Dying at Home

Dying at Home A Family Guide for Caregiving - A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book

Third edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

A comprehensive guide for those caring for a loved one nearing the end of life.

Many people seek the comfort and dignity of dying at home. Advances in pharmacology and hospice care allow the dying to remain at home relatively free of pain and symptoms, but navigating professional services, insurance coverage, and family dynamics often compounds the complexity of this process. Extensively updated and revised, this third edition of Andrea Sankar's Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving provides essential information that caregivers and dying persons need to navigate this journey.

Featuring contributions by professionals and personal stories from in-depth case studies of family caregivers, this guide discusses the challenges, resources, benefits, and barriers to care at home. With updates on advance care planning, developments in palliative care medicine, and the availability of legally assisted dying, this edition discusses how to:
 Arrange medical care, nursing, and ancillary therapies
 Understand costs, sources of financial support, and insurance coverage
 Collaborate with health professionals in the home
 Assist in implementing pain management techniques
 Find social and spiritual support, as well as self-care for caregivers
 Handle family dynamics and legal matters
 Collaborate to make complex care and treatment decisions
 Navigate the process of dying and caring for the body after death

Book information

ISBN: 9781421447735
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Third edition
DEWEY: 362.175
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 488
Weight: 730g
Height: 156mm
Width: 236mm
Spine width: 35mm