Resources
Here are a number of books and websites that may help you along your journey, broken down by topic. You’ll find advice on communicating with your spouse in good times and in bad, tips for focusing on self-care during caregiving and reflections from those who have been where you are now.
The Importance of Communication:
The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman
The Etiquette of Illness, Susan P. Halpern
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman
Personal Cancer Journey:
Calm Your Inflammation, Dr. Brenda Tidwell
Heal Breast Cancer Naturally, Dr. Veronique Desaulniers
The Victoria’s Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming, Jennie Nash
End-of-Life Planning and Organization:
A Beginner’s Guide to the End, Dr. BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger
Being with a Dying Person:
Advice for Future Corpses and Those Who Love Them, Sallie Tisdale
Self-Care for Caregivers:
We’re Stronger Than We Look, Jill Brown
The Conscious Caregiver, Linda Abbit
Caregiver’s Survival Guide, Robert N. Yonover and Ellie Crowe
The Soul of Care, Arthur Kleinman
Grief:
The Beauty of What Remains, Rabbi Steve Leder
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
What Remains, Carole Radziwill
When Someone Dies: A Children’s Mindful How-To Guide on Grief and
Loss, Andrea Dorn
Prevention and Well-Being:
A Woman’s Health Survival Guide, Cheryl Agranovich
Anticancer Living, Lorenzo Cohen and Alison Jefferies
The First Cell, Azra Raza
Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
Websites:
Caring Bridge, A free online site for streamlining and sharing health updates with friends and family
National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation, Help finding a not-for-profit hospice
Modern Loss, an online community of resources for grief
Lantern, a site for pre-planning end of life wishes