she expertly shows you how to be a responsible, loving caregiver without being overcome by guilt, exhaustion, or worry.
It doesn't matter whether you have advantages such as money or an extended family. You don't have to passively just let things happen. No matter your particular situation, FitzPatrick has a practical and thoughtful solution to deal with it. She'll help you discover and harness powers you don't even know you have--from getting other family members to participate in caregiving to navigating a loved one's finances, living setting, or declining physical and mental health conditions.
Advice and resources from FitzPatrick and twenty-four other professionals show how to give your loved one the best quality of life possible without sacrificing your own life, health, career, relationships, or financial stability.
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Cruising through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One
Caregiving is no vacation, but you can cruise more smoothly through it!
If you're facing the daunting reality that you're about to become a caregiver--whether you planned for it or not--Cruising through Caregiving is the down-to-earth and authoritative answer you need. Jennifer FitzPatrick has been through nearly every possible scenario on the caregiving spectrum, both professionally and personally, and she expertly shows you how to be a responsible, loving caregiver without being overcome by guilt, exhaustion, or worry.
It doesn't matter whether you have advantages such as money or an extended family. You don't have to passively just let things happen. No matter your particular situation, FitzPatrick has a practical and thoughtful solution to deal with it. She'll help you discover and harness powers you don't even know you have--from getting other family members to participate in caregiving to navigating a loved one's finances, living setting, or declining physical and mental health conditions.
Advice and resources from FitzPatrick and twenty-four other professionals show how to give your loved one the best quality of life possible without sacrificing your own life, health, career, relationships, or financial stability.
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Cruising through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One

Cruising through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One

by Jennifer L. FitzPatrick
Cruising through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One

Cruising through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One

by Jennifer L. FitzPatrick

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Caregiving is no vacation, but you can cruise more smoothly through it!
If you're facing the daunting reality that you're about to become a caregiver--whether you planned for it or not--Cruising through Caregiving is the down-to-earth and authoritative answer you need. Jennifer FitzPatrick has been through nearly every possible scenario on the caregiving spectrum, both professionally and personally, and she expertly shows you how to be a responsible, loving caregiver without being overcome by guilt, exhaustion, or worry.
It doesn't matter whether you have advantages such as money or an extended family. You don't have to passively just let things happen. No matter your particular situation, FitzPatrick has a practical and thoughtful solution to deal with it. She'll help you discover and harness powers you don't even know you have--from getting other family members to participate in caregiving to navigating a loved one's finances, living setting, or declining physical and mental health conditions.
Advice and resources from FitzPatrick and twenty-four other professionals show how to give your loved one the best quality of life possible without sacrificing your own life, health, career, relationships, or financial stability.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940156894383
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group, LLC
Publication date: 09/27/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 344
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

About The Author
Jennifer L. FitzPatrick is a gerontologist with over twenty years’ experience in working with older adults. She started her career in a nursing home at age sixteen and is the founder of Jenerations Health Education, Inc., a full-service training company. Jennifer has been an education consultant with the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Maryland for nearly a decade and has taught gerontology at the college level since 2001. Her current academic appointments include teaching as an adjunct instructor with Johns Hopkins University’s Gerontology Certificate program. She is passionate about helping students transition into careers serving older adults and their family caregivers.
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