Home Health Reviews

Alzheimer's: A Caregivers Guide and Sourcebook

Published in Hardcover by John Wiley & Sons Inc (1988-04)

Author: Howard Gruetzner

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Alzheimers - A Caregivers Guide

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-01

Having practiced as a psychotherapist for over 15 years, this is the book I have referred over and over to help family members of those with Alzheimers. It's a wonderful book. Easy to read. Full of practical tools and tremendously supportive for the caregiver. Worth every cent.

Excellent feedback from family members

Helpful Votes: 17 out of 18 total.
Review Date: 1998-09-17

As the Director of Social Work at a Retirement and Skilled Nursing Facility, this is one of the books that I loan out to families. I have had nothing but positive feedback from the families who have borrowed the book, and they have invariably told me that they found it easy to read, highly informative, and very helpful for them overall.In fact, I am visiting Amazon.com right now to order 2 more copies of the book at the residents' family members' request! -- Victoria T.Carey, MSW, LICSW

Great Book

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-02

Because a relative of mine has AD, I spent some time at a large local bookstore (BN) looking for the right book. This is the one I picked. I think very highly of it.

What a great book to help you through the tough times!

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-24

My mother died of Alzheimer's in January of 2006. This book hepled my father, myself (the only child)and my wife through the whole process. It is realistic and tells one what to expect and how to handle each stage of this terminal illness. I highly recommend this book to the caretaker and his/her family to help them understand and deal with the realities of Alzheimer's.

American Medical Association Guide to Home Caregiving

Published in Kindle Edition by Wiley (2001-10-01)

Author: American Medical Association

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Very Practical

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-09

This guide is very practical and deals with all aspects of eldercare and caring to the caregiver. I highly recommend it.

Developing a Care Plan

Helpful Votes: 18 out of 18 total.
Review Date: 2002-08-22

My brother and I take care of my eighty-year-old mother. She has
diabetic neuropathy and can't walk. But she's a good kid and
we take care of her. This book has helped. Although the object of the book at first seems to be to develop a care plan; it really is a book of primary skills that you need in caregiving.
The book is best because you are not overwhelmed with 465 ways
to help your loved one. This is a primary and basic skills book.
Buy this book if you are new at caregiving and don't know where to start. Because the American Medical Associarion wrote it, I imagine that it would be good for all caregivers to buy it. I just love this book. It's like a Boy Scout manual. It's user-friendly for your brain. And sometimes simplicity can do more good that needless complications and theories. Thank you and I wish you luck.

Excellent, affordable, comprehensive

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-20

This book is a must-have for anyone responsible for realistic decision making about his/her ability to provide health care at home, as well as an excellent how-to guide for those who accept the inherent responsibilities of the caregiver. I consider it the one "best" guide of those available to meet the needs of the growing number of home caregivers.

An Excellent Resource

Helpful Votes: 7 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-01

I am an Illinois legal aid attorney and owner of Southwest Medicals, an online medical supply and equipment business. I strongly recommend this book. Very informative, full of helpful tips and resources. This book helps make a challenging situation much easier. I also recommend The Comfort of Home, An Illustrated Step by Setp Guide for Caregivers, 2nd Edition, by Maria M Meyer.

Animal Nutrition

Published in Paperback by Sett Publications (2007-05-01)

Author: John D. Rowe

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best advice on taking care of animals I have seen

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-29

This book offers the most comprehensive and quality do's and don'ts for animals I have ever seen. A must for all pet lovers!

Nutrition with knowledge, research, stories, and LOVE

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1999-02-24

"Animal Nutrition" is one of the best books on nutrition I have ever read. Mr. Rowe has penned an easily read text with wonderful pictures. It educated, informed, made me think, laugh, and cry all at the same time. His stories are heartfelt and will connect to many a reader's own experiences. Our pet friends do so much for us ----- faithful to the end. Reading "Animal Nutrition" by John Rowe will be time well spent. Our Pet Pals deserve it.

This book is essential reading if you care for your pet !

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1999-02-05

*****I have loved and truely enjoyed all our pets. This attachment grows and you want your animals to live forever. Good nurition allows your pet to live a longer, healthier, active life. We want this for ourselves, so why should your pet be cheated. "Animal Nutrition" is a book about nutrition and many true pet stories. You will laugh, cry and appreciate these wonderful pets. These stories will bring out many of your own animal experiences. You have an obligation to be aware of the atrocities of poor nutrition. Saving a few dollars and selecting the wrong food for your valued pet is by far the worse possible step for a real animal lover. Read "Animal Nutrition" and discover a whole new way of taking care of your animals...becuase they surely take care of you. ##

John Rowe is a true canine expert, and cares about your pet.

