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Hospital Stay Handbook:
A
Guide to Becoming a Patient Advocate
for Your Loved Ones
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Those who've read it have this to say . . . |
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Stay Handbook is a
must-read for any family caregiver. Jari Holland
Buck dramatically brings to life challenges that
family members face when a loved one is in the
hospital. She proves that with a little knowledge, a
lot of love and by relentlessly asking questions,
you can ensure that your loved one receives the best
the healthcare system has to offer and truly become
a respected member of the healthcare team."
Gary Edward Barg,
Editor-in-Chief Today's Caregiver magazine
www.caregiver.com
Author - The Fearless Caregiver |
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"It's difficult enough to go
through a protracted hospitalization and several
near-death experiences with someone you love. Then
you have to learn to navigate the hospital and
health-delivery systems. But then to sit down and
write out all that you have learned for other people
to have as a guidebook to use when their loved ones
are hospitalized, you demonstrate the depth of your
love and caring for your fellow human beings. That
warmth, caring, dedication and basic, common-sense
information were so evident in your appearance on
Full Power Living, Jari, as well as in
Hospital Stay Handbook. Thank you for
allowing us to assist in your quest to help as many
people as possible. You are a wealth of information,
as well as a delight!
Ilene Dillon, MSW
Host of Full Power Living
www.emotionalpro.com
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“I am very
impressed with this outstanding book! Ms. Buck
writes with both her heart and her head, and these
combine to produce a richly informative guide to
hospitalization. I highly recommend
Hospital Stay Handbook to all readers,
particularly those who have chronic medical problems
in the family or anticipate hospitalization at a
future time.”
Anita Grace Simpson,
BellaOnline's Public Health Editor
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here for full review
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About the story . . . |
The fifth leading
cause of death in American hospitals is medical
mistakes.
Church leaders who offer comfort and counsel to
sick individuals and their families are frequently
asked, “Is there anything else I can do?” The best
answer any of us previously had was, “Pray.” Now, we
can and must do more to prevent our loved one from
becoming part of the medical mistake death
statistics. Hospital Stay Handbook is a guidebook that
describes advocacy techniques on behalf of a
hospitalized loved one. Hospital Stay Handbook provides 14
practical suggestions illustrated by real life
examples and checklists to ensure that even in
emotionally charged situations, advocacy can be
accomplished. This book also addresses personal
care, without which advocacy is not possible.
Hospital Stay Handbook is designed to encourage and support
family members in the process of reclaiming the
“power of partnership” with the healthcare
community. This book is geared for the medically
untrained family member who needs a step-by-step
process for educating themselves and partnering with
healthcare professionals to improve the health and
comfort of the patient.
The early chapters deal with choices, the middle
chapters with actions and the final chapters with
results. Examples of the use or failure to use each
step are illustrated, as are the consequences and
results. The difficulty of advocating when resisted
by healthcare providers is explored, as are the
diverse responses to advocacy by the healthcare
community. Legal issues are identified and sample
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“It is my hope that
Hospital Stay Handbook will convert
previously passive lay people into advocates and
previously directive healthcare providers into
partners. Mahatma Gandhi once said, ‘Be the change
you want to see in the world.’ I had to become the
change in order to help save my husband. Will you
join me?”
Jari
Holland Buck |
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To
place an order for or learn more about Hospital Stay
Handbook,
please visit
www.hospitalstayhandbook.com. |
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Jari Holland Buck is a business consultant, trainer
and medical layperson who spent eight and a-half
months in four hospitals by the side of her
critically ill husband. She dealt with thousands of
doctors and nurses and almost daily crises. During
her husband’s six plus months on full life support,
every organ in his body failed, some more than once.
This book represents the lessons she learned and
used in partnership with the medical community to
produce a miracle, her husband’s survival. |
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