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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 11 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It by Emily Kenway
    Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - by Emily Kenway

    £22.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781472288486 | ISBN 10: 1472288483

    ***Finalist for The Orwell Prize of Political Writing***   ‘A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation... I can’t recommend it highly enough’ ROB DELANEY  ‘A radical vision for how we might do things better in future’ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Carers and Caring: The One-Stop Guide by June Andrews
    Carers and Caring: The One-Stop Guide - by June Andrews

    £10.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781800810006 | ISBN 10: 1800810008

    A reassuring, expert-informed handbook for ordinary people caring for loved ones.   Whether due to old age, illness or disability, more and more of us are becoming carers to loved ones. Carers and Caring is a complete handbook for anyone i ... more

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  • Cover image of book An Extra Pair of Hands by Kate Mosse
    An Extra Pair of Hands - by Kate Mosse

    £8.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781788162623 | ISBN 10: 1788162625

    A rallying cry for carers and the acts of love that hold families together, from bestselling novelist Kate Mosse.  'Inspiring' GUARDIAN 'Heartbreaking' INDEPENDENT 'I loved it' ADAM KAY 'Beautiful' MATT HAIG 'Luminous' NICCI GERRARD 'Ess ... more

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  • Cover image of book Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care by Madeleine Bunting
    Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care - by Madeleine Bunting

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781783783816 | ISBN 10: 1783783818

    Long before the pandemic, care work has been underpaid and its values disregarded.   In this remarkable and compassionate book, Madeleine Bunting speaks to those on the front line of the care crisis, struggling to hold together a crumbling in ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kid Gloves: A Voyage Round My Father by Adam Mars-Jones
    Kid Gloves: A Voyage Round My Father - by Adam Mars-Jones

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781846148774 | ISBN 10: 1846148774

    Shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize 2016   When his widowed father - once a high court judge and always a formidable figure - drifted into vagueness if not dementia, the writer Adam Mars-Jones took responsibility for his care. Intimately tr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mindfulness for Carers: How to Manage the Demands of Caregiving While Finding a Place for Yourself by Dr Cheryl Rezek
    Mindfulness for Carers: How to Manage the Demands of Caregiving While Finding a Place for Yourself - by Dr Cheryl Rezek

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781849056540 | ISBN 10: 1849056544

    Carers are particularly vulnerable to feeling stressed, worried and worn down by the vast demands that often come with caregiving, be they physical, psychological or emotional. Mindfulness can be enormously beneficial to carers, whether professional ... more

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  • Cover image of book Remind Me Who I Am, Again by Linda Grant
    Remind Me Who I Am, Again - by Linda Grant

    £8.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781847082695 | ISBN 10: 1847082696

    At the beginning of the 1990s, Linda Grant's mother, Rose, was diagnosed with Dementia. In Remind Me Who I Am, Again Linda Grant tells the story of Rose's illness and tries to reconstruct the history of their Jewish immigrant family, stalking them fr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Time to Help Your Parents: A Practical Guide to Recognising Problems and Providing Support by Jacky Hyams
    Time to Help Your Parents: A Practical Guide to Recognising Problems and Providing Support - by Jacky Hyams

    £8.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780749940652 | ISBN 10: 0749940654

    We're all living longer than ever. But there is, inevitably, a point when most of us have to face the fact that Mum or Dad - or both - really do need more help. For many, the responsibility of supporting their parents and aiding them to make the righ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Keeper: A Book About Memory, Identity, Isolation, Wordsworth and Cake by Andrea Gillies
    Keeper: A Book About Memory, Identity, Isolation, Wordsworth and Cake - by Andrea Gillies

    £8.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781906021993 | ISBN 10: 1906021996

    WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2010 WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL WELLCOME PRIZE 2009   Can our personalities be taken away from us? Are memory and identity mutually dependent? What exactly is the soul?   Three years ago, Andrea Gillies, a wri ... more

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  • Cover image of book Now Where Did I Put My Glasses? Caring for Your Parents - A Practical and Emotional Lifeline by Jackie Highe
    Now Where Did I Put My Glasses? Caring for Your Parents - A Practical and Emotional Lifeline - by Jackie Highe

    £12.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780743295314 | ISBN 10: 0743295315

    Approximately 10 million people in the UK are over 65 - and that number is growing fast. Every year, thousands of people face the traumatic challenges brought about by their ageing parents' ailing health. The question of care places a huge burden of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents: What Care Receivers Want by Cheryl A. Kuba
    Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents: What Care Receivers Want - by Cheryl A. Kuba

    £16.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780415952880 | ISBN 10: 0415952883

    Many books address the issue of caring for one's aging parents, but this will be the first book to consider the topic from the parents' perspective.  Cheryl A. Kuba proposes an entirely unique approach to this aspect of gerontology: expressing t ... more

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