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-06-10

If you think that the sales people at your pet store, or your veterinarian know all there is to know about animal nutrition, think again. John Rowe shares his experience and wisdom in pet care. Highlighting in particular the foul food by-products that many pet-food manufacturers sell as "healthy balanced diets". Good marketing and packaging may have made you overlook some common sense facts. A must read if you have lost a pet of "natural" causes and can't understand why.

Art to Wear

Published in Hardcover by Abbeville Press (1986-10)

Authors: Julie Schafler Dale and Otto Stupakoff

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The Bible Of The Wearable Art Movement!

Helpful Votes: 16 out of 17 total.
Review Date: 2000-05-28

I have the edition of this book which came out in the mid'80s and which was embraced by all of us doing wearable art as the ultimate art we are all aspiring to achieve. The author then had the most famous wearable art gallery too in New York City. The pictures are out-of-this world in the earlier edition and I can't believe they'd be anything but splendid in this later edition. I can't even count how many hours I've spent going over the pictures again and again in the book. I can't understand why Amazon doesn't have a front cover to show you on this book though. Mine has a knock-you-out front cover with an absolutely gorgeous cover model in wearable art. If you've always wanted to understand what wearable art is, this book answered all the questions I had about the movement and the pioneers who started it. I spent (more money) on my book back then so this one is a real deal if you get the same number of pictures.

Excellent presentation of Art to Wear through Julie:

Helpful Votes: 16 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-26

Julie captures the essence of the beautifully photographed Art to Wear pieces; here the pieces are photographed clearly so you can see in the art pieces the materials and designs. Captured is the feeling looking at the model what it is like to wear the cloak, mask, sweater, and many more kinds of Art to Wear pieces. The text by each artist accompanying their work is very inspiring expressing their growth and creativity. Not a How to Book; this book shows how it has been done and is a celebration of creativity.

Well worth the price!

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2002-01-14

This book is very inspirational. For anyone who really appreciates innovative crochet techniques this book's definately a keeper. First of all it's huge with tons of high glossy photos. I loved seeing all of the different clothes. I've always thought of myself as an innovative crocheter but the artists in the book really let their imaginations go.

There is not only crochet clothing but woven, leather and found objects. If you hunger for abstract designs and techniques this book will satisfy.

Amazing!

Helpful Votes: 5 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 1999-10-07

I am so impressed with this book, that I would reccomend it to anyone who has ever had any interest in "art to wear" Truly remarkable and one of a kind.

Assisted Living for Our Parents: A Son's Journey (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)

Published in Hardcover by ILR Press (2007-03-07)

Author: Daniel Jay Baum

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Timely!

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-05

I am currently in the process of researching and selecting long-term living arrangements for my mother, who will be leaving her home of 43 years and moving across the country and has entrusted me to pick her new residence. I feel the weight of that responsibility and want to be sure that she is safe, happy, and well cared for, and able to remain independent as long and as well as her condition permits. Baum has provided great insight into questions we must ask and assurances we must get in writing. His documentation of the journey has helped me pay special attention as similar experiences arise. And further, Baum suggests that we take his experience and think about how we want our last years to be spent. Well written and not preachy, with a good checklist to apply before final decisions have been made. I am thankful to have found this book before completing our search, and have recommended it to others.

jAn important book

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Review Date: 2007-07-05

Every older person, especially those living alone, and their family members should read this book. Anyone who is considering an assisted living situation for a parent will learn invaluable information.

A welcome book. Not trite or paternalistic. Gets you thinking

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-28

First off, this is the only book that I have seen about this topic that is not written by an insider with a vested interest in promoting assisted living facilities, care management, Alzheimer's facilities, or the like. Many books point you to resources that you could find in an hour or less on the Internet. This is so much more thoughtful. The author provides a self-reflective account of his own journey with his mother in trying to work out the best individualized arrangements for and with her. It is not one of these simplistic "my mother is your mother -and what you and your mother will face." An added plus is that he gives a lot of thoughtful attention to the promise and limitations of current options and newer models of aging.It is a very nice book that bridges the gap between public/social policies for the aging and personal experience. Books like this are unusual. I tend to shun books that tilt to either narcissistically, personal stories or heavily annotated accounts. Hopefully, this book will help mobilize readers to think that creative, humanistic solutions are possible.

ALF - your parent's new caregivers

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-08

This is a very good book for anyone who has to put their parent in an Assisted Living Facility, even if you live close to your parent.

You can tell Dan always had his mother's over-all well-being at the center of his decisions. The future is so uncertain, this is a good book to read as Dan tells of his personal experience with their choice of ALF.

