Volume 1

In Volume 1, you'll meet others who know just what you're going through - and who share their experiences, fears, feelings, insights and advice.

From these caregivers and from healthcare professionals, you'll learn valuable strategies on getting support, developing realistic expectations, and most importantly, taking care of yourself and your loved one.

Previews

Nancy Rascoe, RN
Caregiver to mother

"As a nurse, I feel that I should be doing a better job at what I'm doing- and I don't mean just the physical kind of things, but dealing with the emotional part. The role change and emotional part of seeing my mother declining every day...I need help with those kinds of problems and I think others do too."

Nat Crippens
Caregiver to father

"People, at least the one I was taking care of, want to preserve their dignity... How many people have had someone else in the bathroom with them? A caregiver is not likely to understand the great shock of a person's loss of privacy."

"I think the most difficult part wasn't the things you'd imagine. It wasn't the physical caregiving. It was the emotional change. He and I reversing roles I think was the most difficult."

"Before you can take care of someone else, you have got to take care of yourself... Keeping a good sense of humor, just not getting too intense, too serious, is real important. Laugh at yourself -- what you're doing right, what you're doing wrong. Laughter is a real good way to relieve some of the stress."

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