When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. Mace and Robins provide practical and specific advice to make care easier, improve quality of life, and lift the spirits of a family dealing with Alzheimer disease. "Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease....

"Elana D. Buch's "Inequalities of Aging: Paradoxes of Independence in American Home Care" focuses on the topic of American home care and explores various contradictions and points of tension within the industry. It also raises awareness of the problematic inequality that exists in the American home care industry and argues for the creation of a more sustainable system."--

Many of us are unprepared and confused about how to proceed when our parent begins to suffer the effects of old age. If your parent has been diagnosed with a cognitive illness, 'Supporting Parents with Alzheimer's' will arm you with the knowledge to meet your parent's psychological and physical needs so that he or she can continue to live comfortably and safely, without feeling like a burden.

This work is a look at the foster care system that examines why it is failing the kids it is supposed to protect and what can be done to change it. Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? The author, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care, looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is this work, an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside...

"Updated to provide the latest information, techniques, resources, and insights into caregiving, this practical guide offers manageable solutions to the many conditions and situations caregivers may face. From physical and emotional conditions, to dealing with health care providers and insurance carriers this resource helps teach caregivers to take care of their own needs as well as those of the person with cancer. Offering thorough, concise checklists,...

El concepto de familia se ha transformado, con un acento importante en la razón y la disciplina, la norma y el control, la práctica religiosa y la vida pública. La institución familiar es la base de la sociedad y este texto describe el concepto de familia desde la perspectiva sistémica, psicosocial e identifica patrones de interacción, comunicación y funcionamiento familiar, así como el abordaje de la familia frente a la enfermedad y las crisis...