Sharing Ida's experience has helped me when it came time to put my own Mother in an ALF in Dec 2006. My sister, Mom & I visited various ALF's, and Mom chose the one she liked best. My sister and I made sure it will give her the support she will need when her health will require more assistance. Mom has early-stages of Alzheimer's; physically she is fine, but mentally, she cannot remember current events.

Dan covers every aspect of life in an ALF, his experience with the good parts and the bad. All of this knowledge is best found out before-hand, so you are more prepared for what can happen in the future. Due to his insight, I hope to be able to give Mom a comfortable and well-assisted life.

Barbara

Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes

Published in Paperback by Loving Healing Press (2007-08-01)

Author: Frances Shani Parker

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Becoming Dead Right

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-31

As much as we tend to "tip-toe" around end-of-life matters with family and friends, Parker however takes the reader on a warm and touching journey with "loud and clear" steps about what she calls, "The Other Side of Through." Throughout the book, you can't help but reflect on your life situation wherever you may be on life's timeline. It is a must-read for those thousands of "baby boomers" like me because 1. We are entering that phase of our life where, quite frankly, we begin to seriously think about our own mortality and all that that means, and 2. Many of us have had to be, or will face the very likely possibility of being, a care-giver to a loved one. "Being Dead Right" answers so many questions on the issues of hospice care almost from A-Z and is told in a very readable, informative and humane way. In her book, Parker indeed lets full sun shine on a topic long lain hid. Excellent job.

Francis Shani Parker Does it Right

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-13

Let's face it: Becoming Dead Right is a startling use of double entendre. It grew on me as a reader, since ultimately there's no time that straight talk is more required than at, and about, end of life. Placing judgement aside, "wrong" ways of dying have detrimental effects on patient-families; "right" ways of dying make end days as humane as can be, for both the dying and their survivors.

Humaneness is the critical quality that is often misplaced or absent from critical care. Parker's humanity is palpable. Every school principal must imbue it (even if half her kids may go to their own graves in denial of their school principal's humanity), so it's no surprise she would manifest it as a hospice worker and writer.

Yet I was surprised, and touched, and bolstered. As a writer on end-of-life matters, I expect others who write on dying and death to do so with great dignity, empathy, and poise. The subject requires it. So why my surprise? I think it stems from several directions.
- Poetry. If inuendo has no place in end-of-life conversations, and metaphor ignites understanding as it relieves duress, poetry occupies a middle ground. Parker's inclusion of personal poems throughout adds a a poignant, exploratory dimension to her narrative.
- Cultural mileu #1: Inside the Looking Glass. Reading messages that emanate from inside hospice differs from reading information about hospice. Parker gives us the real deal, distinct from intellectual abstraction (no matter how important the latter may be when the subject is end-of-life choices). Parker's "person-studies" help explain, in a very accessible manner, what hospice offers.
- Cultural mileu #2: Race. For those of us outside the black community, Becoming Dead Right offers a glimpse into the human fabric that makes Black America rich in ways that are intrinsic to their unique identity as a people. The glimpse arises naturally, through the telling. It's subtle, and probably unintentional--making this book all the more valuable.

And if Parker can help manifest her vision of Boomer Haven on a national scale, I'd queue up when it's my turn--even if I wasn't already predisposed.

-- Bart Windrum, author of Notes from the Waiting Room: Managing a Loved One's End-of-Life Hospitalization

Unless you're planning not to die, plan to read this book.

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-13

This book was enlightning and a pleasure to read. I found it difficult to put down. Each of many patient related stories told was captivating and conveyed significant and often imperative messages. Comprehensive, insightful, empathetic, amusing, comforting and instructive are all applicable adjectives. Becoming Dead Right is a gift of sagacity to us all.

Powerful and Enlightening!!

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-02

I really enjoyed the book, "Becoming Dead Right." The book was powerfully written and allowed the reader to feel the joys, frustrations, excitement and pain of the men and women in Hospice Care. My favorite part was the poems that were peppered in throughout the book that gave the book an extra special touch. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a book that puts a story and face with the people in Hospice Care.

Better Homes and Gardens Diabetic Cookbook

Published in Hardcover by Better Homes & Gardens Books (1992-09)

Author: "Better Homes and Gardens"

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easy to use book for healthy family diet

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1999-06-05

This is a fantastic book of good, easy to use recipes. The diabetic exchange groups are listed with each recipe and a full nutrition analysis, for recipes in the book, is listed at the end of each section. If you need this extra information to carefully control your diet, it's in this book. Some of the main dishes are complete, including protein, starch, and vegetable in one quick to prepare dish. This book can make cooking fun and less stressful if you need to follow the diabetic food exchange.

