The Caregiver Resource Center
At Senior Services, Inc.

A Partnership with the Region IIIA Area Agency on Aging

    The Caregiver Resource Center -
    Book and Video Materials on Loan:

     


    Books: (May be taken out on loan for one month)
    Videos: (May be taken out on loan for 2 weeks)

    Books:

    AGING ISSUES
    Age Power: How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled by the New Old
    Aging, Ageism and Society
    Aging Individual: Physical and Psychological Perspectives
    Aging Individual: Physical and Psychological Perspectives, 2nd Edition
    Aging in the Designed Environment
    Aging and Health-Biologic and Social Perspectives
    Aging the Individual and Society
    Aging and Old Age
    Aging Myths-Reversible Causes of Mind and Memory Loss
    Aging, Rights, and Quality of Life: Prospects for Older People with Developmental Disabilities
    Aging to Saging
    A Good Age
    As Parents Age: A Psychological and Practical Guide
    Avoid the Aging Trap at 30, 50, 70
    Bound for Good Health (A Collection of Age Page)
    Breaking the Rules of Aging
    Changing Places: A Journey with My Parents into Old Age
    Creative Arts With Older People
    Complete Guide to Aging and Health
    Disease Free at 60 Plus
    Disguised: A True Story
    Dorothy Day-The Long Loneliness: An Autobiography
    Escape to a Small Town
    Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics
    Falls in Older People: Prevention & Management
    The A Feeling Great@ Wellness Program for Older Adults
    Fitness for Life
    Gerontological Psychology
    Grand Activities: More Than 150 Fabulous Fun Activities For Kids to Do With Their Grandparents
    The Grandmother Principles
    Grandparenting in a Changing World
    Growing Older Together
    Growing Old is Not for Sissies-Portraits for Senior Athletes
    HealthWise for Life
    I’m Not as Old as I Used to Be
    It’s Better to be Over the Hill Than Under It
    The Later Years-Social Applications of Gerontology
    Life Is So Good
    Light on Aging and Dying
    Live Long, Die Fast: Playing the Aging Game to Win
    Love and Sex After 60
    Minority Aging-Social Applications of Gerontology
    The Myth of Senility-The Truth About the Brain and Aging
    Normal Human Aging: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
    The Other Generation Gap-You and Your Aging Parents
    The Pursuit of Dignity-New Living Alternatives for the Elderly
    Religion, Aging and Health-A Global Perspective
    Simplifying Life as a Senior Citizen
    Socialization to Old Age
    The Source Book for the Disabled
    The View from 80
    Walking for the Health of It
    We Got There On The Train
    When Aging Parents Can’t Live Alone
    Where Do Grandmothers Come From
    You and Your Aging Parents

    ALZHEIMER’S

    A Better Life: Helping Family Members, Volunteers & Staff Improve Quality of Life Alzheimer’s Activities Guide
    Alzheimer’s: Answers to Hard Questions for Families
    Alzheimer’s Disease: Activity-Focused Care
    Alzheimer’s Disease Communication Guide
    Alzheimer’s Disease: Your Questions Answered
    Alzheimer’s Disease: Unraveling the Mystery
    Alzheimer’s Early Stages: First Steps in Caring and Treatment
    Alzheimer’s: Finding the Words
    Alzheimer’s: Making Sense of Suffering
    Alzheimer’s Sourcebook for Caregivers (The)
    Alzheimer’s: The Answers You Need
    An Ocean of Time, Alzheimer’s: Tales of Hope and Forgetting
    At the Heart of Alzheimer’s: A Complete Guidebook to Understanding & Caring for a person with Alzheimer’s
    The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care
    Between Two Worlds
    Caring for the Caregiver: A Guide to Living with Alzheimer’s Disease
    Complete Guide to Alzheimer’s Proofing Your Home
    Creating Moments of Joy for the Person with Alzheimer’s or Dementia
    Enhancing the Quality of Life in Advanced Dementia
    Failure Free Activities for the Alzheimer’s Patient
    The Forgetting: Alzheimer’s, Portrait of an Epidemic
    A Guide To Alzheimer’s Disease
    Home Safety for People with Alzheimer’s
    Interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Caregiver’s Complete Reference
    Losing My Mind, An Intimate Look at Life With Alzheimer’s
    The Loss of Self: A Family Resource for the Care of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
    Male Caregiver’s Guidebook: Caring for Your Loved One with Alzheimer at Home
    Painted Diaries: A Mother and Daughter’s Experience through Alzheimer’s
    Residential Settings: An Examination of Alzheimer’s Issues
    Solving Bathing Problems
    Speaking Our Minds: Personal Reflections for Individuals with Alzheimer’s
    Stolen Memories: One Family’s Experience with Alzheimer’s Disease
    Stolen Mind-The Slow Disappearance of Ray Doernberg
    Sunshine on My Face, The
    Understanding Difficult Behaviors
    Validation-The Feil Method-How to Help Disoriented Older Persons
    The 36-Hour Day
    The Validation Breakthrough: Simple Techniques for Communicating with People with Alzheimer’s Type
    You Are One of Us: Successful Clergy/Church Connections to Alzheimer’s Families
    Your Name is Hughes Hannible Shanks

