Books

Sometimes My Heart Goes Numb: Love and Caregiving in a Time of AIDS"
Although written for the caregivers of Aids patients this book is filled with compelling, real life vignettes of a caregiver's physical, emotional and spiritual challenges when being confronted with another person's dying.

Losing a Parent: Passage to a New Way of Living"
A psychotherapist writes about her personal journey from loss to transformation, offering numerous self-help exercises for gaining insight and inner peace into one's journey through grief.

The Final Crossing: Learning to Die in Order to Live
A compassionately written book by a Hospice physician in Northern California about his friend’s death.

Who Dies
Like a bible that you can always come back to for your own insight and inspiration

Final Gifts
Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying. Two Hospice nurses offer insights into the experience of dying.

The Grace of Dying
How We Are Transformed Spiritually as We Die. A book well being written by a hospice social worker.

Alzheimer’s From the Inside Out
A retired psychologist chronicles his feelings and experiences of having Alzheimer’s disease.

My Journey Into Alzheimer’s Disease
Robert Davis, a retired minister, writes about his personal and spiritual journey through Alzheimer’s disease. This book also includes chapters written by his caregiver wife.

Dancing With Dementia: My Story Of Living Positively With Dementia
Diagnosed with dementia at the young age of 46, the author gives a vivid account of what it is like to live with progressive memory loss.

Life in the Balance: A Physician's Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia
Written from the unique perspective of being both a physician and a patient, the author tells his personal story of how he has handled different aspects of the disease.

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life, 4th Edition
Practical and easy to understand information is offered to caregivers on caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease.

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's
Interweaving her personal experience of caring for her husband and 20 years of helping Alzheimer’s families, the author offers practical tips on how to support people with dementia.