Simple easy to use explanations/recipes for new diabetics.

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1997-06-26

I was in a panic having just learned the importance of following a diabetic diet plan. It is crucial to maintaining good health and preventing further problems for diabetics. The diet plan (which you need to get from a dietician in order to use this book effectively) was prescribed but we couldn't envision following it on a day to day basis. This book really helped us get started right away. The use of pictures and lists simplifies what at first seemed like a maze. I highly recommend it if you (have already received your diabetic diet plan and) feel you'd like a little hand holding during your learning process... and then some

Do-able recipes for everyday!

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-16

This cookbook features meals from salads to desserts as well as snacks and special treats for better health for everyone. With recipes from Better Homes & Gardens Diabetic Cookbook, meals can be made considering the needs of a diabetic without 'singling-out' that person with an unusual plate of food. These are delicious meals with the food exchange system used (a list is at the back of the book for making following meal plans easier). Even attractive garnishes are suggested so these recipes can be used to appeal to more than just the palate. Normal ingredients in the pantry or easily purchased at the local grocery store make these meals do-able.This is a practical purchase for any home and a must-have for those with diabetes.

easy to use book for healthy family diet

Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 1999-06-05

This is a fantastic book of good, easy to use recipes. The diabetic exchange groups are listed with each recipe and a full nutrition analysis, for recipes in the book, is listed at the end of each section. If you need this extra information to carefully control your diet, it's in this book. Some of the main dishes are complete, including protein, starch, and vegetable in one quick to prepare dish. This book can make cooking fun and less stressful if you need to follow the diabetic food exchange.

Better Homes and Gardens Family Favorites Made Lighter

Published in Hardcover by Better Homes & Gardens Books (1992-09)

Author: Better Homes and Gardens

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Eat Lighter Foods Without Losing the Taste!

Helpful Votes: 11 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2003-07-04

This cookbook has become a staple in my already-large cookbook collection. I have used this book many times to "lighten" up a family favorite dish, and have made many of the recipes contained here. The book is organized in the following categories: Getting to Know Good Nutrition, Mouth-Watering Main Dishes, Tempting Side Dishes, Enticing Desserts, and Refreshing Snacks.

Some of my family's favorites include: Beef Stroganoff, Spaghetti Pie, Fajitas, Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, Coq Au Vin, Chicken & Dumplings, Oven Fried Chicken, Chicken PotPie, Tuna Noodle Casserole, Quiche Lorraine, Macaroni & Cheese, No Fried Ice Milk, Creamy Coleslaw, German-Style Potato Salad, Caramel Rolls, Pumpkin Bars, Carrot Cake, and Heavenly Cheesecake,

The recipes try to offer lower sodium, fat, calories, and cholesterol than the original "family" favorites, without decreasing taste. My family could barely tell these were not the original versions, and I feel good lowering fat and sodium wherever I can. This cookbook may not offer many "gourmet" dishes, but it gives wonderful recipes for favorite recipes you thought you could not enjoy anymore because of the high fat/sodium/cholesterol content. Enjoy!

Family Favorites Made Lighter

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2000-04-19

Family Favorites Made Lighter is a collection of over 100 family-friendly recipes that are practical, quick and delicious. These recipes are the same dishes your mother made -- made modern. The information on fat, cholesterol, and salt is accurate and helpful. These are the perfect transitional dishes for the family trying to change the way it eats. Our family has found many new favorites in this selection. A reliable source, even at the last minute! Highly recommended!

I love this cookbook!!

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-12-07

I have had this cook book for quite a long time now, and it is one of my most used books. It has all types of recipes, from appetizers to main meals to deserts. The recipes are not wild and extravagant, requiring trips to specialty gourmet stores; they are mostly recipes you are already familiar with, just made lighter. Try their version of sweet and sour pork, it is absolutely delicious! The banana bread is fantastic too - I've made that one so many times that my book just falls open to that page automatically.

Fantastic versions of old favorites!

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2000-04-23

Excellent cookbook with easy to prepare versions of entrees we all want to eat but don't know how to prepare without destroying our diets. Not only are these recipes quick and low-fat, but they allow for good-size portions and are filling. The recipes also use easy-to-find, ordinary ingredients, so you don't have to spend time hunting for things you've never heard of at the gourmet store. Worth the money!

Biggest Book of Diabetic Recipes: More than 350 Great-Tasting Recipes for Living Well with Diabetes (Better Homes & Gardens

Published in Plastic Comb by Better Homes and Gardens (2005-11-29)

Author: Better Homes and Gardens

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FANTASTIC

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-14

I am not one to use Cookbooks only because I love to experiment. Yet, I did purchase this one for various reasons.

