The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation from Loved One to Caregiver - Paperback

by Donna Thomson (Author), Zachary White (Author), Judy Woodruff (Foreword by)

The Unexpected Journey of Caring is a practical guide to finding personal meaning in the 21^st century care experience. Readers are invited to actively reclaim and remake how they think of themselves, their care situation, and their capacities to provide care for their loved one and themselves.

Author Biography

Donna Thomson is the author of The Four Walls of My Freedom: Lessons I've Learned From a Life of Caregiving. She is a consultant and speaker on issues relating to family caregiving, disability and aging. Donna is a patient and family advisor on health research and policy and she teaches family caregivers in Canada how to advocate for care in hospital and in the community. She blogs regularly at THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM (www.donnathomson.com). Zachary White, PhD, is an award winning university professor who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses addressing topics such as provider-patient communication, caregiver communication, the patient experience, health and illness narratives, digital health literacy, social support and disclosure, and sense making amidst life transitions. As the founder of the caregiver blog and resource "The Unprepared Caregiver" (www.unpreparedcaregiver.com), his original writing voice mixes first-hand experiences, communication expertise, and cultural analysis featuring a care-centered point of view.