Helping You to Care Handbook

The Helping You to Care Handbook has been widely praised since its publication by the Irish Red Cross by several experts in the field of caring and by Pat Kenny, who described it as "an absolutely brilliant book". Order your copy on line today while this special offer lasts.

The Helping You to Care Handbook - what the experts say

• Caring for Carers: 'Helping You to Care' is a handbook that should be in every home".
• Age Action Ireland: "It is like an encyclopaedia for home care"
• HSE Dublin Nth East: "glad to provide this important guide to carers and staff in our community care services"
• Carers Association: "Priceless book"
• Doctor: Excellent section on diagnostic aids in determining the status of the ill person in the home
• Deirdre, Family Carer: "good that the carers own health and mental wellbeing are addressed".
• Irish Hospice Foundation: "invaluable resource for responding to sudden illness"
• Public Health Nurse: "major contribution to the work of Carers, constructive and realistic advice
• Irish Wheelchair Association: "…a great book for any carer"
• Irish Kidney Association: "…a little gem of a book."
• Health Care Professional: "Wonderful edition to a training program
• Fanagan Funeral Directors Dublin: "Excellent publication when dealing with the care of loved one"

Find out what's in the Helping You to Care Handbook

The Handbook is a practical fully illustrated guide for those looking after someone who is ill, elderly or has a disability, with comprehensive advice on all aspects of care, including:

• Being a Carer
• Infectious Diseases
• Adapting the Home
• Hospital Out-Patient Treatments
• Dealing with Confusion
• How Relationships Change
• Respite Care
• Care Professionals & What They Do
• Understanding Emotions
• Towards the End of Life
• Glossary of Medical Conditions

Step-by-step photographs and illustrations show the best ways to carry out tasks such as:

• Practical care skills
• Giving someone a bed bath
• Changing sheets for a bedridden person
• Preventing pressure sores
• Medical treatments
• Handling someone safely
• Using a wheelchair
• Taking a temperature
• Promoting continence

Anyone who is in a caring role, or indeed who has to care for themselves alone or without constant assistance, should get the Helping You to Care Handbook. Its easy-to-read format means that an individual can dip in quickly for basic advice on the best approach to dealing with almost any problem.

Readers' comments and reviews by experts about the Irish Red Cross Helping You to Care Handbook