Compassionate Caregiving: Practical Help and Spiritual Encouragement [Paperback]

Lois D. Knutson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2007

Expert advice, practical tips, and encouragement for those caring for aging loved ones, as well as ways to care for themselves.

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"It will become a sought-after resource for those who are undertaking the journey of love..." -- Church Libraries, Winter 07/08

About the Author

LOIS D. KNUTSON, MDiv, is a caregiver for her mother and has been a pastor for 25 years. She has also been a nursing home and hospital chaplain, including the Mayo Clinic hospitals. She completed the Geriatric Pastoral Care Institute at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is a nationally sought-after speaker on older adult ministry. Lois was also featured in the PBS documentary And Thou Shalt Honor, which covered the subject of caregiving. She lives in the upper Midwest.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House (June 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764203711
• ISBN-13: 978-0764203718
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,400,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hands-on Guidebook for Caregiving, September 27, 2007

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This review is from: Compassionate Caregiving: Practical Help and Spiritual Encouragement (Paperback)

In "Compassionate Caregiving" author Lois D. Knutson offers workable solutions, tips, encouragement, and invaluable information important to family caregivers. Sensitive to the spiritual nature and call of caregiving, Lois includes a scripture passage and prayer within each chapter specifically related to the material covered. I found the suggested affirmations, one for each day of the month, to be especially valuable for spiritual encouragement and keeping a perspective on personal self worth.

Knutson includes guidelines for nurture, both spiritual and psychological, as well has practical issues like equipment needed in the home, celebrating holidays, evaluating nursing homes, assisted-living, and other caregiving facilities.

Lois has given me insight into caregiving as a spiritual calling. Readers will find the chapters on how to deal with the death of a loved one important, comforting, and compassionate.

A comprehensive appendix is filled with forms, a spiritual journey exercise, suggested Bible passages for caregivers, and a list of helpful web sites. The end notes listed by chapter give evidence of thorough, well documented, research. Lois Knutson, herself a caregiver, has served as a hospital chaplain, is trained in geriatric pastoral care, and is a national speaker on older adult ministry.

"Compassionate Caregiving" is an important and timely book. Although written specifically for the family caregiver, this is a valuable resource tool for pastors, lay counselors, hospital chaplains, and seminary students.
This is a book to be read again and again.