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Caring for someone with a long-term illness / John Costello.

By:

Costello, John, 1954- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Support for family and friendsPublisher: Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2009Distributor: New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan Description: viii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0719078059
9780719078057
0719078067
9780719078064

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

649.8 22

LOC classification:

RT120.L64 C67 2009

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. On becoming a carer -- 2. Practical problems and issues -- 3. Challenges, difficulties and problems -- 4. Specific activities of daily living -- 5. Providing psychological support -- 6. Care at the end of life -- 7. Getting help and support.

Summary: "Caring for someone with a long-term illness is the first book in the Support for Family and Friends series. Caring for, or being close to someone who cares for a person with a long-term illness can be very difficult, and not knowing how to help can be frustrating. The book is designed to help friends, family and carers understand the practical and personal issues that face carers; providing useful suggestions on how to understand the carer's role and ways to make the experience easier for the carer and those around them. This is less of a how to do book and more a selection of chapters giving advice on things to say, things to do, and where to look for advice and practical help when needed. Carers and their friends and family will find this book an invaluable resource on how to act (or simply give peace and quiet) in the most welcome and appropriate way."--Publisher's website.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	649.8 COS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A378512B

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-133) and index.

"Caring for someone with a long-term illness is the first book in the Support for Family and Friends series. Caring for, or being close to someone who cares for a person with a long-term illness can be very difficult, and not knowing how to help can be frustrating. The book is designed to help friends, family and carers understand the practical and personal issues that face carers; providing useful suggestions on how to understand the carer's role and ways to make the experience easier for the carer and those around them. This is less of a how to do book and more a selection of chapters giving advice on things to say, things to do, and where to look for advice and practical help when needed. Carers and their friends and family will find this book an invaluable resource on how to act (or simply give peace and quiet) in the most welcome and appropriate way."--Publisher's website.

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