Weary joy : the caregiver's journey /
In the United States, as diagnoses of dementia rise concurrent to an aging population, increasing healthcare costs and the availability and affordability of long-term care facilities place additional burdens on family members of those who have dementia. More and more, individuals are caring for lonv...
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Table of Contents:
- Connection: Burden on the brain
- Detached: Reconnecting for shared strength
- Advocate: Navigating emergency care
- Shadow: Care for the caregiver
- Obstinance: Working with difficult emotions
- Growth: The positive sides of caregiving
- Hidden: The role of implicit memory
- Prepare: The decision to find a care community
- Guilt: The hidden burden of caregiving
- Music: The gift of calm
- Grace: The correct application
- Confusion: Understanding forgetfulness
- Clarity: Confusion in the hospital
- Changes: Letting go of control
- Fellowship: The blessings of friends
- Shame: Working through despair
- Depression: More than just sad
- Empathy: Helping others to understand
- Anger: Exchanging anger for peace
- Humor: Cultivating joy
- Should: The destructive nature of criticism
- Validation: Correcting misperceptions
- Abide: The support of hospice care
- Purpose: When death brings a new beginning.