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Building Better Caregivers

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A solid, well written title with practical suggestions for both volunteer and professional health caregivers.

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Wow. Where to start with this book?

I guess with the fact that with our ever increasing "silver" population, this book is necessary more than ever in this day and age. A family member whom I love dearly is a part of that population and due to a run in with statins, they are now unable to take care of themselves. Enter me and the rest of the family. Enter stress, anxiety and frustration on all sides.

This book was a breath of fresh air at the right time for me. Even if you aren't going through a similar issue now, it will pop up sooner than you could imagine or wish. It has many excellent coping mechanisms that can be useful in any stressful situation and it has a TON of useful advice re: preparing for end of life, wills, power of attorneys and final wishes. Doesn't matter how old or young you are, these are things that need to be thought about and discussed with loved ones before it's too late.

Really insightful book. I liked how at the end of each chapter they had a bibliography for the information in that chapter. Made it easy to find.

I wasn't thrilled with the nutrition chapter, but unless I am reading a book about Paleo/Primal/keto, I'm not going to find my ideas of nutrition and health. I will respectfully agree to disagree on that chapter. The rest seems pretty golden to me though.

HIGHLY recommended to EVERYone. 5, do yourself a favor and read this, stars.

My thanks to NetGalley and Bull Publishing for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.

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Wonderful book for people giving care to someone whether they are family members or not. I have been a caregiver to several of my family members and it was so hard. No matter how much you love them, being there 24/7 takes it toll on you, if you have no one else to help. This books tells you how to stay healthy and it talks about resources you can find. My husband was my caretaker for a while. I wish we had it then. He was beyond stressed and so was i, but we didn't know what was out there for help. Thank you all for writing this. I will be recommending it highly to family and friends who are going thru this now. When this happens, it's a shock and you forget what needs to be done for yourself. I received this book from Net Galley for an honest review and no compensation otherwise

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