today's date: May 10th, 2008

Share My Lonesome Valley: The Slow Grief of Long-term Care
By: Doug Manning

Published by: Insight Books, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ISBN: 1-892785-33-1
Date: 2001

ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, Aids, cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's Disease... the alphabet list of terminal and debilitating disease could go on and on. The one thing that all of these diseases have in common is that almost every patient suffering from one of these diseases has a person who is acting as a primary caregiver.

Long-term care means that the caregiver is busy, overwhelmed and tired, with very little opportunity to grieve the gradual losses that take place every day. This takes a toll on the caregiver, the family, the patient and ultimately determines how well the family caregiver faces this grief after the death of their family member.

Doug Manning outlines the dangers and pitfalls and gently provides opportunities for the caregiver to recognize, realize and reconcile the 'quiet sorrows' that make this type of caregiving such a difficult task. This book is excellent for all persons dealing with long-term caregiving issues. It describes the process of grief, emotional ups and downs and physical demands of caregiving.

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