Helping Through Illness: Practical Ways to Support Someone with a Serious or Chronic Condition - Paperback

At a loss for how to help someone who has a serious illness or chronic health condition?
Not sure what to say or do?

This easy-to-use guide will help you support a loved one with confidence. Filled with dozens of practical, everyday tips, Helping Through Illness teaches how to skillfully and sensitively support a friend or family member who is ill-and how to take care of yourself in the process.

Author Sheila Hoover approaches this heavy topic in a light-hearted way using amusing cat cartoons to depict the realness of caring for someone with a serious or chronic illness-a reality that can be daunting, tender, taxing, bonding, and rewarding, sometimes all at once! Written with compassion, informed by experience, and presented with levity, this indispensable book offers clear strategies and wise advice.

Whether you are helping from a distance or close up, whether you can offer a little time or a lot, whether you're an acquaintance or a best friend, there are valuable tips in this book for everyone.

All of us will need support at some point in our lives, and through this book you can discover the beauty at the heart of caring for another.