Leaning into Sharp Points

Practical Guidance and Nurturing Support for Caregivers

Stan Goldberg PhD, Stan Goldberg

• Publisher: New World Library
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9781608680689
• Print ISBN:
  9781608680672
• Subtopic: Prestation de soins

Whether you’re coping with a loved one who has received a terminal diagnosis, has a long-term illness or disability, or suffers with dementia, caregiving is challenging and crucial. Those who face this responsibility, whether occasionally or 24/7, are brushing up against life’s sharpest point. In this book, Stan Goldberg offers an honest, caring, and comprehensive guide to those on this journey. Everyone wants to “do the right thing,” and this book provides the often-elusive how-to — from bedside etiquette to advice on initiating difficult conversations, caring for oneself while caring for another, navigating rapid changes in your loved one’s condition, and even offering “permission” for them to die. Goldberg’s stories demonstrate how to address the most difficult topics and will facilitate more open and useful communication and caregiving.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• A Note to the Reader
• Chapter 1. Some Basics
• Chapter 2. Your World
• Chapter 3. Your Loved One’s World
• Chapter 4. Conversations: Words and Other Things
• Chapter 5. When the Mind Wanders: Aging, Illness, and Dementia
• Chapter 6. When a Loved One’s Death Is Close, and afterward
• Chapter 7. Putting It All Together
• Appendix 1. National and International Organizations
• Appendix 2. Support Groups and Services
• Appendix 3. Governmental Agencies
• Appendix 4. End-of-Life Forms
• Index
• About the Author