    ARTHRITIS
    Arthritis 101: Questions You Have, Answers You Need
    Arthritis Cure
    Guide to Independent Living for People with Arthritis
    The Kalamazoo Arthritis Book
    Learning to Live with Osteoarthritis
    Overcoming Rheumatoid Arthritis-What You Can Do For Yourself
    Persistent Pain in Older Adults
    Self-Help Manual for Patients with Arthritis
    250 Tips for Making Life With Arthritis Easier

    CAREGIVING
    Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy? How to Resolve the Most Common Dilemmas with Aging Parents
    As Parents Age: A Psychological and Practical Guide
    A Survival Guide for Family Caregiving
    Candlelight's for the Family: Caregiver’s World Spiritual Keys for Avoiding Burnout and Promoting Inner Peace
    The Caregiver Helpbook
    The Caregiver’s Book: Caring for Another, Caring for Yourself
    The Caregiver’s Guide: Helping Older Friends & Relatives Cope with Health & Safety Issues
    The Caregiver’s Guide to Medication Management
    The Caregiver Survival Series: Coping with Caregiver Worries
    The Caregiver Survival Series: Positive Caregiver Attitudes
    The Caregiver Survival Series: The Magic of Humor in Caregiving
    Caregiver’s Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Healthcare
    Caregiver’s Reprieve
    Caregiving: A Guide for Those Who Give Care and Those Who Receive It
    Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss and Renewal
    Caring and Competent Caregivers
    Caring and Coping When Your Loved One Is Seriously Ill
    Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Help, How to Survive
    Choice at the End of Life: Finding Out What Your Parents Want Before It’s Too Late
    The Christian Guide to Parent Care
    The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide for Caregivers
    The Comfort of Home (mini-guide #3): Getting in-home Help
    The Comfort of Home (mini-guide #7): Preparing the Home
    The Comfort of Home (mini-guide #10): How to Avoid Caregiver Burnout
    The Comfort of Home (mini-guide #16): Body Mechanics-Positioning, Moving & Transfers
    Communicating Matters: A Training Guide for Personal Attendants Working With Consumers Who Have Enhanced Communication Needs
    Complete Idiot’s Guide to Caring for Aging Parents
    Daily Comforts for Caregivers
    The Fearless Caregiver: How to Get the Best Care for Your Loved One and Still Have a Life of Your Own
    Facilitating Self Care Practices in the Elderly
    Frail Elders and The Wounded Caregiver
    Helping Yourself Help Others
    Hiring Home Caregivers
    Home*A*Syst: Home Assessment Guide
    How to Care for Aging Parents
    How to Care for Your Parents: A Practical Guide to Eldercare
    I’ll Take Care of You: A Practical Guide to Family Caregivers
    Illustrated Guide to Home Health Care
    It Takes More Than Love: A Practical Guide to Taking Care of an Aging Adult
    Love, Honor, & Value
    Making the Moments Count-Leisure Activities for Caregiving Relationships
    Mastering Geriatric Care
    Men as Caregivers
    Moderating the effects of Aging: A Caregiver’s Manual
    Moving A Relative With Memory Loss: A Caregiver’s Guide
    Moving Mom & Dad: Why, Where, How & When to Help Your Parents Relocate
    Quick Tips for Caregivers
    Visits: Caring for an Aging Parent: Reflections and Advice
    Volunteer Opportunities for Families
    When Aging Parents Can’t Live Alone: A Practical Family Guide
    Women in the Middle; Their Parent Care Years

