Caregiving

<strong>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.</strong><br>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: <p/><ul><br><li>to be in control</li><br><li>to have a sense of purpose</li><br><li>to know the truth to be comfortable</li><br><li>to touch and be touched</li><br><li>to laugh to cry and express anger</li><br><li>to explore the spiritual to have a sense of family</li><br></ul><br>Included are easy-to-follow techniques and practical tools for improving care: <p/><ul><br><li>assessment techniques</li><br><li>dialogues</li><br><li>meditations</li><br><li>life reviews</li><br><li>breathing exercises</li><br><li>body revitalization methods</li><br><li>ways that patients can evaluate and improve their own care</li><br><li>and many others</li><br></ul><br>Filled with inspirational stories and effective guidance <em>Caregiving</em> 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. <p/>