Writing

Stand By Me: A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving

(Simon Element, 2024)

As the founder of the first Caregivers Clinic in the country, I understand the challenges of being an unpaid family caregiver. Stand By Me: A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving gives you practical tools and support to help you face these challenges and provide high quality care for your loved one while prioritizing your own well-being. The book covers important topics such as working with the healthcare system, navigating changing roles, coping with uncertainty, and finding meaning in the caregiving experience. Stand By Me combines insights from my own journey as a caregiver for my father as well as lessons learned from over a decade of clinical and research experiences in caregiving science. My hope is that it becomes an invaluable resource for you during your own caregiving journey.

Textbook

I am the editor of the textbook Cancer Caregivers, the first textbook focused explicitly on the experiences of caregivers of patients with cancer. The text summarizes the state of the science of cancer caregiving research, highlights the significant progress made in research focused on the development and dissemination of psychosocial interventions for cancer caregivers, and includes in-depth case studies to illustrate their delivery and application. The text also explores the provision of support to caregivers in the community and the legal and ethical concerns faced by caregivers throughout the caregiving trajectory. Cancer Caregivers offers both fundamental and practical information and is the essential resource for all healthcare professionals who work with patients and families facing cancer.