    DRIVING
    Assessing the Driving Ability of the Elderly
    Roadwise Review: A Tool to Help Seniors Drive Safely Longer (this is a CD ROM)

    GRIEVING
    Bereavement: Counseling the Grieving Throughout the Life Cycle
    The Bereaved Parent
    The Challenge of Living
    The Comfort of Home (mini-guide #19): Funeral Arrangements & the Grieving Process
    Continuing Care Series
    Book 1: Will I Survive This Pain?
    Book 2: The Grieving Reaction
    Book 3: Grief is a Family Affair
    Book 4: Permission to Grieve
    The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery & Growth Through Grief
    Death: The Final Stage of Growth
    Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving
    Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying
    Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
    Grieving: How to Go On Living When Someone You Loves Dies
    The Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death
    Life and Death on Your Own Terms
    Living With Grief: Who We Are, How We Grieve
    On Death and Dying
    One You Love is Dying: 12 Thoughts to Guide You on the Journey
    What To Do When A Loved One Dies
    When Death Occurs
    Your Last Goodbye: What Happens the Moment You Die

    HEALTH ISSUES
    African American Health Guide
    The American Heart Association Heartbook
    Assessing Vital Functions Accurately
    Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional & Complementary Approaches to Cancer
    Coping With Macular Degeneration
    Coping With Diabetes
    Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease
    Eating Hints For Cancer Patients
    Encyclopedia of Healing Therapies
    The Fibromyalgia Help Book: Practical Guide to Living Better With Fibromyalgia
    Fifty to Forever!
    Free Health Care!
    Giving Emergency Care Completely
    Hard Choices For Loving People
    Health Care Terms
    Healthwise for Life-Medical Self Care for Healthy Aging
    Hear: Solutions, Skills & Sources for People With Hearing Loss
    Holistic Medicine: From Stress to Optimum Health
    The Inside Tract-Understanding and Preventing Digestive Disorders
    Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
    Learning to Live with Angina
    Learning to Live with Osteoarthritis
    Living with Cancer
    Living with Heart Disease
    Managing Diabetics Properly
    Medical and Health Guide for People over Fifty
    Mind Body Medicine-How to Use Your Mind for Better Health
    Natural Healing Secrets
    Never Ever Give Up: Health is on the Way!
    The Over Easy Foot Care Book
    The PDR Family Guide to Nutrition and Health
    The Second 50 Years Promoting Health and Preventing Disability
    Three Country Doctors
    You Mean I Don’t Have to Feel This Way

    MENTAL HEALTH
    Aging & Mental Health-Positive Psychosocial & Biomedical Approaches
    Anxiety Disorders & Phobias-A Cognitive Perspective
    Dual Diagnosis-Counseling the Mentally Ill Substance Abuser
    The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs
    Family Therapy in Clinical Practice
    The Gestalt Therapy Book
    Growing Wiser-The Older Person’s Guide to Mental Wellness
    Helping Someone With Mental Illness
    Hope and Help for Depression: Self Care Handbook
    Is Living Killing You?
    Journal of Mental Health Counseling
    On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations About Conquering Depression

    NURSING HOME
    Beat the Nursing Home Trap: A Consumer’s Guide to Choosing and Financing Long-Term Care
    But This is My Mother! The Plight of our Elders in American Nursing Homes
    Drug Related Problems in Geriatric Nursing Home Patients
    Everyday Ethics-Resolving Dilemmas in Nursing Home Life
    Home or Nursing Home: Making the Right Choices
    How To Get Families More Involved in the Nursing Home Life

    Mental Health in the Nursing Home
    When Love Gets Tough-The Nursing Home Decision
    When Someone You Love Needs Nursing Home Care
    You, Your Parent and the Nursing Home

    PARKINSON’S
    Coping with Parkinson’s Disease
    From Rage to Courage-The Road to Dignity Walk
    Parkinson’s Disease: What You and Your Family Should Know

    PLANNING AHEAD
    The Complete Eldercare Planner: Where to Start, Questions to Ask, and How to Find Help
    It’s Your Choice-The Practical Guide to Planning a Funeral
    Over 50 Insurance Survival Guide (The)
    Social Security and Economic Well-Being Across Generations

    REMINISCENCE
    Healing of Memories
    Reminiscence: Uncovering a Lifetime of Memories
    The Uses of Reminiscence-New Way of Working with Older Adults

    RETIREMENT
    Life After Work-Planning It, Living It, Loving It
    Preparation for Retirement

