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Poems for People Who Care: A collection of heartfelt and emotional poems about caring for loved ones including messages of hope and advice for those on the same journey Kindle Edition

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From Our Family to Your Family with Love.
Sharing our journey to make your journey easier.


Using his experience as a son caring for his dad who has dementia and his mum who has other health issues, the author's poems take us through some of the challenges of caring for a loved one who has dementia.

At the same time the collection of heartfelt and emotional poems is about caring for loved ones no matter what illness or condition they have including messages of hope and advice for those on the same journey.

Some of the poems looks at the emotional challenges faced by carers who can feel all sorts of emotions, often all at the same time and how they need to find a way of caring for their loved one while also coping and caring for themselves.

It is an uplifting collection of poems in its own right showing the power of the human spirit to overcome challenges with faith, hope and love and includes poems contributed by others based on their experiences.

Author royalties for the book will go to Alzheimer's Research UK the world's largest dedicated dementia research charity who do research worldwide aimed at finding a cure for dementia.

The Author is a member of AlzAuthors (www.AlzAuthors.com) an elite class of authors writing about one of the most important diseases of our generation and caring for loved ones. They are a community of bestselling, award-winning authors, who came together because their lives have been impacted by Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Advance Reviews:

“McTaggart's poems are a sweet source of comfort, shared experience, and wise advice as he poignantly expresses the joys, the sadness, and the challenges of caregiving, especially for loved ones with dementia. As I also know from my own experiences with my mother and now my aunt, there are moments of great love amidst the despair.”

Linda Austin, author of Poems That Come to Mind: For Those Who Love Someone With Dementia.
“McTaggart's poems are a sweet source of comfort, shared experience, and wise advice as he poignantly expresses the joys, the sadness, and the challenges of caregiving, especially for loved ones with dementia. As I also know from my own experiences with my mother and now my aunt, there are moments of great love amidst the despair.”

Linda Austin, author of Poems That Come to Mind: For Those Who Love Someone With Dementia.

An emotional journey into the heart and mind of one particular caregiver dealing with the dementia of a loved one. The sacrifice one must make while still feeling the ever-present sense of guilt that you could or should be doing more, or doing things differently, makes for a difficult yet ultimately highly rewarding journey. These poems are positive yet emotional, and as such will resonate even with those who had no personal experience as caregivers for elderly loved ones.

While these poems evoked feelings of sadness in me, there was so much that was filled with hope and self-satisfaction (e.g. that you are truly doing something as wonderful for your loved ones as they did for you in your earlier years). I loved the different perspectives each poem took—from feeling good to guilty to exhaustion and back again. They remind you to allow yourself the time to take care of yourself, in particular, because a stressed-out, guilt-ridden caregiver is not a caregiver at all. A true balance is critical because so much of a caregiver’s “job” is relying on your instincts and intimate knowledge of what your loved one wants and needs to make their life as comfortable and as happy as possible.
I highly recommend this to not just present-day or future caregivers but to all who enjoy an emotional journey through poetry.

The International Review of Books

Editorial Reviews

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"McTaggart's poems are a sweet source of comfort, shared experience, and wise advice as he poignantly expresses the joys, the sadness, and the challenges of caregiving, especially for loved ones with dementia. As I also know from my own experiences with my mother and now my aunt, there are moments of great love amidst the despair."

Linda Austin, author of Poems That Come to Mind: For Those Who Love Someone With Dementia.

"The collection offers us an insight like a traveller's guide to the land of dementia, helping us to identify the unknowns and quirks of the scenery and to negotiate the many rocky roads that confront us in every direction, often showing us a way forward that we may not have thought possible.
An invaluable companion for dementia carers young and old, crossing international and emotional boundaries alike, with warmth and charm."

Peter Burgham, Award Winning Poet

"Poems of sincerity and support, written from the heart of experience, which guide, reveal to and warm the reader."

