Dying at Home

A Family Guide for Caregiving

Andrea Sankar (University of Michigan), Caitlin Cassady

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Johns Hopkins University Press
20 February 2024

Home nursing & caring; Coping with death & bereavement

Series: Johns Hopkins Press Health Books (Paperback)

A comprehensive guide for those caring for a loved one nearing the end of life.

Many people seek the comfort and dignity of dying at home. Advances in pharmacology and hospice care allow the dying to remain at home relatively free of pain and symptoms, but navigating professional services, insurance coverage, and family dynamics often compounds the complexity of this process. Extensively updated and revised, this third edition of Andrea Sankar's Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving provides essential information that caregivers and dying persons need to navigate this journey.

Featuring contributions by professionals and personal stories from in-depth case studies of family caregivers, this guide discusses the challenges, resources, benefits, and barriers to care at home. With updates on advance care planning, developments in palliative care medicine, and the availability of legally assisted dying, this edition discusses how to:

- Arrange medical care, nursing, and ancillary therapies - Understand costs, sources of financial support, and insurance coverage

- Collaborate with health professionals in the home - Assist in implementing pain management techniques - Find social and spiritual support, as well as self-care for caregivers - Handle family dynamics and legal matters - Collaborate to make complex care and treatment decisions - Navigate the process of dying and caring for the body after death

By: Andrea Sankar (University of Michigan)
With: Caitlin Cassady
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 717g
ISBN: 9781421447735
ISBN 10: 1421447738
Series: Johns Hopkins Press Health Books (Paperback)
Pages: 488
Publication Date: 20 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgments Some Who Died at Home Introduction 1. Taking the Patient Home to Die 2. Strangers in the Home: The Use of Formal Support 3. Caregiving 4. Social Support 5. The Well-being of the Caregiver 6. Planning for Death and Remembrance 7. Challenging Situations: Slowing or Hastening Death? 8. Demystifying Death Conclusion: Living While Dying Appendix A: Tasks and Challenges of Caregiving Appendix B: Resources Appendix C: Legal Issues Appendix D: Next-Step Planning After Death Appendix E: Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) Appendix F: Pain at the End of Life, by Mohammad Nadeemullah Glossary Bibliography Index

Andrea Sankar is a professor of medical anthropology at Wayne State University, where she is also the co-founder and co-director of the Social Work and Anthropology doctoral program. The former editor of Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Sankar was named Michiganian of the Year in 1995 for her work on HIV/AIDS. CM Cassady is a PhD candidate in social work and anthropology at Wayne State University who has worked with chronically ill and dying persons in California, Oregon, and Michigan.