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PAC: Love, Honor & Value
Mintz, Suzanne Geffen. Capital Books, Inc., 2002 As featured on "The Today Show" -- An inspirational and practical guide for family caregivers themselves - their health and their well being - from the only charitable organization dedicated to making life better for family caregivers. Suzanne Mintz is the president and founder of The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA), which is a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting and improving the lives of America's family caregivers.
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PAC: Mainstay For the Well Spouse of the Chronically Ill
Strong, Maggie. Little, Brown and Company, 1988.An updated how to for: getting the news, changing dependencies, making acts of rescue, and solving family conflicts. A groundbreaking book that launched the Well Spouse Foundation--a national nonprofit membership organization.
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PAC: Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide For Families
Kalb, Rosalind, PH.D., Demos Vermande, 1998 This publication can lead the way for families to learn more about strengthening their coping skills, to receive targeted information about the disease and its ramifications, and to facilitate important life decisions.
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PAC: Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide For Patients and Their Familes
Scheinberg, Labe C. and Nancy J. Holland. Raven Press, 1987 The Second Edition of this popular and highly acclaimed guide features expanded coverage of the causes, epidemiology, and genetics of multiple sclerosis and contains many new illustrations that make the rehabilitative techniques presented easier for the patient to understand and follow. Written by neurologists, rehabilitative medicine specialists, psychiatrists, and other health care professionals, the book gives MS patients and their families constructive suggestions for coping with the problems that accompany this illness, including discrimination, social upheaval, emotional turmoil, and the transformation of the self.
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PAC: Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Holland, Nancy., Murray T. Jock and Reingold, Stephen, Demos vermande, 1996 Addresses the specific issues of those newly diagnosed in a sensitive and insightful way.
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PAC: Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed - 3rd Edition
Holland, Nancy J., Murray, T. Jock and Reingold, Stephen C. Demos Medical Publishing, 2007. The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) poses potential concerns related to all aspects of life and plans for the future. Family members and other loved ones are similarly concerned, and everyone involved struggles to make sense of life with this permanent intruder. One of the first responses is usually an active search for information about the disease itself and its potential long-term effects. Chapters discuss the nature of MS, its management, and guidelines for dealing with all aspects of the disease and its impact on your life. A chapter on services available from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a glossary, a list of resources, and additional reading suggestions make this the place to begin your education about MS. With education and proper care, most people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis will lead full and productive lives. Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed, Third Edition is an essential resource for everything you need to know about MS, and includes new or updated sections on: The most current medical treatments for the management of MS Complementary and alternative medicine and MS Financial and life planning Children with MS Updated diagnostic criteria Additional chapters discuss the nature of MS, its management, and guidelines for dealing with all aspects of the disease and its impact on your life. A chapter on services available from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, a glossary, a list of resources, and additional reading suggestions make this the place to begin your education about MS.

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PAC: Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed - Second Edition
Holland, Nancy., Murray T. Jock and Reingold, Stephen, Demos Medical Publishing, 2001 Addresses the specific issues of those newly diagnosed in a sensitive and insightful way.

PAC: The Comfort of Home - Guide for Caregivers 2nd Edition
Meyers, Maria M. & Paula Derr, R.N., Caretrust Publications LLC., 2002 This easy to understand guide takes readers through all the steps of homecare. It shows how to make the home safe and comfortable for people with special needs. How to handle toileting, bathing and wheelchair transfers. Avoid infections and burn out.
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PAC: Who Cares For Me? A Caregiver's Guide
Rictor, MD, Kenneth W. Shippensburg University Press, 2004. This book's question/answer format provides information for caregivers on a number of topics, including: medical conditions associated with being a caregiver, legal terminology, the ethics of patient care and much more!
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