Rachel Deeming, Author, Blogger, Book Reviewer

"A collection of poems dealing with a highly sensitive and emotional topic—-acting as a primary caregiver for a loved one, and all that entails. The weight of responsibility, the guilt that you are not doing enough, that you are not good enough in the role, etc. The list is endless. But these poems are about hope, forgiveness and fortitude.

An emotional journey into the heart and mind of one particular caregiver dealing with the dementia of a loved one. The sacrifice one must make while still feeling the ever-present sense of guilt that you could or should be doing more, or doing things differently, makes for a difficult yet ultimately highly rewarding journey. These poems are positive yet emotional, and as such will resonate even with those who had no personal experience as caregivers for elderly loved ones.

While these poems evoked feelings of sadness in me, there was so much that was filled with hope and self-satisfaction (e.g. that you are truly doing something as wonderful for your loved ones as they did for you in your earlier years). I loved the different perspectives each poem took—from feeling good to guilty to exhaustion and back again. They remind you to allow yourself the time to take care of yourself, in particular, because a stressed-out, guilt-ridden caregiver is not a caregiver at all. A true balance is critical because so much of a caregiver's "job" is relying on your instincts and intimate knowledge of what your loved one wants and needs to make their life as comfortable and as happy as possible.
I highly recommend this to not just present-day or future caregivers but to all who enjoy an emotional journey through poetry."

The International Review of Books

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BSDCNSYT
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 20, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 103 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Patrick J McTaggart
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Hello

Over the last three years I have been a full time carer to my Mum and Dad, my Dad having dementia.

If you or someone you know has Alzheimers or any form of dementia, or are a caregiver for anyone who does then I hope my book will be of value to you.

As a carer for Dad I know how difficult both physically and emotionally dementia can be for both the person who has it and close family particularly those who are carers day to day. Relationships can be strained but also strengthened and I truly believe that love conquers all. Despite the heartache, the dementia journey can still provide gifts of memories that will last forever.

Very often family carers are forced to learn as they go. My nature in times such as these leads me to dip into books by professionals with experience and knowledge of dementia to see if I can find anything to help me. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. Often books can be quite long and time to research on the other hand very short. It was only by chance that I saw on-line some quotes about dementia and these really hit the mark with me. They were succinct and seemed to understand what I was going through. Researching these a bit further I found that many quotes by people who either had dementia or experience of it with a family member had a clarity at both an emotional level and also in terms of giving much needed advice. They were also very easy to read often providing simple lessons from short poems, quotes or songs.

Having never written a poem in my life before suddenly I started writing poems, the first time being in the middle of the night. I found that they helped me by putting down on paper how I was feeling including my emotions and helped me better reflect on and better understand certain situations.

Over time as I wrote more poems, usually early in the morning, I started to think that perhaps some of the things I learned from our dementia journey may be of some small help to others on the same journey or who are about to start it. Poetry seemed to me to be a good way to provide it with fairly short poems often with a simple message. Much of the advice I have picked up over the years I wish I had received much earlier in the journey.

That is essentially how my first book "Our Dementia Journey" came about.

This book is essentially a book of poems which are heartfelt and some of which were very emotional for me writing them, which I hope you will enjoy and empathise with.

At the same time I hope that this book will be an easy read and may help others avoid some of the pain and emotional stresses I know I suffered. I do hope there are one or two nuggets in the book that will be helpful to you at some stage of your journey.

All my royalties from the book go to Alzheimers Research UK the largest dedicated dementia research charity in the world aimed at finding a cure and treatments for dementia.

I hope you enjoy reading the book and would be very grateful if you would review it on Amazon to hopefully encourage others to read it and raise additional funds for Alzheimers Research.

I can be contacted at:

pat@poemsfordementia.com

Twitter: @pat_mct

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  • Laura Stirling
    5.0 out of 5 stars Really heartwarming and inspirational
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2023
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    This is a fantastic book.

    Very heartfelt and an awesome tribute to caregivers all over.

    If you are a care giver or someone who knows one then I highly recommend this book. It’s full of great advice and guidance for those who give care to others.

    You won’t regret buying this book!

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