Publisher's Synopsis
This book reminds us that we are a living creation of nature accountable for the things we do. How we live, what we do, and how we do it all have a way of getting back at us. We are also blessed to have people who shared their experiences of encounters with chronic illness. While its aim to give us strength in troubled times, its goal is to prepare us for a life of challenge. The Advance Care Planning Resources Book reports the journey of Richard Tucker in his battle with serial chronic illnesses. He fought, chiefly with diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure and loss of peripheral vision. He is a man qualified to claim to make a return journey from the land of the dead on several occasions. He survived battles with strokes, heart attacks, and cardiac arrest more than once; he is a customer of ER, life support and ICU. Richard Tucker had suffered Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and peripheral vision crises, and to the glory of God, he lives to tell the story. This book is not another medical literature full of professional jargons. It is a contribution from a family that went through the trouble of self-rescue from the clutches of death! There are several medical books on the health conditions being through by Richard already. Therefore, the Advance Care Planning Resources Book is not to repeat any of their recommendations. However, this book is to serve as your co-walker through the shadows of death. It will walk with you to overcome your challenges. It is to remind you that there is light at the end of the tunnel.Some of the chapters in the book that will make exciting read include: -FAMILY. Books this nature celebrates the role and value of family in health care management. Sometimes, when the vital first aid from close people is missing, not many live to tell the story of recovery. -CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. It is a medical term for heart failure, and this topic talks about causes and prevention. Richard understands better how a simple lifestyle change could have prevented the long-suffering and safe the family avoidable health expenses.-FIRST RESPONDERS. When someone suffers a heart attack or involved in a medical emergency, there is a need for immediate medical attention to resuscitate and manage the patient before the arrival of qualified medical personnel. This book discusses the importance of family member acquiring such skill to save lives.-PALLIATIVE CARE. Every human problem requires adequate response to manage both real and side effect of life-threatening illness. The book explains the real meaning of palliative care and its application in walking through chronic disease.-ADVANCE CARE PLANNING. Richard learned a big lesson from his experience with life support and ICU cases while receiving treatment for his chronic illness condition. Readers would learn the importance of deciding while in health to make it easy to care for you in a life-threatening situation when you can least choose.-FAITH and GOD. When you are in a crisis, it may look like the world is going to end soon, but for the believers in God, their hope knows no limit. God is the alpha and omega who knows the unknown, and when medical science failed, spiritual belief will save the day. The importance of this discussion is that being a God believing family, Richard and Marilyn know that there is the unseen hand sustaining them. Many have died for far less chronic illness; therefore, readers are encouraged to give faith and believe in God when facing life-threatening health condition.-COMPLIANCE. Compliance is technically about safe and high-quality care for patients. It is not only the responsibility of health institutions to comply; the individual must live to ensure wholesome health free of ailment and diseases. While health organizations follow the code of ethics in ensuring patient safety, the patient needs to play its part in helping to achieve success in their care.
