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5 Lessons from Having an Ill Family Member

By Jacob Cashman

Illness is a part of life. People are born, grow up, strive to be healthy, but there is always a chance that illness will strike at any given moment.

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Living Beyond Limits: New Hope and Help for Facing Life-Threatening Illness

A pioneer in the world of mind-body healing, the author provides support and guidance for those living with life-threatening illness, showing how, with the help of support groups, people can live longer and fuller lives.

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David Spiegel
1993
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Sometimes My Heart Goes Numb: Love and Caregiving in a Time of AIDS

Drawing on the real-life stories of twenty exemplary caregivers, Dr. Charles Garfield explains the widely used Shanti caregivers model he originated—and shows how to set limits, avoid burnout, accept gratitude, and grapple with issues of life and death when caring for people with HIV/AIDS.

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Charles Garfield, Cindy Spring, Doris Ober
1997
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Loving Someone with PTSD: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Connecting with Your Partner After Trauma

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can present with a number of symptoms, including anxiety, depression, flashbacks, and trouble sleeping. If your partner has PTSD, you may want to help, but find yourself at a loss.

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Aphrodite T. Matsakis
2013
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When Someone You Love Has a Chronic Illness: Hope and Help for Those Providing Support

Dr. Tamara Greenberg offers hope and practical advice to those impacted by a loved one’s chronic illness. Providing easy-to-understand explanations for complicated feelings and behaviors, this book will help you not just cope, but thrive in your day-to-day life.

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Tamara McClintock Greenberg
2025
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Eldercare For Dummies

Need help caring for an elderly loved one? This sensitive, reassuring guide provides strategies for assessing older persons’ needs, arranging for care, ensuring their safety, and enhancing quality of life—all while respecting their dignity.

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Rachelle Zukerman
2025
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The Sudden Caregiver: A Roadmap for Resilient Caregiving

Are you a sudden caregiver? When an unforeseen medical crisis robs someone you love of their health and wellbeing, do you feel caught off guard and ill-prepared for your caregiving role? Plenty of research confirms what you may already know: caregiving is depleting, worrying, and exhausting,...

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Karen Warner Schueler
2025
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Cruising through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One

Caregiving is no vacation, but you can cruise more smoothly through it! If you’re facing the daunting reality that you’re about to become a caregiver whether you planned for it or not, Cruising through Caregiving is the down-to-earth and authoritative answer you need.

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Jennifer L. FitzPatrick
2025
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No Saints around Here: A Caregiver’s Days

When we promise “in sickness and in health,” it may be a mercy that we don’t know exactly what lies ahead. Forcing food on an increasingly recalcitrant spouse. Brushing his teeth. Watching someone you love more than ever slip away day by day.

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Susan Allen Toth
2025
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Tips for Cancer Caregivers | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

During cancer treatment, the needs of the patient’s caregiver are often overlooked. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute social worker Nancy DiPerna explains why it’s important for caregivers to minimize stress in their own lives.

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2007
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When Reasoning No Longer Works: A Practical Guide for Caregivers Dealing with Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care

Nearly five million families deal with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia on a daily basis. They do this with little training, and often only their good intentions guide them. When Reasoning No Longer Works is the training manual these family caregivers have been searching for.

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Angel Smits
2025
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Handling a Loved One’s Illness