Sometimes My Heart Goes Numb: Love and Caregiving in a Time of AIDS"
Although written for the caregivers of Aids patients this book is filled with compelling, real life vignettes of a caregiver's physical, emotional and spiritual challenges when being confronted with another person's dying.
Losing a Parent: Passage to a New Way of Living"
A psychotherapist writes about her personal journey from loss to transformation, offering numerous self-help exercises for gaining insight and inner peace into one's journey through grief.
A compassionately written book by a Hospice physician in Northern California about his friend's death.
Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying. Two Hospice nurses offer insights into the experience of dying.
How We Are Transformed Spiritually as We Die. A book well being written by a hospice social worker.
A retired psychologist chronicles his feelings and experiences of having Alzheimer's disease.
Robert Davis, a retired minister, writes about his personal and spiritual journey through Alzheimer's disease. This book also includes chapters written by his caregiver wife.
Diagnosed with dementia at the young age of 46, the author gives a vivid account of what it is like to live with progressive memory loss.
Written from the unique perspective of being both a physician and a patient, the author tells his personal story of how he has handled different aspects of the disease.
Ms. Nancy L. Mace, M.A., and Dr. Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H.
Practical and easy to understand information is offered to caregivers on caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease.
Interweaving her personal experience of caring for her husband and 20 years of helping Alzheimer's families, the author offers practical tips on how to support people with dementia.