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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