Walking on Eggshells: A Caregiver's Guide to Practical, Real Life Direction on What to Say and Do When a Loved One Has a Life-limiting Illness

by Amy Sales

"Walking on Eggshells" is a simple, yet practical, guide to help caregivers of those who have a life-limiting disease. Caregivers are the silent heroes who walk the journey alongside their loved ones and they often experience a fear of knowing what to do because of saying the wrong thing or just not knowing what to say. This book provides support through education, humor and suggestions for how to navigate through an unchartered journey. The reader will not feel isolated and alone any longer. * * * "In the book "Walking on Eggshells," Amy Sales provides a great service, not only for the patients and their families, but for health care providers as well. There are so many issues surrounding life-threatening diseases and surrounding the process of dying that simply are not thought about ahead of time, creating undue anguish. This book provides the preparation and knowledge needed to weather the emotional storm of grief associated with medical conditions. I highly recommend it." Benjamin Carson, Sr., MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital "Caregivers are ordinary people who find themselves in anything but ordinary circumstances. A loved one receives a terminal diagnosis and we're launched into caregiver status without a road map. Amy Sales passion and expertise in clinical social work and grief counseling has changed all that with "Walking on Eggshells." She'll walk WITH you while offering great advice and sensible suggestions through each step of this difficult journey. Because it's as close as it comes to "Walking on Eggshells." Laurie Singer, award winning network television news producer, long-time caregiver and best friend to her late husband, Leroy Sievers. "Wonderful, it made me feel like I was normal, like we could beat this. I felt like I wasn't in a black hole anymore. I didn't feel like I was crazy anymore." Tina Steffey, caregiver.

152 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 2010

Reviews

[Mommalibrarian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slight volume of general common sense advice. I assume most people just read parts not the whole thing straight through as I did. Every chapter repeats the advice that the caregiver must take care of themselves! The best parts were the actual cases and quotes from people she had worked with. The filler between these was really obvious to me and I did not learn anything new from reading it.