Everything About ME A Guide for My Future Caregivers

by Marrella, Dee

• ISBN13: 9781932021608
• ISBN10: 1932021604
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-15
• Publisher: DC Press

Summary

"Future Caregiving" is a topic that is ignored by the majority of Americans -- who are preoccupied with caring for others and being caregivers. The concept of preparing for the day when we, as individuals, are to be cared for by others, isn't something we eagerly take on as a project. This unique book (in print and electronic version) provides a guide for each of us to "tell" those in our future, who will care for us when that time comes, "everything" about us -- things we feel we'd want our caregivers to know about us. If we find ourselves in a long-term care environment, due to something such as a stoke or illness related to a cancer or Alzheimer's, where we might not be "known" to the caregiver -- beyond our name, medical condition and various medications prescribed, this "guide" will tell our caregivers "every" conceivable fact about ourselves. When the day comes that we may not be able to "speak" for ourselves, we can have a "voice" in our own future care.

Author Biography

Dee Marrella experienced caregiving up close and personal when her mother entered a nursing home in the early 1990's. This book resulted from those experiences. The wife of a military officer, she traveled the world and became familiar with a multitude of cultures. She spent twenty-two years as an educator in the United States and Europe.