Caregiver revolution : 5 easy steps to enlightened caregiving / Grant Abrams & Patricia Elizabeth ; drawings by Lin Larsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abrams, Grant, 1955-

Contributor:

Elizabeth, Patricia, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Care of the sick.

Caregivers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Place of Publication:

Nevada City, California : Gateways Books and Tapes, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>Packed with detailed information and practices for infusing caregiving with spirituality and hope, this book provides simple tools for the practice of mindfulness amidst the stress of the caregiving environment. Straightforward and practical methods are provided for dealing with crisis situations and a section is included on how a caregiver can assist someone who is facing his or her death. With a light and accessible tone, the book's practical information is supported by real-life anecdotes and humorous illustrations.</P>

Contents:

Front Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; Foreword - Why Did It Take 20 Years?; How to Use this Book; Introduction - Help Yourself by Helping Others; Denial's Not a River; The Preliminaries; The 5 Easy Steps to Better Caregiving; On Being a Caregiver; Step 1 - Get Organized and Take Care of the Basics; You're Not Alone; Learn From the Pros; It's All in the Details; How Things Have Changed; Beginning Steps; Break Tasks Into Manageable Steps; Inch by Inch...; A Few Practical Suggestions; Get Help; Importance of Community; The Caregiver Circle; The Internet Community

Ohhhh, The PaperworkGet Organized...that is the Key; Self-efficacy; Change Your Approach; End of Life Caregiving; Lemons to Lemonade; Jim's Story; Step 2 - Manage Your Stress; Caregiving Causes Stress; Stress is a Natural Survival Mechanism; Caregiving, Stress and Hard Work; Physical Signs of Caregiver Stress; Emotional Signs of Caregiver Stress; You Have to Take Care of Yourself; A Caregiver's Bill of Rights By Jo Horne; Avoiding Caregiver Stress; Walking and Pedaling; Some General Guidelines When you Exercise; Exercise Ideas; An Easy and Very Effective 15-Minute Exercise Program; T'ai Chi

Simple Stress Relief MassageThe Relaxation Response; A Simple Visualization Technique; Meditation; Mindfulness is Meditation in Motion; You Have to Make the Time; The Caregiver Revolution Tool Kit; Step 3 - Strengthen Your Caregiver Presence; How to Use these Practices; The Attention Gym; Attention Has a Friend; Of Spirit, Breath and Being; Your Secret Weapon; Forty Activities to Bring Presence Into Caregiving; Getting Stronger as you Go?; Step 4 - Help Those In Transition; Crises Happen; The Places of Change; Entering the Transitional Space; The Crisis Bridge Workshop; Dying as Transition

Stages in the Dying TransitionSpiritual Care; Step 5 - Provide Spiritual Care & Support; Present and Accounted for; Simple Presence; How to be There; Your Intention is What Matters; Spiritual Reading; Ars Moriendi; Tibetan Buddhist Teachings; Facing Death; Ten Steps to Doing a Reading; Exercises and Activities to Help Prepare for Death; A Modest Proposal; The Last Will; The Testament (a Last Word); Exercises for Death Preparation -The Workshop; How to Approach this Material; Exercise 1: Telling Another About Your Preparations for Dying; Exercise 2: Those Things i Wish for Right Now

Exercise 3: Knowing My RootsExercise 4: Forgiveness; Exercise 5: Imagining the Moment of Death; Exercise 6: You Decide What is a Good Death; Planning the End of Life Celebration; Appendix A: Bibliography; Appendix B: Websites for Caregivers; Appendix C: Supplementary Exercises; Simple And Effective Yoga-based Stretches By Mary Pierangelli; 1. Cats And Dogs (Intention: Surrender, Relaxation); 1a. Cats And Dogs Seated In Chair (Intention: Surrender, Relaxation); 2. Stretch From Side To Side; 2a. Side Stretch Seated In Chair; 3. Forward Lunge (Intention - To Open The Heart Center)

3a. Forward Lunge In Chair

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-140).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-89556-535-8

0-89556-536-6

OCLC:

855504107