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OverviewWhen 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kay Marshall StromPublisher: InterVarsity Press Imprint: Inter-Varsity Press,US Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780830822300ISBN 10: 0830822305 Pages: 153 Publication Date: 05 July 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsBefore You Begin Acknowledgments 1. There Is Something Wrong 2. New Role, Uncomfortable Fit 3. The Entire Family Is Affected 4. Crushing Emotions 5. How Should I Pray? 6. Him Versus Me: Where Is the Balance? 7. Platitudes, Rumors Easy Answers 8. The Forgotten Caregiver 9. Someone to Lean On 10. Dealing with Losses 11. Finding the Blessings 12. When Home Is No Longer Possible 13. There Is Only So Much Money 14. Letting Go 15. A Time for Every Purpose 16. Surviving Means to Go on Living Appendix 1: Nursing Home Checklist Appendix 2: List of Resources Appendix 3: Further Reading Appendix 4: Encouragement from the SourceReviewsKay Strom is a caregiver who has invested countless hours in helping her disabled husband. She knows what it's like to plod through the routines, and she has opened up her heart and shared her poignant and powerful account of how she 'found the smile of God' through it all. Kay has experienced a lifetime of lessons and has catalogued invaluable insights to pass on to other caregivers. --Joni Earecksen Tada (from the foreword) """Kay Strom is a caregiver who has invested countless hours in helping her disabled husband. She knows what it's like to plod through the routines, and she has opened up her heart and shared her poignant and powerful account of how she 'found the smile of God' through it all. Kay has experienced a lifetime of lessons and has catalogued invaluable insights to pass on to other caregivers.""--Joni Earecksen Tada (from the foreword)" Author InformationA professional writer based in Eugene, Oregon, Kay Marshall Strom has written more than thirty books. She now partners with her husband (Daniel Kline) as Kline, Strom International, Inc., and together they have spoken on various topics to well over 100,000 people in more than twenty countries. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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