    SCAMS / SCHEMES
    Keeping Out of Crime’s Way
    Schemes & Scams

    STROKE
    Aphasia Handbook, The
    Family Guide to Stroke
    Mrs. Washington and Horowitz, too.
    The Stroke Fact Book
    When Someone You Love Has a Stroke

    SUBSTANCE ABUSE
    Drugs, Society & Human Behavior
    Goodbye Hangovers, Hello Life-Self-Help for Women
    It Will Never Happen to Me-Children of Alcoholics
    Narcotics Anonymous
    The Treatment of Alcoholism

    SUICIDE
    Final Exit
    Suicide Inside & Out

    THERAPY
    30 Scripts For Relaxation Imagery & Inner Healing Vol. 1
    30 Scripts For Relaxation Imagery & Inner Healing Vol..2
    Aging and Family Therapy
    Family Therapy Techniques
    Problem Solving Therapy
    Social Work Practice with the Elderly
    Staying Well With Guided Imagery
    Strategic Family Therapy
    The Art of Being a Healing Presence
    Therapeutic Humor with the Elderly
    Therapeutic Uses of Music with Older Adults
    Your Sixth Sense

    WIDOW / WIDOWER
    A Widower
    A Widow’s Pilgrimage
    Suddenly Alone
    Survival Handbook for Widows (& relatives & friends who want to understand)

    WOMEN’S ISSUES
    Feel Nifty After Fifty: Top Tips to Help women Grow Young
    Looking Ahead
    Mother Time, Women, Aging and Ethics
    PDR Family Guide to Women’s Health and Prescription Drugs
    Women, Aging and Ageism

    EN ESPAÑOL
    Consejos para Cuidadores de Enfermos
    La comodidad del hogar

    Videos: (2 week loan)

    ALZHEIMER’S/DEMENTIA
    A Thousand Tomorrow’s: Intimacy, Sexuality, and Alzheimer’s (31 min)
    Alzheimer’s Care Kit:
    Minimizing Care Problems (20 min)
    Responsive Care Plans (21 min)
    Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease (33 min)
    Alzheimer’s Disease Inside Looking Out (19 min)
    Alzheimer’s Disease Living in the Here and Now
    Alzheimer’s Disease: One Question at a Time…One Day at a Time
    Alzheimer’s Disease: What Everyone Should Know
    Alzheimer’s Journey:
    Module 1: Early stage of Alzheimer’s disease: The Road Ahead
    Module 2: Middle stage of Alzheimer’s disease: On the Road
    Module 3: Later stage of Alzheimer’s disease: At the Crossroads
    Communicating with Severely Confused Older Adults (20 min)
    Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (44 min)
    Dementia & People with Intellectual Disabilities: What Can We Do? (23 min)
    Driving and Dementia Don’t Mix
    Gramma Lucille’s Hug (7 min)
    Helping People With Dementia In Activities of Daily Living
    Hi Buddy: The Developmentally Delayed Individual with Alzheimer’s Disease (19 min)
    Just for Summer (for ages 12 +) (30 min)
    Loving Grampa (for small children) (7 min)
    Managing Behavior Problems in Alzheimer’s Series:
    Overview Part I: Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Diseases (17 min)
    Overview Part II: Delirium & Depression (15 min)
    ABC’s: An Introduction (15 min)
    Managing Aggressive Behaviors: Anger & Irritation, Catastrophic Reactions (19 min)
    Managing Psychotic Behaviors: Language Deficits (8 min)
    Managing Psychotic Behaviors: Hallucinations/Delusions and Paranoia
    and Suspiciousness (14 min)
    Managing Personal Hygiene: Bathing and Dressing (13 min)
    Managing Difficult Behaviors: Wandering & Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors (16 min)
    Managing Difficult Behaviors: Depression (22 min)
    Caregiver Issues (33 min)
    Memory Lane Family (2 VHS) (2 DVD)
    Solving Bathing Problems with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders

