Have you been “airdropped” into caregiving due to unexpected circumstances? Navigate the jungle of this lonely-feeling island with me and others. I’ll update this page periodically.
Books
Links are to Amazon, but you can get some of these books through your local library’s ebook system such as Overdrive, or some other seller.
| Resource | Comments |
| The Caregiver Helpbook | Really helpful, down to earth and straightforwardly-written. |
| Cruising through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One | Still working through this one, pretty good so far. |
| The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias | One of the “gold standard” books about dementia and caregiving. Very thorough and realistic. Get a recent edition. |
| The Everything Executor and Trustee Book: A Step-by-Step Guide to Estate and Trust Administration (Everything® Series) | Very helpful. |
| Trustee’s Legal Companion, The: A Step-by-Step Guide to Administering a Living Trust | Very helpful. Both these books are good but in somewhat different ways. |
| The Year My Family Unravelled | First-person account of issues coming to light and moving parents to care. |
| Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir | Outstanding memoir by one of my favorite cartoonists, Roz Chast. |
| Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s: One Daughter’s Hopeful Story | My former journalism advisor took an entry-level job in senior care in part to help her come to terms with her guilt and other feelings about her mother’s decline. Very good and moving. |
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