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Caregiving can be enormously challenging, terrifically rewarding, and potentially draining. Caregivers often wonder how they will navigate the tumultuous waters of caregiving and not lose themselves completely. The Mindful Caregiver highlights two major approaches to help transform the journey adopting a practice of mindfulness, which helps caregivers become more self-aware and fully present with the person with whom they are caring, and honoring the spirit-side of caregiving which offers new ways of connecting to one another. These approaches take into account not just the needs of the care recipient, but also the needs of the caregiver and other people in hisher life. Remembering to care for oneself when someone else is in great need can be difficult, but with the suggestions and tips in this book, any caregiver can cultivate routines and practices that benefit everyone.



About the Author

Nancy L. Kriseman

Nancy Kriseman is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience working with older people and their families. Nancy maintains a private practice and also provides consultation, educational programs and training for families and caregivers for a variety of long-term care organizations. Her first book, The Caring Spirit Approach to Eldercare, won awards from the American Society on Aging and the Brookdale Center on Aging. She was also a caregiver to her mother, who suffered Alzheimer's for 17 years before passing.



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