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American Medical Association Guide to Home Caregiving

By: American Medical Association(comp.)
Published By: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Continuing Wiley’s American Medical Association health guides series, this sensitive, reliable resource provides step-by-step instructions and much-needed guidance and encouragement to anyone who is caring for a loved one at home. Fully illustrated throughout, the American Medical Association Guide to Home Caregiving discusses the general aspects of caregiving as well as the specific tasks required for caring for a person with a particular illness such as Alzheimer’s disease.

At some time, most families will need to provide home care for an aging family member who is ill or disabled. While home caregiving provides many benefits, it takes careful planning, support, and patience.

The American Medical Association Guide to Home Caregiving provides the information you need to take the best possible care of an elderly, ill, or disabled person in a home setting. Written by experts from the American Medical Association, the book explains such essentials as how to:

Plan and arrange a room to adapt to a loved one’s needs

Give medications, maintain hygiene, monitor symptoms, deal with incontinence, provide emotional support, and relieve boredom

Choose a home healthcare provider

Pay for home healthcare, including Medicare and Medicaid, and long-term care insurance

Care for a person with Alzheimer’s disease or a terminal illness

Choose between alternative living arrangements such as assisted living facilities or nursing homes

Take care of yourself, the caregiver

With advice that touches both the physical and the emotional aspects of caregiving, this supportive, practical handbook will help make the experience as successful and rewarding as possible for you and your loved one.

For more than 150 years, the American Medical Association has been the leading group of medical experts in the nation and one of the most respected health-related organizations in the world. The AMA continues to work to advance the art and science of medicine and to be an advocate for patients and the voice of physicians in the United States.

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Price	$14.95
ISBN	047121762X
Published Date	12/11/2001
File Size	1905K
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