The Tough & Tender Caregiver: A Handbook for the Well Spouse

by Rhonda Travland

This book gives caregivers of chronically ill/disabled partners the knowledge and sophistication to take better care of themselves, and thereby take better care of their ill spouses. It challenges the wisdom of society's typical advice to caregivers: '?suck it up,'? '?hang in there,'? or '?things could be worse.'? These are messages of ignorance which imply there is no light at the end of the tunnel, that caregiving is a death sentence. Instead, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143923485X
• ISBN13: 9781439234853
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"