(This Appendix lists examples of resources for the caregiver by county locality, resource title and telephone number. The specific titles of the activities and their telephone numbers would be of little use outside the county. For the purpose of this copy the resources were identified by functions as a guide for preparing a list suitable to your needs. Specific titles, locations, telephone numbers, times open for calls, etc., may be available from your County Mental Health Services, United Way directory, or telephone directory. An excellent resource would be the indices in the public and academic libraries in your city and county. The following examples include several not listed in the handbook) :
(check with your County Mental Health Services)
(Meals on Wheels)
(Hearing aids maintenance, MedicAlert, prostheses maintenance and repair, etc.)
(Homemakers, Hospice, Visiting Nurses, etc.)
A. Calder and J. Watt, I LOVE YOU BUT YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY, a guide for caring relatives, Forbez, Vancouver, Canada, 1981
D. Cohen and C. Eisodorfer, THE LOSS OF SELF, a family resource for the care of Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders, NAL Penguin, Inc. New York, 1987
Norman Cousins, ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS, Bantam, New York, 1981
H. Edwards, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER? Harper and Row, New York, 1981
D.R. Eyde and J. A. Rich, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN AGING, a family management model, Aspen, Rockville, MD, 1983
J. Halpern, HELPING YOUR AGING PARENTS, a practical guide for adult children, Ballentine, New York, 1987
Julie Tallard Johnson, HIDDEN VICTIMS, an eight-stage healing process for families and friends of the mentally ill, Doubleday, New York, 1988
N.L. Mace and P.V. Rabin, THE 36-HOUR DAY: a family guide to caring for person with Alzheimer's Disease, related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981
L. Mortain et al., WHO CARES? helpful hints for those who care for a dependent older person, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA 1985
B. Shulman and R. Berman, HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR AGING PARENTS, so you and they can enjoy life, Surrey, Chicago, 1988
B. Silverstone and A. Burack-Weiss, SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH THE FRAIL ELDERLY AND THEIR FAMILIES, C.C. Thomas, Springfield, IL, 1983
B. Sloan, THE BEST FRIEND YOU'LL EVER HAVE, Crown, New York, 1980
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