A Caregiver's Survival Guide: How to Stay Healthy When Your Loved One Is Sick

by Kay Marshall Strom

When you are responsible for another person's physical needs, your own needs are often neglected. After caring for her spouse, who for ten years suffered from a rare, debilitating disease, Kay Marshall Strom is able to bring a voice of experience and compassion to this important topic. She shows you how to
find spiritual support
maintain balanced relationships
decide when caregiving at home is no longer possible
work out your financial situation
understand the impact of long-term caregiving on the whole family
deal with your personal losses
Whether you are caring for an elderly parent, a spouse, an adult child or another family member or close friend, Strom's stories drawn from her own and othes' experiences will encourage and comfort you. And her practical ideas for how to meet your own needs for energy, patience, strength, wisdom, peace and creativity will carry you through many difficult days.

153 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2000

About the author

Kay Marshall Strom is the author of forty published books. Her writing credits also include numerous magazine articles, short stories, curriculum, stories for children, two prize-winning screenplays, and booklets for writers. Kay speaks at seminars, retreats, and special events throughout the country. She and her husband Dan Kline love to travel, and more and more Kay’s writing and speaking take her around the word.

Reviews

[Jan Mcleod]

This author did an excellent job of providing many different kinds of helps, lessons she learned as caregiver, and insights for caregivers. Though she can't be specific in many areas because each case is different, she gives good sound advise for dealing with the disabled and infirmed as well as excellent advise for the caregiver's needs.
The information she gives comes from ten years of first hand experience with her husband who had a very rare genetic disease.
Though it is written from a Christian point of view, she does not preach, but offers much real wisdom and information.
I wished I'd had this book when caring for my mother!