Caregivers Reading List

Caregiving

꩜ Around the House: One Woman Shares How Millions Care, 

By Harriet K. Swenson

꩜ Trading Places: Becoming My Mother’s Mother,

By Sandra Bullock Smith

꩜ Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?,

By Roz Chast

꩜ Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos into Confidence, 

by Gail Sheehy

꩜ Loving Hard-to-Love Parents: A Handbook for Adult Children of Difficult Older Parents, 

by Paul K. Chafetz, Ph.D.

꩜ The Mindful Caregiver: Finding Ease in the Caregiving Journey, 

by Nancy Kriseman, LCSW

꩜ Self-care for Caregivers: a Practical Guide to Caring for You While You Care for Your Loved One,

Susanne White

Elder Care

꩜ How to say it to seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders, 

By David Solie, M.S., PA

꩜ How to Survive Change… You Didn’t Ask For: Bounce Back, Find Calm in Chaos, and Reinvent Yourself, 

by M.J.  Ryan

꩜ Caring For Your Aging Parents: When Love is Not Enough

Barbara Deane

Memory Loss

꩜ The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss, 

by Nancy L. Mace, M.A., and Peter V. Rabins, M.D., MPH

Alzheimer’s Disease 

꩜ Still Alice,

 By Lisa Genova, Ph.D

꩜ Alzheimer’s: A Caregiver’s Guide and Sourcebook, 

by Howard Gruetzner

꩜ Surviving Alzheimer’s: Practical Tips and Soul-Saving Wisdom for Caregivers, 

by Paula Spencer Scott

Dementia

꩜ Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping with Grief and Stress,

By Pauline Boss, PH.D

End of Life

꩜ Your Room at the End: Thoughts About Aging We’d Rather Avoid,

By Charlie Hudson

꩜ Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,

By Atul Gawande, M.D., MPH

Grief

꩜ Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe,

By Laura Lynne Jackson