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Caring for Your Parents: The Complete Family Guide - Practical Advice You Can Trust From the Experts at AARP
Hugh Delehanty & Elinor Ginzler, foreword by Mary Pipher
New York: Stirling, 2008
The updated edition is available at a 35% discount at: www.aarp.org/books.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents
Linda Colvin Rhodes, Ed.D.
Indianapolis, Indiana: Alpha Books, a Pearson Education Company, 2001

How to Care for Aging Parents (A Complete Guide)
Virginia Morris and Robert Butler
New York: Workman Publishing, 1996

The Sandwich Generation: Adult Children Caring for Aging Parents (Garland Studies on the Elderly in America)
Charles R. Roots
New York: Garland Publishing, 1998

When Aging Parents Can't Live Alone
Allen F. Rubenson, M.S.W.
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Lowell House, 2000

Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Help, How to Survive
Claire Berman New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1996, 2001

The Fearless Caregiver: How to Get the Best Care for Your Loved One and Still Have a Life of Your Own
Gary Barg, Ed.
Herndon, Virginia: Capital Books Inc., 2001

Helping Yourself Help Others
Rosalynn Carter and Susan K. Golant
New York: Times Books, a division of Random House, 1994

And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver's Companion
Rosalynn Carter (foreword) and Beth Witrogen McLeod, Ed.
New York: Rodale Books, 2003

Caregiving : The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal
Beth Witrogen McLeod
New York: Wiley, 2000

Caregiving Tips A-Z
This book shares over 1,200 ideas and suggestions for simplifying life as a caregiver. Topics include behavioral and physical changes, illness, nutrition, grooming, home modification, communication, finding outside help, role changes, caregiver burnout and more. The book was written by Starr and Bob Calo-oy, who also have their own television program, "Caregiving 101" on KENS TV 5 in San Antonio. For more information, visit: www.caregiversadvice.net

Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and LeAnn Thieman, L.P.N.
Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 2004

I'm Not Alone: A Teen's Guide to Living with a Parent Who Has a Mental Illness
Michelle Sherman and DeAnne Sherman
Edina, MN: Beaver's Pond Publishing, 2006

Love, Honor and Value: A Family Caregiver Speaks Out About the Choices and Challenges of Caregiving
Suzanne Geffen Mintz
Wellington, New Zealand: Capital Books, 2002

Making the Moment Count: Leisure Activities for Caregiving Relationships
Joanne Ardolf Decker
Baltimore, Maryland: John Hopkins University Press, 1997.

Share The Care: How to Organize a Group to Care for Someone Who is Seriously Ill
Cappy Capossela and Sheila Warnock
New York: Simon & Schuster, Fireside Books Inc., 1995, 2004 Cited by The Library Journal as "One of the best health consumer books of 2004."

The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide for Caregivers
Maria M. Meyer and Paula Derr, RN
Portland, Oregon: Care Trust Publications, 1998

The Ultimate Cooking Companion for At-Home Caregivers
Mary Ellen Capron, MS, RD and Elana Zucker, RN, MSN
New York: Pearson Education, 2004

Living With Stroke: A Guide for Families
Richard C. Senellick, M.D., Peter W. Rossi, M.D., and Karla Dougherty
Birmingham, Alabama: Health South Press, 1999

Managing Stroke A Guide to Living Well After Stroke
Paul R. Rao, Ph.D., Mark N. Ozer, M.D., and John E. Toerge, D.O., Ed.
Washington, D.C: National Rehabilitation Hospital Press, 2000

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring For Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementing Illness and Memory Loss in Later Life
Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins
Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

The Complete Guide to Alzheimer's Proofing Your Home
Mark L. Warner
West Lafayette, Indiana: Ageless Design, Purdue University Press; 2000

The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care
Virginia Bell and David Troxel
Baltimore, Maryland: Health Professional Press, 1997

Alzheimer's Early Stages: First Steps in Caring and Treatment
David Bennet and Daniel Kuhn
Alameda, California: Hunter House, 1999

There's Still a Person in There: The Complete Guide to Treating and Coping With Alzheimer's
Michael Castleman, Matthew Naython's, and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
New York: Putnam, 1999

Alzheimer's: The Answers You Need
Helen D. Davies and Michael P. Jensen
Forest Knolls, California: Elder Books, 1998

Losing My Mind: An Intimate Look at Life With Alzheimer's
Thomas DeBaggio
New York: Free Press, 2002

Keeping Busy: A Handbook of Activities for Persons with Dementia
James R. Dowling
Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

Alzheimer's: The Complete Guide for Families and Loved Ones
Howard Gruetzner
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease
Ronald C Petersen
New York: Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2002

Coping With Caring: Daily Reflections For Alzheimer Caregivers
Lyn Roche
Forest Knolls, California: Elder Books, 1996

The Forgetting: Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic
David Shenk
New York: Doubleday, 2001

The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young
Gary Small
New York: Hyperion, 2002

Speaking Our Minds: Personal Reflections From Individuals With Alzheimer's
Lisa Synder
New York: W.H. Freeman & Co., 2000

What's Heaven?
Maria Shriver
Illustrated by Sandra Speidel
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999

The Needs of the Dying: a Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort and Love to Life's Final Chapter
David Kessler
Previously published as The Rights of the Dying
New York: Quill, 1997, 2000

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death
Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
New York, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996

Final Gifts
Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
New York: Bantam Books, 1992

How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
Sherwin B. Nuland
New York: Vintage Books, 1995

Cancer for Two

Cancer for Two will help patients and their partners get through it. Dave Balch
Twin Peaks, CA: A Few Good People, Inc., 2006