Caring for carers booklist

All the following books are available to borrow from your library. Select a title to find or reserve a copy.

You can download the full list of books below:

Sasha Carr - Caregiver's essential handbook

Not a comprehensive text presenting the latest medical, social and physical findings on care giving, rather this is a compendium of time, trouble, and money-saving tips for home care-givers faced with the problems of everyday life.

Oliver James - Contented dementia

In the UK alone, over 700,000 people are afflicted with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. What this title offers is solutions - methods approved by the Royal College of Nursing and the Alzheimer's Society and pioneered by SPECAL, that are the result of hands-on experience and which are, above all, practical and positive.

John Zajicek - Multiple sclerosis care: a practical manual

This care manual is a reference source for all aspects of care in the management and understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS). It is useful for all health professionals involved in the care of people with MS, including hospital doctors, GPs, therapists and social workers, as well as interested carers and people affected by the condition.

John Waite - Dementia care: a practical manual

This care manual covers a wide range of information in a short, easily accessible handbook format. It follows the pathway of dementia, from first presentation through to final stages of the illness, and is aimed at the multi-disciplinary care team.

Sharon Fish - Alzheimer's: caring for your loved one, caring for yourself

Mike Ward - Caring for someone with an alcohol problem

Kevin Kendrick - Their rights: advanced directives and living wills explored

In a world of uncertainty, death is certain. For some people, dying is an undignified and demeaning process that robs dignity, choice and individuality. This work provides a focused and informative account of the key issues surrounding living wills and advanced directives.

Jane Brotchie - Caring for someone who has dementia

This revised and updated guide takes readers through the main crisis points that may occur during dementia - hearing the initial diagnosis, deciding on care in the early stages, dealing with the disease itself, and facing the fact that one can no longer cope.

Marina Lewycka - Caring for someone with diabetes

Packed with practical help for the families and friends of older people with diabetes, this book provides up-to-date information about diabetes, exploring healthy eating, medication and emergencies.

David Sutcliffe - Introducing dementia: the essential facts and issues of care

Toni Battison - Caring for someone with memory loss

Written for the families and friends of older people, this book deals with age-related memory loss. It explains simply how memory works, information on various tests and treatments, practical advice and helpful guidelines about making best use of existing memory function.

Helen Howard - Caring for someone at home: a handbook for family carers

Guiding carers through the emotional and practical maze of caring, this title provides knowledge and understanding for those looking after someone at home. It deals with the everyday aspects, from medication and hygiene to moving and handling someone without hurting your back.

Marina Lewycka - The carer’s handbook: what to do and who to turn to

Millions of people find themselves unexpectedly responsible for organising the care of an older person facing a crisis. This book aims to help carers through the first hours and days of an emergency.

Philip Coyne -Caring for someone who has had a stroke

This revised edition provides carers with information and advice on how to understand stroke and its immediate aftermath, as well as extensive guidance on hospital discharge, providing care at home, and rehabilitation and adjustment to life in the future.

Penny Mares - Caring for someone who is dying

Caring for someone with a terminal illness can be a devastating experience. This revised book is designed to help the carer through all of the difficulties they may face in the days ahead

Toni Battison - Caring for someone with a heart problem

Coronary heart disease is the greatest cause of ill health and death in the western world, and a particularly common problem in the UK. This book offers practical information, advice and support to people who care for someone with the condition.

Jim Pollard - Caring for someone with arthritis

Arthritis is the major cause of disability in the UK. This book examines what arthritis is, how it can be treated, and provides supportive advice and guidance for carers. How to get help from social services is also included.

Marina Lewycka - Caring for someone with a hearing loss

With nearly 9 million hard of hearing and deaf people in the UK, this book will be an invaluable resource for carers, relatives and friends living with someone with hearing loss. It includes chapters on improving communication and sources of help.

Toni Battison - Caring for someone with cancer

This handbook provides carers with the knowledge and understanding required to look after older people with cancer, and includes information on relevant sources of help

Toni Battison - Caring for someone with depression

Depression, as an illness, affects one in five people in their lifetime. For some older people, it can be triggered by factors related to their age. This book looks at what depression is, the caring role, and maximizing 'good' health, and will act as a starting point for information and sources of support.

Jane Matthews - The carer's handbook

Jane Matthews gives valuable and comprehensive advice into the whole range of carer's situations, whether that involves shopping for a housebound neighbour, or giving up work to care full-time for a disabled child or confused parent.

Robert Buckman - What you really need to know about caring for someone after a stroke

Judith Cameron - Caring for a parent in later life

This text provides information and advice for all those who find themselves needing to take responsibility for a parent who is becoming frail or otherwise less able to cope with life.

Lorraine West - Early stage dementia: reassurance for sufferers and carers

Early Stage Dementia addresses the need for user-friendly information for people involved with the early stages of dementia - starting with the first thoughts that something might be different, through to diagnosis and dealing with the transitions through changes in life style.

Mary Josephine Woolf - Is the cooker turned off?

Caring for an older person with failing memory.

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