NOW AVAILABLE! Paula Harder Kenemore's new book “My Life, My Care, My Way”! Created to give healthcare decision making back to the person it belongs to…YOU!
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By completing “My Life, My Care, My Way,” you will:
• Plan for long term care that is warm, compassionate and personal.
• Communicate simple preferences like food, room temperature, sleeping position and many other details that will make a huge difference in your future comfort.
• Make future decisions now and take much of the emotional decision making out of the hands of your family.
• Plan beyond the insurance, financial numbers, and living will.
• Discover important aspects about your care you may not have thought of.
• Help your caregiver’s help you be as independent as possible, for as long as possible.
• Create a record of your life story for your family, your children and your children’s children.
From the Introduction of "My Life, My Care, My Way":
Congratulations! You have taken the first step in planning your future and the way you are cared for in that future. By completing “My Life, My Care, My Way,” you will ensure that those who care for you, be it family members or complete strangers, can do so in the way you feel is appropriate for you, even if you are unable to communicate your wishes. This book will allow you to connect on a personal level, with those who will be caring for you in such a personal way.
Each of us has a very strong desire to stay as independent as possible for as long as possible. Yet very few people take advantage of the opportunity to ensure independent decision making by advance care planning. The “I’ll simply cross that bridge when I come to it” way of thinking is the reason individuals do not take action. The problem is, that bridge often comes when we least expect it, leaving little if any time to plan. We plan for so many things in our lives; weddings, careers, families, retirement, travel, and financial security, yet we do not plan for our own advanced age, or for life after injury. Ask yourself this question, “If I were unable to communicate tomorrow, who would know me well enough to care for me, the way I would care for myself?” Can you answer the question with complete confidence? Since three out of five people will depend on someone else to care for them in their lifetime, the question should be, “Why not plan ahead?”
With “My Life, My Care, My Way” you can give your caregivers a manual on how to care for you. If you are unable to remember or communicate important details about your life, you can still share those details, in your own words. Family members, out of love, may tell caregivers how they would like you to be cared for, or share the interests they think you should participate in. Caregivers have the responsibility of caring for you as if you were their own mother or father. “My Life, My Care, My Way” is a window for your caregiver to see you as a person. They will be able to understand that you live an important life, with purpose and meaning. They will see that you love your family and friends and that you are loved in return. Most importantly, they will see you! They will see the person who wrote the book, the person they may not be able to see when they meet you.
As a Long Term Care professional for more than twenty years, I can tell you from personal experience, the better your caregivers understand and know you, the better equipped they will be to give you quality, compassionate and loving care. This book will serve you in so many ways. It will be used as an official record of your thoughts and feelings about medical care. It can also be a keepsake for your family or close friends. This book can be used in your home, with home health care workers, or family members giving care, as well as a bedside manual for health care facilities you may reside in.
This book can also serve as an important tool in choosing a long term care facility. The current movement in long term care is “Resident Centered Care.” This means the resident has complete ownership of their care. If you, or your family, are looking for a retirement community, assisted living facility or nursing home you will want to take this book with you. Ask those you communicate with in the facility how they would incorporate the use of “My Life, My Care, My Way”. If they do not seem open to using it, the facility may not be as interested in resident centered care as you are.
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