caregivers

The book provides a comprehensive overview of caregiving of older adults and an extensive resource section.

Kinsey Millhone, a private investigator in the small California town of Santa Teresa, faces a formidable enemy when she begins to suspect there is something not right about Solana Rojas, the home health care nurse hired to look after Kinsey's elderly neighbor and friend Gus.

Royce is pressed into service as a caregiver for his ninety-five-year-old grandfather and gradually comes to appreciate the cantankerous old man.

Contains step-by-step photographs that show the best ways to carry out the day-to-day tasks of caregiving, such as giving a bedbath, or moving a patient; addresses the emotional difficulties experienced by both caregiver and patient; and provides a guide to available resources, from support groups to financial benefits.

"An elderly Australian woman lets a mysterious and possibly sinister caretaker into her beach-side home and into her life"--Provided by publisher.

Kinsey Millhone, a private investigator in the small California town of Santa Teresa, faces a formidable enemy when she begins to suspect there is something not right about Solana Rojas, the home health care nurse hired to look after Kinsey's elderly neighbor and friend Gus.

Undecided about her future after graduating from high school, an Australian girl takes a job caring for a brain-damaged woman.

Discusses the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of leukemia and explains how to provide physical and emotional support for its victims.