Being A Good Carer

Name: Being A Good Carer
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781788164252
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An Invaluable Guide to Looking After Others – And Yourself

By Amanda Waring

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Being a Good Carer by Amanda Waring is an essential, accessible guide for anyone caring for an elderly person, whether professionally or as a loved one. It emphasises the importance of dignity and respect and offers practical tips, checklists, and case studies addressing common challenges in providing compassionate care. The book also uniquely supports carers themselves, helping them maintain energy, recognise compassion fatigue, and find help when needed.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Recommended for professional carers and family members who provide care for elderly individuals, as well as anyone seeking to improve the quality and dignity of eldercare.

An invaluable, inspiring guide to how to give your loved one the best possible care while addressing the anxieties that all carers suffer.

An invaluable, inspiring guide to how to give your loved one the best possible care while addressing the anxieties that all carers suffer

Description

Being a Good Carer is essential reading for anyone who cares for an elderly person, whether as a professional or as a loved one. It promotes the role dignity and respect should play in caregiving.

This accessible and detailed guide includes practical tips, checklists for best practice, and case studies from a wide range of carers. It addresses solutions to common problems and provides expert advice on how to deliver compassionate and dignified care to older people. The book is easy to read and offers anecdotal experience from carers, as well as tips from the experts.

Uniquely, Amanda Waring also provides support and guidance for the carer on how to maintain energy and commitment, recognise the signs of compassion fatigue, and where to get help if you need it. Essential reading for anyone involved in the care of the elderly, Being a Good Carer advocates for dignity and respect for all involved.

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Praised for its inspiring and compassionate approach, the book has been lauded by figures such as Virginia McKenna OBE, Sir Michael Parkinson, and Baroness Joan Bakewell. Reviewers highlight Amanda Waring's ability to lead with empathy, offering powerful advice that raises morale, combats burnout, and provides some of the best training tools for carers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788164252

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Souvenir Press Ltd

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 249g

Pages: 304

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Amanda Waring Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Amanda Waring is a campaigner for dignity within health and social care. She is the author of The Heart of Care. A filmmaker, her campaigning film What Do You See has been shown across the world, and she is a leader of training workshops on dignified care of the elderly. Amanda is a presenter for Aged Care TV, an advisor on the government's Dignity Board.