"Simple caregiver burnout strategies that will help you take care of yourself just as well as you take care of the people you hold most dear. " --First for Women
Stand By Me
A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving
Description
“Warm, compassionate, and brimming with wisdom and expert advice” (Kate Washington, author of Already Toast), Stand By Me provides caregivers with new ways to juggle the responsibilities and emotional ups and downs of caregiving.
As the founder of the only devoted Caregivers Clinic in the country, clinical psychologist Dr. Allison Applebaum is no stranger to the intensity of being an unpaid, untrained family caregiver. She also understands that it is often the strength and well-being of these very caregivers—the parents, children, partners, siblings, and friends of patients—that are the true linchpin determining each patient’s illness experience.
Stand By Me puts the practical tools and transformative support of the Caregiver Clinic in your hands, empowering you to provide your loved one with the best quality of life and care possible, while promoting your own well-being. The book covers crucial topics including:
-Getting the most from any healthcare system
-Productive advance care planning
-Navigating changing roles and relationship dynamics
-Finding meaning and purpose in the caregiving experience
Stand By Me draws on more than a decade of clinical and research experience as well as Dr. Applebaum’s personal journey as the primary caregiver for her own father, legendary musician Stanley Applebaum, at the end of his life. Dr. Applebaum recognizes caregivers for who they truly are: invaluable healthcare team members. Offering critical insight and takeaways, Stand By Me is “a rich resource of invaluable information and expert advice for caregivers” (Dr. Kathleen M. Foley, Emeritus Professor of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College).
Reviews
“Caregiving at its core is an act of love…In this book, [Dr. Allison Applebaum] shares her personal…dual experiences as the caregiver and as a clinical scientist focusing on the needs of the caregiver…Like her father, Applebaum has arranged a piece of work that is valuable for caregivers and those who support them.” –Laura Ellis, Library Journal
“[Stand By Me] offers advice on juggling the responsibilities and emotional struggles of caregiving…The book covers topics like navigating medical care, advance care planning and how to navigate ever-changing relationship dynamics.”—Care.Com
Stand By Me is a rich resource of invaluable information and expert advice for caregivers written by a caregiver and expert psychologist. Like a master clinician, Dr. Applebaum supportively defines what are necessary skills for caregivers and how to learn them; emphasizes the critical need for self care for the caregiver; and describes what psychological supports are available to help caregivers find meaning in a role that is often frightening, lonely, and unwanted. It needs to be read by caregivers and all healthcare professionals as they struggle to make caregivers collaborators in the healthcare team. --Dr Kathleen M. Foley ,Emeritus Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Emeritus Professor of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College
