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We use The Comfort of Home for the foundational text in our 40-hour Caregiver training. I believe it is the best on the market. Linda Young, Project Manager, College of the Desert

The Comfort of Home : A Complete Guide for Caregivers continues to earn its reputation as the bible for providing home caregivers to aged, ill or handicapped loved ones with a thoroughly user friendly illustrated guide that covers everything necessary from daily living tasks to preparations for hospice care, to making funeral arrangements. This is a complete and superbly organized, 400 page comprehensive how to manual that will help the caregiver to develop their skills, expertise, and confidence, which will in turn enhance their peace of mind with respect to the quality of life they are helping to afford their charge. Also available in the Spanish edition, The Comfort of Home: A Complete Guide for Caregivers is a must for anyone having responsibility for helping another to continue to live in their home, prepare them for having to move into an extended care facility, or to help make final arrangements. Three other outstanding and highly recommended specialized manuals for professional home care from CareTrust Publications include: The Comfort of Home for Parkinson Disease, The Comfort of Home for Stroke and The Comfort of Home Multiple Sclerosis Edition. The Midwest Book Review Paul T. Vogel

A must have resource for anyone assuming or considering the caregiver role. Physicians, family practitioners and geriatricians, and hospital social workers should be familiar with the book and recommend it to families of the elderly. Reviewers Choice, Home Care University Quality Review

In my 20 years of direct and academic experience, The Comfort of Home is the most comprehensive and reader-friendly guide to care at home that I have found. Anyone dealing with an aging friend or relative can benefit greatly from using to it. Judith Bartmann, PhD, Director; Institute for the Study of Aging Nova Southeastern University

Resource of Note National Chronic Care Consortiums CareLink

What are the basics needed in home care? This covers the needs of home care; from bathing and wheelchair transfers to avoiding illness and getting health care advice. Pros and cons are outlined along with a step-by-step program for caregivers. Notable here are the specifics; from understanding special equipment for home care to assessing different insurance plan options: where others focus on psychology alone, this gets down to the nitty gritty.

The Midwest Book Review

covers the essentials of home care in a practical, easy-to-follow format. The Troy Record

This book is an excellent, comprehensive and easily understood resource for caregivers. Linda M. Pace, CISW, Director; Pathways Program, Foundation for Senior Living

This extremely practical book provides family caregivers information about how to meet the physical care needs of their loved ones and how to travel the maze of decisions related to home care and care in long term care facilities. I found the information well-presented and very practical. Sylvia McSkimming , PhD, RN; Executive Director, Supportive Care of the Dying