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| Author | South Korea Seoyeon Kim |
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| Category | Aging and caregiving / The second half of life / Health basics / Marriage and family relationships |
| Language of the book | English |
| Published | October 30, 2026 |
| Length | 202 pages |
| Product number | TB-W0006-EN |
| Reading time | About 3 h 20 min (at 230 words a minute) |
| Print-ready PDF | A5 · interior PDF and cover PDF (with 3 mm bleed) · 202 pages |
CategoriesHealth and bodyAging and caregiving
CategoriesSelf-help and workThe second half of life
CategoriesHealth and bodyHealth basics
CategoriesSelf-help and workMarriage and family relationships
A warm, clear guide to caring for an older person at home — how the body and mind change in later life, safe moving, meals, washing, the toilet and the night, working with doctors and nurses, sharing the work as a family and looking after yourself — told through the common situations that so many families meet.
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The basic knowledge of home care, explained gently, for the hands that help every day.
Care often begins quietly: a parent who needs a little help with the shopping, a husband who holds the handrail a little longer, a grandfather who asks the same question twice. Little by little, someone in the family becomes a carer. This book is for that person, and for everyone around them.
In fifteen chapters it explains what nurses and care workers learn in their training and sets it in the ordinary rooms where care happens: the kitchen, the bathroom, the hallway at night. How later life changes the body and the mind, what dementia means, how to talk and listen with respect, how to make the home safe, how to help someone stand and walk without hurting either of you, and how to make meals, washing, the toilet and sleep easier and kinder.
Later chapters turn to appointments and a simple care notebook, the signs that mean calling the emergency number, family talks, help from outside the home and gentle care at the end of life. A whole chapter is about the carer: rest, respite and asking for help in time. Every chapter opens with a common situation and closes with one question to think about.
After reading this book, you will be able to…
A calm, kind and practical companion for anyone who looks after an older person at home.
Books about caregiving often begin with systems, forms and lists. This one begins at the kitchen table. Each chapter opens with a moment that many families will recognise, a daughter who finds letters lying unopened on her mother's table, a son who sees a bruise after a trip on the hallway rug, a mother who grows restless every evening and asks when they are going home, and then explains, step by step, what is happening and what helps.
The knowledge is the solid basic knowledge of nursing and care work: supporting what the person can still do, safe ways to help someone move, preventing falls and pressure sores, drinking enough, swallowing safely, a calm rhythm for the day. It is explained in plain words, with respect for the older person at every turn: the book speaks of choices, privacy and dignity as naturally as it speaks of handrails and night lights.
What stays with the reader is its kindness towards the carer. Rest is treated as part of good care, asking for help as a strong act, and the hard feelings of caring, tiredness, guilt and impatience, as something shared by many. The question at the end of every chapter makes it a good book to read together as a family.
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When you are worried about a change in someone's health, talk to their doctor or nurse; for help with care, ask the official contact points where you live.
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