Resources

Books

On Mindfulness-Based Care

  • Caring for a Loved One with Dementia: A Mindfulness-Based Guide for Reducing Stress and Making the Best of Your Journey Together, Marguerite Manteau-Rao, LCSW
  • Mindfulness-Based Elder Care, Lucia McBee
  • 10,000 Joys and 10,000 Sorrows, Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle
  • Caregiver’s Tao Te Ching: Compassionate Care for Your Loved Ones and Yourself, William & Nancy Martin
  • Love in the Land of Dementia: Finding Hope in the Caregiver’s Journey, Deborah Shouse
  • Meditations for Caregivers: Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family, Barry Jacobs and Julia Mayer (AARP)

On Mindfulness, Meditation, Loving Kindness, and Compassion

  • Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life (with CD), Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Meditation for Beginners (with CD), Jack Kornfield (psychologist; meditation teacher)
  • Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering Happiness Within, Chade-Meng Tan
  • Buddha’s Brain, Rick Hanson
  • Just One Thing, Rick Hanson
  • Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind, Kristin Neff
  • Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being, Linda Graham, MFT (psychotherapist)
  • Lovingkindness- The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Sharon Salzberg
  • The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, Christopher Germer (psychologist)
  • The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness, Williams, Teasdale, Segal and Kabat-Zinn
  • Radical Compassion, Tara Brach
  • Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
  • Everyday Resilience, Gail Gazelle

On Dementia

  • Inside Alzheimer’s, Nancy Pearce
  • Dementia Beyond Disease, Allen Power
  • Dementia Beyond Drugs, Allen Power
  • Dancing with Dementia, Christine Bryden
  • Loving Someone Who Has Dementia, Pauline Boss
  • Coping With Behavior Change in Dementia, Beth Spencer & Laurie White

On Grief

  • On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Author), David Kessler
  • Opening to Grief, Claire Willis & Marnie Samuelson
  • Ambiguous Loss, Pauline Boss
  • A Buddhist Grief Observed, Guy Newland