Author Spotlight: Deborah Duda and Coming Home

Inspired by a personal meeting with Mother Teresa, Deborah Duda provides a step-by-step guide to the physical, legal and spiritual aspects of serving as a caregiver in the fourth edition of acclaimed book, Coming Home: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Caring for a Dying Loved One.

Coming Home will provide you with information, inspiration, and sensitive yet straightforward answers to questions such as:

• Can I handle a home death?
• How do I deal with my grief?
• Can we afford to stay at home?
• Can I give an injection?
• Can pain be controlled at home?
• How do I prevent bedsores?
• How can I fi nd meaning in the dying process?
• What do I need to know about legal issues?

  

First published in 1981, this groundbreaking step-by-step guide has been used to train hospice staff and volunteers for over two decades. Like a supportive friend sitting with you at the kitchen table, Deborah Duda helps you to create an experience that makes your loved one’s final weeks as comfortable and meaningful as possible.

 

Deborah Duda has participated in the home deaths of her father, mother, two close friends and many others. She has delivered lectures and held workshops nationwide on caring for dying loved ones. After her experiences with Mother Teresa and earning her master’s in psychology, Duda began working as a family therapist to the terminally ill and their families and as a coordinator for FEMA’s mental health recovery program. She has also volunteered her time serving on the board of directors for the Kauai Hospice and the Kauai AIDS Foundation.

 

You can visit Deborah online at http://deborahduda.com/.