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Death and Dying, Life and Living Links and Biblio:  Caregiving

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See also Aging; Ethics; Grief; Health Care/Nursing; Hospice; Life-Threatening Illnesses; Nursing Homes and Assisted Living; Palliative Care

Abel, Emily K.  Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin
.  1850-1940.  2000.  R727.47 A24 2000.

Ashton, Joyce with Dennis Asthton.  Loss and Grief Recovery:  Help Caring for Children with disabilities, Chronic, or Terminal Illness
.  1996.

Baird, Robert M.  and Stuart E. Rosenbaum.  Caring for the Dying:  Critical Issues at the Edge of Life
.  2002.  R7268 .C3857 2003

Barrick, A. L.  et al. (Eds.). Bathing without a battle : person-directed care of individuals with dementia
.  2nd ed.  New York : Springer Pub,  RC521 .B38 2008

 

Boerstler, R. and H. Kornfeld.  Life and Death: Harmonizing the Transition: A Holistic and Meditative Approach for Caregivers and the Dying.  Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 1993.

Bornstein, Robert F. and Mary A. Languirand.  When Someone You Love Needs Nursing Home, Assisted Living, or In-Home Care
.  Newmarket Press, 2001.

Cluff, Leighton E.  and Robert H. Binstock.  Lost Art of Caring: A Challenge to Health Professionals, Families, Communities, and Society
.  2001.  RT42 .L67 2001.

Callahan, Maggie and Patricia Kelley.  Final Gifts:  Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
.  1997.  BF787 .O4 C25 1997


Callahan, M. & Kelley, P. (2008).  Final Journeys:  A practical guide for bringing comfort at the end of life
.  NY: Bantam. 

Casey, N. (Ed.) (2007).  An uncertain inheritance : writers on caring for family
.  NY: William Morrow.  HV65 .U53 2007

Coberly, Margaret, Ph.D., R. N.  Sacred Passage:  How to Provide Fearless Compassionate Care for the Dying. 2003.

Cohen-Almagor, Raphael.  Right to Die with Dignity: An Argument in Ethics, Medicine and Law.  2001.  R726 .C635 2001

Conner, Karen A.  Continuing to Care:  Older Americans and Their Families.  2000.  HV1461 .C666 2000.

Coon, David W., Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Larry W. Thompson.  Innovative Interventions to Reduce Dementia Caregiver Distress: A Clinical Guide.  2003.  RC521 .C665 2003.

Cox, C. B. (2005). Community care for an aging society:  Issues, policies and services.  NY: Springer.

Cox, C. B. (Ed.). (2000).  To grandmother’s house we go:  Perspectives on custodial grandparents. NY: Springer.  HQ759.9 .T615 2000

Cress, C. (Ed.). (2007). Handbook of geriatric care management. 2nd ed.  Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers.  RC952.55 .C74 2007

Doka, Kenneth J. and Joyce D. Davidson, eds.  Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses.  2001. 

Doka, K. J.  (2009).  Counseling individuals with life-threatening illness
.  NY: Springer. 

Doka, K. J. (Ed.).  (2007). Living with grief:  Before and after the death. Washington, D. C.: HFA.

Doka, Kenneth J..  Living with Life-Threatening Illness: A Guide for Patients, Their Families, and Caregivers. Reprint  1998.  R726.5 .D65 1998.

End-of-life: A nurses’s guide to compassionate care
.  (2007).  Ambler, Pa:  Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

Fazio, Sam. (2008).  The enduring self in people with Alzheimer’s : getting to the heart of individualized care.  Baltimore : Health Professions Press.

Feldman, D. B. & Lasher, S. A. (2007).  The end-of-life handbook:  A compassionate guide to connecting with and caring for a dying loved one.  Oakland, CA:  New Harbinger Pub.

Field, Marilyn J. and Christine K. Cassel, eds.  Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press, 1997.  Electronic book via library catalog.

