Caregiving: Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780028616636)

One of America's leading hospice experts offers practical, easy-to-follow advice for caregivers and a holistic approach to treating the infirm or the terminally ill.
Author Douglas C. Smith organizes his material around "A Bill of Patient's Rights," a unique system he has taught to thousands throughout the country. He explains that the caregiver should enable patients to retain these rights:

• to be in control


• to have a sense of purpose


• to know the truth to be comfortable


• to touch and be touched


• to laugh to cry and express anger


• to explore the spiritual to have a sense of family

Included are easy-to-follow techniques and practical tools for improving care:

• assessment techniques


• dialogues


• meditations


• life reviews


• breathing exercises


• body revitalization methods


• ways that patients can evaluate and improve their own care


• and many others

Filled with inspirational stories and effective guidance, Caregiving also addresses how to communicate with difficult patients and those in denial, how to facilitate non-stressful family interaction, and other important topics. It will be invaluable to parents and children caring for their elders; physicians and nurses; social workers and home health aides; members of the clergy; and all facing the challenge of enriching patients' lives and spirits.

Author: Douglas C. Smith
ISBN-10: 0028616634
ISBN-13: 9780028616636
Publisher: Wiley (TP)
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1997
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.68w x 0.55d