The Reluctant Caregivers: Learning to Care for a Loved One with Alzheimer's

The Reluctant Caregivers: Learning to Care for a Loved One with Alzheimer's

Hardback (30 Mar 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Although Hendershott has spent many years teaching and writing about the sociological aspects of aging, she writes that none of this could have prepared me for the overwhelming challenge of caring for my own mother-in-law in my home. She introduces baby boomers as the unexpected caregivers of the coming decades. The process of family denial about symptoms, work-family conflict, and the unique problems of children of caregivers are explored in an effort to find solutions to the caregiving challenge.

Social science research is made accessible and is coupled with anecdotal information gleaned from interactions with other caregivers and personal experience. Throughout the book, Hendershott shows family caregivers that by gaining insight into their motivations for caregiving and by drawing from family support and help from the community, they can move beyond maladaptive caregiving coping styles, to a rewarding reality-based caregiving experience.

Book information

ISBN: 9780897897112
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Imprint: Praeger
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.196831
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 148
Weight: 416g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 12mm