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How to Look After You While Dealing with a Sick Pet

2018

Dealing with a sick pet can result in caregiver burden, causing anger, depression and anxiety. Find out 3 simple strategies for how to cope with a sick pet

07:49 min

The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor

When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine.

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Arthur Kleinman
2019
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The Caregiving Wife’s Handbook: Caring for Your Seriously Ill Husband, Caring for Yourself

A month after proposing marriage, Diana Denholm’s husband was diagnosed with colon cancer and later congestive heart failure. Following a heart transplant several of her husband’s body systems began failing forcing Diana to become his primary caregiver for more than a decade.

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Diana B. Denholm
2025
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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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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Caregivers—101 Stories of Love, Sacrifice, and Bonding

This collection of 101 stories of love and sacrifice provides emotional and practical resources to sustain the family caregiver. These revealing stories from people of all ages who take care of family members, at home or in outside facilities, are filled with emotional support and practical advice.

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Joan Lunden, Amy Newmark
2025
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The Sandwich Generation: When Caregiver Seems to Be Your Only Role

Both working and non-working caregivers are likely to experience stress associated with “sandwich” caregiving.

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Family Caregiver Alliance Staff
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Don’t Tell a Caregiver to Stay Positive. Here’s How to Help Instead

So what does help when a friend or family member is in the thick of caregiving, or any crisis?

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Kate Washington
2021
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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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Iris Waichler
2016
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40 Resources for Adult Children Caring for Aging Parents

More adults these days find themselves becoming a caregiver for a family member, especially as the older demographic continues to grow. According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, 85% of caregivers look after a relative or other loved one, and 42% of them care for a parent.

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Senior Lifestyle staff
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The Shadow of Trepidation: Reflections on Caregiving During My Wife’s Battle with Breast Cancer

According to the American Cancer Society, cancer diagnoses in the U.S. take place at a rate of over 1.8 million per year, or roughly one every 17.5 seconds. One out of every three women and one out of every two men in this country will get cancer in their lifetimes.

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Keith T. Hardeman
2025
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How to Help Someone with Cancer: 70 Ways to Help Cancer Patients and Their Families During Cancer Treatment

A loved one was recently diagnosed with cancer and you aren’t sure the best way to help. Surely there’s something you can do besides bringing a frozen dinner? This book will be your guide to practical ways you can help a cancer patient as they are progressing through treatment.

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Shannon Benish
2017
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