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Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others: A Caregiver's Survival and Renewal Guide

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This wonderfully written, heartfelt story, is directed to caregivers who may be struggling as they care for a family member or friend. Caregiving is such a heartwretching experience, and the role of giving, giving, giving can be mentally and physically exhausting. This book gives perspective, permission to care for yourself, and a "how to achieve caring for yourself" direction. It validates the feelings caregivers have -- it acknowledges the hassles and the stressors, the morals and the ethics, the values and the beliefs. It supplies direction with a sense of humor and compassion using professional and personal experiences. I found this book an excellent resource in my professional and person lives in supporting other caregivers. Cathy Thomas, R.N., O.C.N., Stephen Ministries Leader.

I am impressed by your book--by its alluring title its wide ranging scope covering so many aspects of caregivers' experiences and needs, its clarity and style and helpful wisdom on many topics. Many will find it a most valuable source to which to turn for encouragement and advice in the complex, often diffiult, always taxing responsibities of caring for others. Many people, more all the time, have such roles. They do their work with remarkable patience and skill, but it helps them to have good support from others. Robert Esbjornsonm, retired college ethics prof., St. Peter, Mn.

The focus of this book is on the caregivers's self care and survival while performing the arduous and endless tasks of giving service to other. In writing this book authors Brammer and Bingea have created a lifeline based on their professional and person experiences, drawing upon psychology, social work, philosophy, religion, medicine, cross-cultural studies and education, as well as personal involvement in caring ministries in church and broader service in Red Cross and Hospice.