{"id":11499,"date":"2024-08-19T14:59:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:23:59","slug":"5-books-to-make-caregiving-a-little-more-manageable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11499","title":{"rendered":"5 Books to Make Caregiving a Little More Manageable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Health care professionals and other experts shared recommendations for anyone providing and receiving care.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tina Sadarangani, a geriatric nurse practitioner in New York City, has spent years working with older adults and their families. She counsels patients on the medications they should take, the eating habits they should change and the specialists they should see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But it wasn\u2019t until her own father became seriously ill \u2014 requiring a slew of medications, deliveries, physical therapy and more \u2014 that she understood the experience from what she calls \u201cthe other side of the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Sadarangani, who has a doctorate in nursing, comes from a family of medical providers. But most of the people who care for loved ones don\u2019t have this expertise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf it was this complicated for our family,\u201d Dr. Sadarangani said, \u201chow were people with no medical backgrounds doing this every day in America?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Resources like books aren\u2019t a panacea, she said. But they can help validate experiences, offer advice and make us feel less alone. 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She counsels patients on the medications they should take, the eating habits they should change and the specialists they should see.But it wasn\u2019t until her own father became seriously ill \u2014 requiring a slew of medications, deliveries, physical therapy and more \u2014 that she understood the experience from what she calls \u201cthe other side of the table.\u201dDr. Sadarangani, who has a doctorate in nursing, comes from a family of medical providers. But most of the people who care for loved ones don\u2019t have this expertise.\u201cIf it was this complicated for our family,\u201d Dr. Sadarangani said, \u201chow were people with no medical backgrounds doing this every day in America?\u201dResources like books aren\u2019t a panacea, she said. But they can help validate experiences, offer advice and make us feel less alone. 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