Fine, Michael D..  A caring society? : care and the dilemmas of human service in the twenty-first century
.  Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan.  HV65 .F56 2007

Friesen, Lynette.  After Goodbye: A Daughter's Story of Grief and Promise.  2005.

Fuchs, Elinor.  Making an Exit: A Mother-Daughter Drama with Machine Tools, Alzheimer's, and Laughter.  2005.

Galanti, Geri-Ann.  Caring for Patients from Different Cultures
.  2004.  RT86.54 .G53 2004.

Golubow, Mark.  For the Living:  Coping, Caring, and Communicating with the Terminally Ill
.  Death, Value and Meaning Series.  2002.

Griffith, William H.  More than a Parting Prayer:  Lessons in Caregiving for the Dying
.  2004.

Grollman, E. and S. Grollman.  Your Aging Parents:  Reflections for Caregivers
.  1997.

Halifax, J. (2008).  Being with dying:  Cultivating compassion and fearlessness in the presence of death
.  Boston:  Shambala.

Hall, E. Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's Disease:  A Christian Perspective. 2000.

Hilden, Joanne and Daniel R. Tobin with Karen Lindsey.  Shelter from the Storm:  Caring for a Child with a Life-Threatening Condition
.  2003.

Hyer, L. and S. Sohnle.  Trauma Among Older People:  Issues and Treatment
.  2001.

Kolb, Patricia J.  Caring for Our Elders: Multicultural Experiences with Nursing Home Placement.
 2003.  RC954.3 .K65 2003.

Kolb, P. J. (Ed.).  Social Work Practice with Ethnically and Racially Diverse Nursing Home Residents and Their Families
,  Columbia University  Press, New York, 2007.  RC954.3 .K65 2003

Kosberg, Jordan I. and Lenard W. Kaye, eds.  Elderly Men: Special Problems and Professional Challenges.  1997.  HQ1064.U5 E425 1997.

 

Kramer, B. J. & Thompson, E. H. (Eds.).  (2002).  Men as caregivers:  Theory, research, and service implications.  NY: Springer.

Krapp, Kristine, ed.  Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health.  2002.  REFERENCE  RT21 .G353 2002

Larson, Dale G.  The Helper's Journey: Working with People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening Illness. Champaign, Ill.: Research Press, 1993.

Levine, Carol.  Always on Call: When Illness Turns Families into Caregivers.  2000.  RT120.H65 A49 2000.

LoboPrabhu, S. M., Molinari, V. A., Lomax, J. W. (Eds.). (2006).  Supporting the caregiver in dementia : a guide for health care professionals.  Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press.  RC521 .S87

Lustbader, Wendy.  Taking Care of Aging Family Members:  A Practical Guide.  Rev. and Expanded.  1994.

Lynn, Joanne and Joan Harrold, eds.  Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
.  NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. R726.8 H353 1999

Lynn, Joanne, J. L. Schuster, and A. Kabcenell.  Improving Care for the End of Life:  A Source Book for Health Care Managers and and Clinicians.  Oxford UP, 2000.

McBee, Lucia.  Mindfulness-based elder care : a CAM model for frail elders and their caregivers
.  New York : Springer Pub.  RC953.8.A48 M23 2008

McCall, Junietta Baker. (2005).  Grief education for caregivers of the elderly.  London:  Taylor and Francis.

McCallion, P. & Janicki, M.  (Eds.). (2000). Grandparents as carers of children with disabilities : facing the challenges.  NY: Haworth Press. HV888 .G73 2001

McCullough, D.  (2008).  My mother, your mother:  Embracing slow medicine, the compassionate approach to caring for your loved ones.  New York:  HarperCollins Publishers.

McFarlane, Roger and Philip Bashe.  The Complete Bedside Companion: No-Nonsense Advice on Caring for the Seriously Ill.  NY: Simon and Schuster, 1998.

McGonigle, Chris.  Surviving Your Spouse's Chronic Illness
.  1999.

