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Caregiving: Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul

by Douglas C. Smith

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One of America's leading hospice experts offers practical, easy-to-follow advice for caregivers and a holistic approach to treating the infirm or the terminally ill.
Author Douglas C. Smith organizes his material around "A Bill of Patient's Rights," a unique system he has taught to thousands throughout the country. He explains that the caregiver should enable patients to retain these rights:
  • to be in control
  • to have a sense of purpose
  • to know the truth to be comfortable
  • to touch and be touched
  • to laugh to cry and express anger
  • to explore the spiritual to have a sense of family
Included are easy-to-follow techniques and practical tools for improving care:
  • assessment techniques
  • dialogues
  • meditations
  • life reviews
  • breathing exercises
  • body revitalization methods
  • ways that patients can evaluate and improve their own care
  • and many others
Filled with inspirational stories and effective guidance, Caregiving also addresses how to communicate with difficult patients and those in denial, how to facilitate non-stressful family interaction, and other important topics. It will be invaluable to parents and children caring for their elders; physicians and nurses; social workers and home health aides; members of the clergy; and all facing the challenge of enriching patients' lives and spirits. 

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Book details

Author
Douglas Smith
Imprint
Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Subjects
Health & Fitness
Topics
hospice care · terminal illness · palliative care · patient rights · holistic healing · spiritual care · family caregivers
ISBN-13
9780028616636 (Paperback)9781620455838 (Hardcover)

About the author

DOUGLAS C. SMITH is a hospice professional with more than ten years of experience directing Kanawha Hospice, where he was responsible for the care of thousands of patients. His books include The Tao of Grieving, Being A Wounded Healer and The Tao of Dying: A Guide to Caring.

Smith has written for the American Journal of Hospice Care, Caring Magazine, and other publications, and has taught his hospice-proven techniques throughout all 50 U.S. states.

When he’s not writing, Smith works as a hospice professional based in Charleston, West Virginia. His book Caregiving: Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul draws directly on his clinical experience.

Douglas lives in Charleston, West Virginia.

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Format: Paperback