Caregiver's Reading List
- Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses
Published by Hospice Foundation of America, 2001 With approximately 25 million family caregivers in this country, one out of four households are providing care for a loved one. It is important for healthcare professionals to understand the unique needs of family caregivers and offer compassionate support. Featuring writings from 13 nationally recognized experts in the field of caregiving and loss, this book was developed in conjunction with HFA’s award-winning Living With Grief series. See sample chapters:
Order here.
- How to Care for Aging Parents
By Virginia Morris
"Featured on Oprah and Good Morning America, winner of the Books for a Better Life Award, and hailed as an 'excellent resource' by the Family Caregiver Alliance...Compassionate and thorough, it is a caregiver's bible."
Workman Publishing Group
$18.95
- A Caregiver's Challenge: Living, Loving, and Letting Go
By Maryann Schacht, MSW
"Many books address the needs of patients; few speak to caregivers. A Caregiver's Challenge combines personal experience and professional expertise to provide the knowledge and support that caregivers need."
$14.95
- Hospice Foundation of America produces various informational caregiving brochures:
- Supporting Your Friend Through Illness
This brochure recognizes that the challenges brought about by terminal illness and loss affect not only the person experiencing it, but also family members, co-workers and all those touched by the situation. This brochure offers stories and advice for those who want to help but don't know what to say or do.
- Caring for Someone Who Is Dying
This brochure offers insight into the dying process. Although the diseases, relationships and circumstances are different, a terminal illness involves similar issues and difficulties. This brochure offers some guidelines, provides a sense of understanding, and emphasizes the need for caregivers to take care of themselves.
- A Caregiver's Guide to the Dying Process
Many people who are caring for a terminally ill person have never done it before. A Caregiver’s Guide can serve as a sensitive, helpful resource for families who are being served by hospice. A Caregiver’s Guide to the Dying Process prepares caregivers by discussing both the physical symptoms of dying and the psychological issues that accompany the dying process. It may also be used by hospices and other end-of-life organizations as a helpful training aid for staff and volunteers.
- Medicare Hospice Benefit
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Trying to understand the nuances of rules and regulations can be overwhelming. This is the official government publication for Medicare hospice benefits. Also see the Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet, which provides information on certification requirements, election periods, how rates are set, patient coinsurance, caps on payments, additional required reporting, and FY2010 payment rates.
