{"product_id":"dementia-guide-for-career-focused-caregivers-prevent-burnout-with-10-must-have-tools-for-caring-for-a-parent-with-alzheimers-memory-loss-and-other-paperback","title":"Dementia Guide for Career-Focused Caregivers: Prevent Burnout with 10 Must-Have Tools for Caring for A Parent with Alzheimer's, Memory Loss and Other - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcia a. Steele\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs it possible to keep your career and still show up for your parent?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan you catch the signs early enough to matter, without missing a deadline?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens the day the crisis hits mid-shift, and you cannot think straight?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you are raising children, leading a team, or hitting quarterly targets while silently managing a parent's descent into dementia or Alzheimer's, this book was written for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou are paying an invisible tax. And the advice you keep getting was written for someone with time you do not have.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the operational manual for the sandwich-generation professional. It does not offer bubble baths. It offers working systems: the 10 must-have tools named in the title, backed by fourteen more, at least one in each chapter, each ready to use the day you need it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou don't need to try harder. You need a better way to hold what you are already carrying.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by Marcia A. Steele, who navigated a corporate career while walking alongside her mother through a long dementia journey, and now manages care for her brother and other family responsibilities, this is the playbook for career-focused caregivers. It strips away the platitudes and hands you the structure, scripts, and decision tools the season actually requires. Tools she built and used herself. Tools you can photograph, screenshot, and start using this week. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you will find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe First Signs Checklist and the Two-Week Observation Log.\u003c\/b\u003e Turn vague worry into specific, dated observations a doctor will use, and see what caregiving is costing you across work, marriage, family, and self.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Weekly Care Plan.\u003c\/b\u003e A one-page plan built on five non-negotiable components, run with a fifteen-minute weekly reset instead of a forty-tab spreadsheet. Three worked examples, for early, mid, and late-stage care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Sudden-Crisis Protocol and the \"I Can't Come In Today\" Text.\u003c\/b\u003e A pre-decided sequence and three boss-text variations for the day an emergency lands mid-workday, when your brain will not cooperate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Stage Placement Self-Assessment.\u003c\/b\u003e A ten-minute structured check across five life domains that takes the guesswork out of dementia stages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Five Family Scripts and the Six Limit Scripts.\u003c\/b\u003e The first thirty seconds of the hardest conversations. With the sibling who isn't helping enough. With the parent who won't accept help. With the spouse who feels neglected. With the voice that tells you you have not done enough.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Fifteen-Sign Burnout Self-Check and the 20-Minute Reset.\u003c\/b\u003e Catch caregiver burnout early, then treat the chronic stress caregiving leaves in your body with a brief, physical, evidence-based tool. Built for a person who cannot take a sabbatical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Escalation Decision Tree and the Placement Decision Framework.\u003c\/b\u003e For when home-based care is no longer enough. Structured questions for making the hardest decisions of the season with intention, not under crisis pressure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Future Self Framework.\u003c\/b\u003e One question, applied to the choices that matter most: what decision, made now, will the future version of me be able to live with?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTwo free downloadable kits.\u003c\/b\u003e The Weekly Operating System Kit and the Crisis Ready Kit: printable companion tools, delivered by QR code inside the book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eTwenty chapters. Twenty-four named tools. Every chapter closes with something you can use this week.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the book for the working caregiver. The sandwich-generation daughter or son. The faithful-but-exhausted spouse. Anyone caring for an aging parent while holding down a full life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect caregiving doesn't exist. Consistent, sustainable, imperfect caregiving does. And it has a playbook.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScroll up, click Buy Now, and start building a caregiving life that does not require you to disappear inside it.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67712095125600,"sku":"9781893232655","price":36.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/VFV3SyJWsF9781893232655.webp?v=1793307409","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/dementia-guide-for-career-focused-caregivers-prevent-burnout-with-10-must-have-tools-for-caring-for-a-parent-with-alzheimers-memory-loss-and-other-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}