With over 1 million Hip and Knee replacements a year in the United States, you would think that there would be quantities of information to help the "one-that-helps"? You would imagine a yes, when actually the answer is - no.
So my question is...Who is helping the "One-that-Helps"?
A Total Hip Replacement or Knee Replacement is not a solo event. If asked to look back, most patients and yes, surgeons, will remember a person often in the guise of a spouse, partner, child or friend, who has gone through the entire process with him.
There are few detailed 'manuals' for Caregiver's when it comes to accomplishing this paramount job. Books that deal with the real surgical journey; with what really happens, and what Caregiver's need to 'care' about - are virtually non-existent.
"The Caregivers Hip & Knee Surgery Handbook," Helping the "One-that-Helps," comes under the aegis of a self-help manual for those Caregivers challenged with helping a patient who may be contemplating or even, at this moment, booked and hospital-bound for hip or knee surgery.
This handbook is for Caregivers in the broadest sense-it is their guide to understanding the hip and knee surgery process from the first surgeon's visit to rehab and recovery - it is intended to guide the Caregiver enabling him/her to do something more than sympathize.
With this handbook the Caregiver can become a major positive factor in the surgical outcome of his own near and dear.