The Caregiving Wife's Handbook: Caring for Your Seriously Ill Husband, Caring for Yourself

By Diana B. Denholm

A month after proposing marriage, Diana Denholm’s husband was diagnosed with colon cancer and later congestive heart failure. Following a heart transplant several of her husband’s body systems began failing forcing Diana to become his primary caregiver for more than a decade. The Caregiving Wife’s Handbook is a step-by-step communication guide to help women maintain emotional, physical and financial health in their unique role as caregivers to their dying husbands.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
• Release date: Aug 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9780897936101

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