McLeod, Beth Witrogen, ed.:  And Thou Shalt Honor: The
Caregiver's companion.  2002 (companion book to PBS Series)  RA645 .3A53 2002

McLeod, Beth Witrogen.  Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal
.  John Wiley, 1999.  R726 .8 M39 1999

Merrill, Deborah M.  Caring for Elderly Parents:  Juggling Work, Family, and Caregiving in Middle and Working Class Families
.  1997.  HQ1063.6 .M47 1997

Meyer, C. A Good Death:  Challenges, Choices, and Care Options
.  1998

Modly, Doris.  Home Care Nursing Services: International Lessons.  1997. RA645.3 .H644

Morgan, J., ed.  Ethical Issues in the Care of the Dying and Bereaved Aged
.  1996.Mui, Ada C., Namkee G. Choi and Abraham Monk.  Long-Term Care and Ethnicity.  1998.  HV1465 M84 1998.

Morgan, John D.  Meeting the Needs of Our Clients Creatively: The Impact of Art and Culture on Caregiving
.  Death, Value, and Meaning Series.  2000.

Mui, Ada C., Namkee G. Choi and Abraham Monk.  Long-Term Care and Ethnicity
.  1998.  HV1465 M84 1998.

New Jersey, State.  Alzheimer's Disease: A New Jersey Directory of Services for Family Cargivers and Health and Human Service Providers.
 REFRENCE  F131.9.A26 A47.

Nodding, Nel.  Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy
.  2002.  HM1146 .N64 2002.

Nolan, M. (Ed.)  (2003).  Partnerships in family care
.  Maidenhead England:  Open University Press.                     HV1451 .P37 2003

 

Olshevshi, Jodi L., Anne D. Katz, Bob G. Knight, T. J. McCallum.  Stress Reduction for Caregivers.  HV1451 .045 1999.

Olson, Laura Katz.  Not-so-Golden Years; Caregiving, the Frail Elderly and the Long-Term Care Establishment
.  2003. HV1461 .047 2003

Quill, Timothy E.  Caring for Patients at the End of Life:  Facing an Uncertain Future Together
.  2001.

Rando, Theresa.  Clinical Dimensions of Anticipatory Mourning
. Theory and Practice in Working with the Dying, Their Loved Ones, and Their Caregivers.  2000.

Rice, Robin.  Home Health Nursing Practice:  Concepts and Application.  1996.  RT120.H65 R55 1996

Roberts, Barbara K.  Death without Denial, Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss.
  2002.  (Oregon's former governor and her husband's dying/death from lung cancer)

Rosswurm, Mary Ann, ed.  Home Care for Older Adults: A Guide for Families and Other Caregivers.  1998.  RC954 .H574 1998.

Ruiz, Dorothy Smith.  Amazing Grace:  African American Grandmothers as Caregivers and Conveyers of Traiditional Values.  2004  HG759.9 .R85 2004

Ryerson, Marjorie.  Companions for the Passage:  Stories of the Intimate Privilege of Accompanying the Dying.  2005.

Schmidt, Laura and Joe Pizzarello.  A Good Death: A Couple's Journey. 2004 (Pancreatic Cancer)

Shifren, K. (Ed.) (2009).  How caregiving affects development : psychological implications for child, adolescent, and adult caregivers
.  Washington, DC: APA. BF713 .H69 2009

Trotman, Frances K.  and Claire M. Brody.  Psychotherapy and Counseling with Older Women: Cross-cultural, Family, and End-of-Life Issues.  2001.  RC451 .4 .A5 T76 2002

Ungvoski, Peter and Jackqueline Hank Flaskerud.  AIDS: A Guide to Primary Care Management
. 1999.  RC607 .A26 H555 1999.

Valle, Ramon.  Caregiving Across Cultures: Working with Dementing Illness and Ethnically Diverse Populations
.  1998.  RC521 .V34 1998.

Wiltshire, Susan.  Seasons of Grief and Grace: A Sister's Story of AIDS
. 1995.