I have tried several recipes and they all have been Surperb. The ingridents are those that most kitchens have.

All recipes are easy to do.

My Husband was shocked on how wonderful they all have been since they came out a DIABETIC Cookbook.

Highly recommend this item and the price fair.

I purchased at a well known bookstore.

Happy Cooking!!!

B

cookbook-diabetic

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-09

Purchased for a friend. Lots of easy recipes with enough spice that my friend can make for herself and her large family.

BHG Diabetic Cookbook

Helpful Votes: 11 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-03

Lots of great recipes that healthful for anyone. The nutrition information is most helpful and the recipes are not overly complicated if cooking is not your thing.

Offers "doable" strategies for managing diabetes from counting exchanges to tracking down hidden sugar

Helpful Votes: 27 out of 30 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-11

The newest cookbook from Better Homes and Gardens, this culinary compendium of more than 300 recipes specially designed for the nutritional needs and restrictions imposed by diabetes is spiral bound, features easy-to-read type for comfortable cooking, is enhanced with 32 full-color photos, notes total carb counts for every recipe, offers "doable" strategies for managing diabetes from counting exchanges to tracking down hidden sugar, and is ideal for planning meals on a daily and weekly basis. From Asparagus & Potato Skillet; Spiced Pot Roast with Root Vegetables; Cilantro Chicken with Peanuts; and Spicy Jalapeno-Shrimp Pasta; to Acorn Squash Bisque; Lasagna with Zucchini & Walnuts; Southwestern Breakfast Tostadas; and Cherry Cobbler with Corn Bread Biscuits, each recipes comprising Better Homes And Gardens Biggest Book Of Diabetic Recipes, has preparation times, bake times, oven temperatures, number of servings, and "Exchanges" information. If you have a diabetic in your family, then your kitchen cookbook collection would be wonderfully enhanced for them and your whole family's dining experience with the inclusion of the Better Homes And Gardens Biggest Book Of Diabetic Recipes!

The Caregiver's Guide: Helping Older Friends and Relatives with Health and Safety Concerns

Published in Hardcover by Houghton Mifflin (1992-01-03)

Author: Caroline Rob

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The Caregiver's Guide

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2000-11-02

If you ever wished for a very experienced Doctor and / or nurse, with the time to give you all the information you needed, this book is the answer to your prayers. The guide is the culmination of Carolin's interviews with leading doctors, nurses, social workers, and researchers.

A MUST 'keep handy' reference book. The material is understandable and complete. Each chapter deals with a group of related problems. For instance, Chapter 6 is titled "Oh, My Aching Bones'. It covers basic problems through hip replacement and includes "Yes, Basic Problems Have Typical Solutions" and "When Do You Need a Doctor".

I have bought several for friends and recommend it to each caregiver I meet. It offers practical solutions to common problems, safety tips, hands-on care, and most important, how the issues relate to older people.

Absolutely Wonderful!!!

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-08-24

This book is a gem. We have fifteen chapters releasing us from all the fears of dealing with an elderly friend or parent. You need this book! For two very
simple reasons. First, an elderly person's physiology is different from ours.
So this would be like taking care of ET! You need to know their physiology.
Second, you need to know when to take them to the hospital, and when not to.
There's a whole set of variables involved in that too. This is such a wonderful book. I even like the printing inside. It's over 450 pages of data that can change your life. I take care of my diabetic mother who is eighty. She is my spiritual path and
she is destroying my anger, laziness, and desires. I can't afford them! I highly
recommend this book to all those with elderly parents or friends. It's a good and fast
spiritual journey. Don't hesitate! Buy the book!

The Caregiver's Guide

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-11-02

If you ever wished for a very experienced Doctor and / or nurse, with the time to give you all the information you needed, this book is the answer to your prayers. The guide is the culmination of Carolin's interviews with leading doctors, nurses, social workers, and researchers.

A MUST 'keep handy' reference book. The material is understandable and complete. Each chapter deals with a group of related problems. For instance, Chapter 6 is titled "Oh, My Aching Bones'. It covers basic problems through hip replacement and includes "Yes, Basic Problems Have Typical Solutions" and "When Do You Need a Doctor".

I have bought several for friends and recommend it to each caregiver I meet. It offers practical solutions to common problems, safety tips, hands-on care, and most important, how the issues relate to older people.

this is the most helpful book ever written for caregivers

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1999-02-03

the Dr.Spock of eldercare, this book gives truly helpful information in an easy to read manner. It doesn't patronize the reader in any way and the information is up to date and scientifically based.

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