It’s been an especially tough couple of years for caregivers. Between COVID lockdowns and healthcare challenges, there is even more focus put on mental health care for the caregivers. Online apps like Headspace and Happify have popped up everywhere making self-care easier for everyone to access, but if you’re looking for some time away from the tiny screen, we’ve rounded up a variety of titles that can help caregivers, and those they care for, get perspective on the energy and passion that goes into the work. And maybe find some meditations and breathing time for themselves!
- AARP Meditations for Caregivers: Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family / by Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D. and Julia L. Mayer, Psy.D.
- The Caregiver's Encyclopedia: a Compassionate Guide to Caring for Older Adults by Muriel R. Gillick
- The Caregiver's Guide to Cancer: Compassionate Advice for Caring for You and Your Loved One by Victoria Landes
- The Caregiver's Guide to Stroke Recovery: Practical Advice for Caring for You and Your Loved One by Lucille Jorgensen
- The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can’t by Viki Kind
- Caregiver's Survival Guide: Caring for Yourself While Caring for a Loved One by Robert Yonover, PhD. and Ellie Crowe
- The Conscious Caregiver: A Mindful Approach to Caring for Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself by Linda Abbit
- Creative Care: a Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care by Anne Basting
- Cruising Through Caregiving: Reducing the Stress of Caring for Your Loved One by Jenniger L. FitzPatrick,
- Hands and Heart Together: Daily Meditations for Caregivers by by Patricia Hoolian.
- A Loving Approach to Dementia Care: Making Meaningful Connections While Caregiving by Laura Wayman
- Namaste Care for People Living with Advanced Dementia: a Practical Guide for Carers and Professionals by Nicola Kendall
- Redefining Aging: a Caregiver's Guide to Living Your Best Life by Ann Kaiser Stearns,
- Take Good Care: Finding Your Joy in Compassionate Caregiving by Cynthia Orange
- The 36-hour Day: a Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias by Nancy L. Mace, MA, and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
Memoirs of Caregivers
- Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America by Kate Washington
- Beauty in the Broken Places: a Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience by Allison Pataki
- Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
- Coffee with Mom: Caring for a Parent with Dementia by Mike Glenn.
- Kick-ass Kind of Girl by Kathi Koll
- Bless the Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying by Susan J. Tweit
- My Parent's Keeper: the Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving by Jody Gastfriend
- No Saints Around Here: a Caregiver's Cays by Susan Allen Toth
- Prognosis HOPE a Care Givers and Care Seekers Guide to Empowered care by Angie Felts
- Tears in My Gumbo, by Nadine Roberts Cornish
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