Daily Comforts for Caregivers

By Pat Samples

Book Overview

Caregivers have one of the hardest jobs in the world. Beyond all their usual personal and family demands, they must take on the special responsibility of caring for family memers or others with long-term health problems. All the stresses that come with the territory can be overwhelming and make a caregiver feel hopeless at times. With 366 days' worth of wisdom and affirmations, Daily Comforts addresses one caregiving issue per day. An index of topics allows caregivers to find the readings most pertinent to their immediate concerns. Written in the first person, each page of Daily Comforts acts as a caregiver's monologue--as if what is on the page is coming directly from his or her mind. Few meditation books offer this approach. The idea is for the reader to transition from "venting" to thinking about the issue from a different perspective, to finding a solution. Daily Comforts works like a support system in a pocket by helping both family and professional caregivers cope with isolation, guilt, exhaustion, and frustration. Each reading concludes with an inspiring, practical affirmation designed to help caregivers better care for themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577490886
• ISBN13: 9781577490883
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Fairview Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

This lil book saved me

Daily basic & straight to the point of the realities for caregivers at all levels of care.

Honest appreciation for caregivers

This book reaches out to those who carry the heavy burdens of caregiving and offers them small, daily gifts of understanding, appreciation and compassion. Caregivers often feel overburdened and unappreciated. These meditations acknowledge the emotional and physical demands placed on those who care for persons who may be in lengthy recovery from serious accidents or illnesses, or who are infirm, senile or dying. Real feelings - anger, guilt, fear - are fully acknowledged. In writing about the tough job of caregiving, Samples does not blink. There is no cheap, gushy sentiment here. She gives much deserved credit to caregivers while offering them encouragement and suggestions for maintaining their own lives in the process. The real hazards of exhaustion and burnout are acknowledge and addressed in this little volume. It is a perfect gift for those who care for children, parents, partners, or others who cannot care for themselves.