Synopses & Reviews
The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can't guides families and healthcare professionals who are struggling to make the right decisions for those who are losing or have lost capacity. Who needs this? Anyone dealing with those who have Alzheimer's, dementia, stroke, brain injury, mental illness, or other mental limitations.
This book offers tools and techniques that will limit your frustration and fears and help you make informed, respectful decisions. Extremely practical, yet also heart-felt, the book offers four adaptable tools that make decision making a simple, step-by-step process. Guidelines help you determine if your loved one or patient can make decisions, who should make the decisions, and how to make better decisions. Questions are provided to use in almost any medical or quality-of-life situation that will help you gather all of the information you need. Techniques are also taught for improving communication.
Synopsis
The readers begin by taking a short test to determine which part of the book applies to their loved one's situation. The difference between someone who is in the early stages of Alzheimer's and who can still communicate vs. someone in the later stages of Alzheimer's is significant. After answering the questions, they are directed to the correct section to learn the tools that apply to their specific situation. After learning the decision making tools, they can test themselves in the practice section. The last third of the book is devoted to making the most difficult decisions, the end-of-life decisions.
Synopsis
An author with both clinical and personal experience shows readers how to make decisions for others with integrity, compassion, and honour. It features practical tools for individuals and professional caregivers. With the rapid increase in our elderly population and the rapid escalation of medical costs, decision making has become a critical and often heartbreaking exercise for caregivers. This book provides a proven method for facing tough choices in emotionally charged circumstances. It is an invaluable resource for those struggling to do the right thing. As they make medical and lifestyle decisions for others, many people wonder if they are making the right choice for the right reasons. This book gives everyone a way to do the right thing through a well-defined and logical process.
Synopsis
Wouldn't it be a relief to know you are making the right decisions and doing right by the person in your care? Whether you have a loved one who can't make his or her own decisions or you are a healthcare professional, you know how difficult--even heartbreaking--it can be to make decisions for others. Feeling confident that you're made the right decision would be a welcome relief from the worry and guilt you may be feeling.
Extremely practical, yet also heartfelt, the book offers:
-Four adaptable tools that make decision making a simple, step-by-step process
-Guidlines to help you determine if your loved one or patient can make decisions, who should make the decisions, and how to make better decisions
-Questions to use in almost any medical or quality-of-life situation that will help you gather all of the information you need
-Techniques for improving communication between patients, families and caregivers
Synopsis
Extremely practical, yet also heartfelt, this book offers help to those who must make the choices for those who can't.