    CAREGIVING
    A Closer Look (hospice)
    A Counselor’s Guide (22 minutes)
    Caregiver Survivor Kit
    Changing Needs, Changing Homes: Adapting Your Home to Fit You
    Communicating Matters: A Training Guide for Personal Attendants Working With Consumers Who Have
    Dignity: Hunger & the Elderly
    Financial Exploitation of the Elderly
    Grandparenting: Enriching Lives
    Home Care Companion Volume Series:
    Creating Healthy Care Conditions (27 min)
    Fall Prevention (24 min)
    Fire Safety (30 min)
    How to Care for Someone on Bed Rest (40 min) (2 copies available)
    How to Help Someone Who Uses a Wheelchair Without Hurting Yourself (30 min)
    How to Manage Medications (27 min)(2 copies available)
    Lift Aid
    Living with Grace (28 min)
    Prescription for Caregivers: Take Care of Yourself
    Recognizing & Reporting Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation
    Respite Series:
    Gonna Do A Little Music (59 min)
    Ladies Let’s Chat (40 min)
    A Lunchbreak with Tony (40 min)
    Sharing Favorite Things (38 min)
    Those Good Ole School Days (50 min)
    Survival Tips for New Caregiver (24 min)
    When People with Developmental Disabilities Age (18 min)
    When Your Parent Needs You: A Guide to Positive Growth when Caring for Aging Parents

    STROKE & APHASIA
    Aphasia
    Brain at Risk: Understanding & Preventing Stroke
    Bring Back My Bonnie
    Coming Back:
    A Gift of Caring
    Recovery After Stroke
    You’re Not Alone
    Healing Influence: Guidelines for Stroke Family
    Overcoming Stroke and Depression
    Pathways: Moving Beyond Stroke and Aphasia
    Stroke: At Time of Diagnosis
    Stroke: Focus on Family
    Stroke: Focus on Feelings
    Stroke Help: A Stroke Survivor’s guide to Independence
    Stroke: Psychological Implications
    Stroke: The Story of Treatment and Recovery
    Stroke: What Every Person Needs to Know
    What is Aphasia?

    GENERAL
    Affirmations for Living Beyond Cancer
    An Overview of the Medicare Modernization Act
    Best Wishes, Edith and Henry
    Building a Better Health Care System
    Children of Working Parents
    Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
    Education Begins With Seniors: Know Your Legal Rights
    Enhanced Communication Needs
    Entervan
    Falls and Fires: Safety in the Home
    Family Life Center
    Good Nutrition for the Best Years
    Have You Heard? A Consumer Education Program on Hearing Impairments and Aging
    Home Modification: Why Move? Improve!
    Justice for All
    Life After SCI: Spinal Cord Injury Volume One
    Life After SCI: Spinal Cord Injury Volume Two
    Making Sense of Shingles
    Mediation: The Win-Win Solution
    Medicare & Home Health Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    MPRO, Medicare, and You (14 min)
    On Our Own Terms
    Once a Year…For a Lifetime
    Ostomy Self Care Guide
    Points of Light: AARP Volunteer Awareness Campaign
    Quiet Courage: A Story of Five Women
    Reaching for Comfort and Safety: Helpful Information about Managing Arthritis Pain
    Red Cross Emergency First Aid
    SAFE STEPS! Falls Prevention for Seniors
    Senior Stretch
    Social Security Administration
    Taking Control of Depression: Mending the Mind
    Understanding Medicare Series
    Until I Die: American Journal of Nursing
    When Dependency Increases

    HEALTH
    Bed Top Yoga
    Diabetes: It’s Your Life - Dealing with Complications
    Diabetes-Prevention & Control-A Guide for African Americans
    Energy Healing
    Exercise: A Video From the National Institute on Aging
    Getting Started with a Fitness Experience: A Strength Building Program for the Mature Adult
    QI Healing: Energy Medicine Techniques to Heal Yourself and Others
    Seated Yoga
    Sitting Fit Anytime: Easy and Effective Chair Yoga
    To Lead a Better Life
    Wheelercise: A New Concept in Exercise Video


    EN ESPAÑOL
    Cómo atenda a quien quada reposo en cama (2) (How to Care For Someone on Bedrest)
    Cómo Administrar: Los Medicamentos (2) (How to Manage Medications)
    Cómo Ayudar A Una Persona En Silla De Ruedas Sin Lastimarse A Si Mismo (How to Help Someone Who Uses a Wheelchair)
    Cómo comunicarse con alquien que padece de Alzheimer (How to Communicate With An Alzheimer’s patient)
    Estableciendo Condiciones Saludables En El Hogar Lucha Contra La Infección (Infection Control)
    La Prevención de Incendios (Fire Safety)
    Precauciones para: Evitar Caidas (2) (Fall Preventions)

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