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Caregiving and loss : family needs, professional responses
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- Creator
- edited by Kenneth J. Doka and Joyce D. Davidson ; foreword by Rosalynn Carter
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- English
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- Publication
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- [Washington, DC] : Hospice Foundation of America, [2001]
- ©2001
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- ix, 331 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1893349020, 9781893349025
- OCLC
- ocm46774636
- "Support has been provided in part by the Foundation for End of Life Care."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-331).
- pt. I. Caregiving as an issue: policy and programs. Nature of caregiving / Carol Levine -- 1. Hospice as a model for caregiving / Marcia Lattanzi-Licht ; Voices: Hoping this could be somebody else's life / Elizabeth Halling ; Interview: Fannie Mae's elder care initiative -- 2. Family caregiving and loss: the work/family dynamic / Myrl Weinberg & Dee Ellison ; Interview: AT & T's life tracks program -- 3. Creating and energizing caring communities / Bill Gaventa ; Voices: Jitterbug / Brian Alexander ; Programs that work: Care-Net
- pt. II. The caregiving experience: implications for professionals. 4. Paraprofessional workers in long-term care: dealing with loss and bereavement / Eileen R. Chichin, Orah R. Burack, & John M. Carter ; Voices: No fame or fortune / Karen -- 5. Cultural differences: sensitivities required for effective caring / Bernice Catherine Harper, Michon Lartigue, & Kenneth J. Koka ; Programs that work: Grotta Synagogue HOPE ; Practical suggestions: what caregivers need from doctors / William Lamers -- 6. Selfless soldier / Barry Jacobs ; Voices: The rest of my life / Jim Skofield -- 7. Nursing's role in family caregiver support / Susan Reinhard ; Practical suggestions: caregiver fairs: support in action -- 8. Self-care: the path to wholeness / Beth Witrogen McLeod ; Programs that work: Volunteer hospices: Talbot Hospice Foundation
- pt. III. Grief, loss, and the end of life. 9. Grief, loss, and caregiving / Kenneth J. Doka ; Voices: The wife: seven months later / Lynda Zycherman -- 10. Providing spiritual support to family caregivers / Reverend George Blackwell & Rabbi Harold Stern -- 11. The reciprocal suffering of caregivers / Deborah Sherman ; Programs that work: Family Caregiver Alliance -- 12. Hard decisions in hard times: helping families make ethical choices during prolonged illness / David M. Price ; Programs that work: Whitman-Walker Clinic ; Voices: I know now / Desmond Groarke -- pt. IV: Conclusion / Joyce D. Davidson
Subjects
- Caregivers.
- Human services personnel.
- Care of the sick.
- Grief.
- Loss (Psychology)
- Grief.
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- Grief
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- Caregivers
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- Family Relations
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- Hospice Care
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- grief.
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