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Caregiving for a Loved One with a Long-Term Illness

By CancerCare staff — 2021

When you are caring for a loved one with a long-term illness, caregiving becomes a marathon rather than a sprint.

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Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

This beloved bestseller—over 180,000 copies sold—has helped caregivers worldwide keep themselves emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, and physically healthy in the face of the sometimes overwhelming traumas they confront every day.

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Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk
2009
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How to Manage Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving | Patricia Smith | TEDxSanJuanIsland

Caregivers are often so busy caring for others that they tend to neglect their own emotional, physical, and spiritual health. Studies confirm that caregivers play host to a high level of compassion fatigue.

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2017
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When and How to Ask for Help

The best ways to ask for help as a caregiver.

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2020
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The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals

Self-care is an imperative for the ethical practice of social work and other helping professions.

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Erlene Grise-Owens (editor), Justin “Jay” Miller (editor), Mindy Eaves (editor)
2016
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Compassion Fatigue: What Is It and Do You Have It? | Juliette Watt | TEDxFargo

In this compelling talk, Juliette introduces us to “Compassion Fatigue.” A hugely pervasive syndrome that not only affects people like professional caregivers but also most of us one way or another.

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2018
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Drowning in Empathy: The Cost of Vicarious Trauma | Amy Cunningham | TEDxSanAntonio

Caregivers and emergency responders are empathetic individuals who risk suffering from Compassion Fatigue, a form of PTSD that is treatable using the steps described in Amy’s presentation.

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2016
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Overcoming Compassion Fatigue: A Practical Resilience Workbook

Those in the helping professions are constantly at risk of compassion fatigue, yet many have little guidance on how to deal with it effectively. A fresh workbook approach for compassion fatigue, burnout and stress, providing all the tools you need to leave work at work—and let it go.

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Martha Teater, John Ludgate
2014
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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.

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Jennifer L. FitzPatrick
2025
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The Caregiver’s Guide to Cancer: Compassionate Advice for Caring for You and Your Loved One

Looking after someone with cancer can be complex, overwhelming, and emotionally draining all at once. As a caregiver, you may also overlook your own well-being while you focus on your loved one.

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Victoria Landes
2021
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The Nightingale Gene: Lessons to Living a Balanced Life and Having the Nursing Career of Your Dreams

The Nightingale Gene provides lessons for those who make caring for others a priority over taking care of themselves.

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Jayne Van Brunt
2025
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