In this guide to managing the care and medical needs of a loved one in the home, author Anne Marie Grissom shares her experience caring for her husband's father, whom she lovingly refers to as "Dad," during the twilight of his life.
Grissom relates her family's story sincerely and honestly, walking readers through the journey with a wonderfully positive attitude of thankfulness for the many gifts that living through this kind of chapter can provide. Revealing emotions and feelings ranging from the humorous to the sarcastic, she offers a real account to back up powerful solutions for meeting the day-to-day challenges of caregiving.
This easy-to-read book is structured around seven key lessons learned-focused on how getting involved, asking questions, and beginning to look for creative solutions from the onset will lead to smoother sailing through the rough spots.
Grissom also offers practical advice about caregiver topics, including:
- Choosing plans and physicians
- Scheduling
- Managing medications
- Juggling appointments
- Tracking the patient
- Vitals and medical history
- Experience-based suggestions
- Preparing food
- Medical advocates
Take Care will empower you with not only guidance for dealing with many of the situations you'll find yourself facing, but also the comforting awareness that you are not alone.
About the Author: In her fifty-four years of life, author Anne Marie Grissom has been blessed with four children, two grandsons, a wonderful set of parents, and great in-laws. Her hero was her mother. Through her, she learned to never give up or surrender.
Grissom and her sisters helped care for their mother until the end of her life. That allowed her to take on her father-in-law's care with everything she had, and her book Take Care: Practical Help for the Nonprofessional Caregiver is based on this experience.
A black belt in tae kwon do and an artist on the side, Grissom owns two businesses with her husband in two different states and fills every day with purpose.
