When Caregiving Calls

<p>WINNER--2020 Best Indie Book Awards Non-Fiction: Caregiving</p><p><br></p><p>Caring for a parent spouse or relative who cannot care for themselves due to age infirmity or illness is one of the noblest human activities. It's also one of the most stressful posing challenges that can be painful confusing frustrating and deeply rewarding-sometimes all at once. <em>When Caregiving Calls </em>is an invitation to a deep conversation about caregiving and its meaning for you. </p><p><br></p><p>Aaron Blight has lived the caregiving experience many ways-as a family caregiver for a mother-in-law struggling with brain cancer as it stole her mental clarity and ultimately her life; as the owner of a home care company that supported thousands of families living their own versions of the same journey; and as a researcher lecturer and consultant traveling the world to learn from family caregivers and their professional helpers. </p><p><br></p><p>Now he shares his insights in eighteen brief thoughtful chapters that examine the many facets of caregiving. He explores how caregiving reshapes family relationships challenges comfortable assumptions and stresses your ability to manage your time energy and emotions. He shows how the changing mental and physical state of a loved one can lead to growing vulnerability need and loneliness on the part of care receiver and caregiver alike. He shares stories-poignant funny and often inspiring-that vividly capture the unique daily realities of the caregiving life. And he offers candid practical advice that can help family caregivers do a better job of coping with the physical psychological social and spiritual challenges they face.</p>