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Health Care? Daughters Know All About It

By Roni Caryn Rabin — 2017

The essential role that daughters play in the American health care system is well known but has received little attention. But some health care analysts are beginning to sound the alarm about the challenges women face as caregivers — not just for children but for aging parents — often while holding full-time jobs.

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Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer’s Journey: A Guide for Families and Caregivers

The beloved bestseller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition. Jolene Brackey has a vision: that we will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease to focus more of our energies on creating moments of joy.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare and Dementia—101 Stories for Family Caregivers

Navigating eldercare can be overwhelming, especially when dealing with dementia.

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When Reasoning No Longer Works: A Practical Guide for Caregivers Dealing with Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care

Nearly five million families deal with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia on a daily basis. They do this with little training, and often only their good intentions guide them. When Reasoning No Longer Works is the training manual these family caregivers have been searching for.

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Role Reversal: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents

Designed to help caregivers understand how to cope with and overcome the overwhelming challenges that arise while caregiving for a loved one―especially an aging parent―Role Reversal is a comprehensive guide to navigating the enormous daily challenges faced by caregivers.

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Caring for the Caregiver: Fight Caregiver Stress and Prevent Burnout

Brent T. Mausbach, PhD, examines the role of the caregiver for dementia patients. Learn about the psychological, emotional, and physical consequences of caregiving and what can be done to mitigate their impact. Recorded on 6/24/2015. Series: “Stein Institute for Research on Aging” [8/2015]

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My Parent’s Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving

When it comes time to provide care for those who once cared for us, where can we turn? This book: • offers practical guidance for a broad range of caregiving situations when family caregivers assume their new role. • uses the latest research and draws on case histories and interviews.

Jody Gastfriend

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Biohack Your Brain: How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance and Power

Your brain is the most essential organ in your body. The brain and spinal cord are intimately connected to every bodily system and organ, so when it is balanced everything in your body and mind will function more efficiently.

Kristen Willeumier

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What’s the Connection Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease?—Sleeping with Science, a TED Series

Does not getting enough sleep lead to Alzheimer’s disease? Sleep scientist Matt Walker explains the relationship between the two—and how researchers are exploring how to use sleep to decrease our chances of developing this condition.

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Dementia from the Inside

A new SCIE film takes an innovative approach to what it might feel like to live with dementia. It features the voice of a woman who has the condition, and the viewer gets a view of life from her perspective. http://bit.

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Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease

More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease.

Joanne Koenig Coste

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