After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again: Support, Suggestions and Stories to Help You Heal and Step Into Next

By Denise M. Brown

The end of a caregiving experience leaves you a new person, yet without the time and perspective to adjust to that newness. It also brings up a conundrum-how do you move forward as this new person when you're missing the one who just died? "After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again" accompanies you as you cope with two losses-the loss of your caregiving role and the loss of your family member or friend.As a former family caregiver, you have access to information about grieving and settling an estate and selling a house. What you can't find is information about how to close out a caregiving experience. Caregiving ends in an instant and yet the the memory of the experience lingers. You may worry you didn't do enough to prevent a death. You may fret over discussions you didn't have with your caree. You might carry resentment toward family members who didn't step in to help. You might worry about the new make-up of your family; without your caree, will the family stay intact? And, you worry about finding another purpose as meaningful as caregiving.Organized into seven sections, "After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again" features practical tips, helpful insights and comforting perspectives of former family caregivers adjusting to life after caregiving.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499150032
• ISBN13: 9781499150032
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"