Family Caregiver Published on Amazon Kindle

The third Kindle book in the Caring for Aging Parents  has been published. The name of the book is Family Caregivers. It is part memoir and part information that will help family caregivers take care of their loved one.

Family Caregivers was written from my heart and includes a lot of what I have earned over the past seven years.

Some of the topics the book covers includes the role of the family caregiver, the importance of developing a caregiver support team, should aging parents stay in their own home or move to the caregiver's home, and much more.

This is the longest book in the series that includes Sundown Syndrome and Caregiver Burnout, and I tried to touch all the bases to help caregivers in any way I could.

Another book is on its way in the next couple of months that will help people handle the abuse that sometimes can mar caregiver relationships.

We will continue to write and publish books in the Caring for Aging Parents series as long as we can provide information, tips, and support to caregivers who are working in the trenches, many times without any support from other family members.

We would love to have you visit us at http://www.eldercarecafe.net/ and also on Facebook at Caring for Aging Parents page.

 

 

Edie Dykeman - An Introduction

My name is Edie Dykeman and I would like to welcome you to my author blog. Although I have been writing for many years as a journalist and blogger, I did not publish until just recently. During the late 1990's and into the 2000's I spent a lot of time on Yahoo Groups and other journal websites. In 2007 I started creating blogs on Blogger and soon after, built my own stand-alone websites and niche blogs.

Now I am going back to my original roots of writing for publication. I'm excited to say I have published two books through Amazon Kindle - a series titled Caring for Aging Parents. There are two books published so far with at least one more to come.

The first book is Sundown Syndrome, a medical condition that can affect those who struggle with dementia. This short, concise book will help caregivers understand what their loved on is going through.

The second book is Caregiver Burnout, and is written from my own experience caring for my father. He has just turned 90-years-old and has been a handful for a while now. Not only did I experience burnout for almost two years, but my health was affected as well.

Through sheer willpower and gleaning as much knowledge as I could, I've pretty much come out of the burnout situation and am back on my typical happy, joking, irreverent self. I intent to stay that way although Dad's struggle with Alzheimer's is going to be a challenge.

The next project we plan is a shared book that will include my sister's time as caregiver to our mother who had TIA dementia and her two years with Dad before I came in to take over in 2006. Hopefully we will be able to help new caregivers as they enter into this challenging but often fulfilling time in their lives.

You will read more about the individual books in separate posts. Thanks for reading this far and I hope you feel free to leave a comment.