Aging category: 2173 books
Necessary Conversations
Between Adult Children And Their Aging Parents
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
In this timely book, family counselors Gerald and Marlene Kaufman urge adult children and their parents to have direct conversations about the decisions that lie ahead as parents age. The Kaufmans suggest that families use their parents' retirement as the benchmark for having the first discussion...
Why Do I Pee When I Sneeze?
A Picture Book for Women Over the Age of 40
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
A simplistic, slightly cynical, yet realistic look into the life and mind of a woman struggling to cope with one of the the pressures of being a strong female - Aging.
Written by a woman who knows what women accomplish, who they love, and who loves them; matters more than the vain, beautification...
Aging in High Heels
Living a Life with Passion, Hope & Laughter
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2016
This book is part memoir and part inspiration, dealing with the subject of health, death of loved ones, forgetting, doctors' appointments, travel, exercise, nutrition, and more as you age. It is written with humor, and sometimes melancholy. It will resonate with those from their 50s through their...
by Matthew Minson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
The author of Prepare to Defend Yourself… How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life is back.
This time Matthew Minson, MD, turns a penetrating and whimsical eye on the medical and social aspects of aging in Prepare to Defend Yourself…How to Age Gracefully and Escape...
by Wilhelm Schmid
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
"Philosopher Schmid (High on Low) instructs readers on the art of aging gracefully and contentedly by embracing gelassenheit, a German concept denoting a relaxed attitude. Schmid provides 10 steps toward 'experiencing life's plenitude and accepting its temporal limits', including cultivating...
by Robert E. Levinson, Zelda Luxenberg, Carol Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
The loss of loved ones and the toll of aging is a natural part of the golden years. This beautifully told and memorable story shows us how to face loss with courage and how to face change with grace and intelligence. Acting with foresight and good judgment, the sunset of our lives can be a stage of...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book examines the process of population aging in China and its unique features, considers the social progress implied in China becoming a society with an aging population, and assesses the tremendous risks and challenges involved. Based on the development of pension security systems around the...
A Celebration!
Being Old In America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
My age fifty was a time of review of who I was and what I had become. I realized the world had an expectation of retirement, withdrawal, disengagement for people beyond this age. However, I was still vigorous and creative, very much unwilling to pull back. Between ages fifty and sixty I decided...
Younger (Sexier) You
Enjoy the Best Sex of Your Life AND Look and Feel Years Younger
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Just as he used the latest brain science to help tens of thousands reverse the effects of aging and achieve lasting weight loss, Dr. Eric Braverman now uses the most up-to-date research on hormones and the brain to explain how great sex contributes to great health, and vice versa. He explains that...
Role Reversal
How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
• 45 million people are currently caregivers to aging family members. • A growing number of baby boomers today are finding themselves “sandwiched” between caring for their own family and their parents. • The author weaves her personal experience taking care of her father with her professional...
Help! I'm Growing Old
Tips on Embracing & Enjoying Your Senior Years
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Growing old is not easy. Faced with issues such as retirement, declining physical health and the loss of peers, many find the later years daunting. Urged on by a desire to help others, author Chuah Tong-Ik spent a year researching on aging-related topics and has sieved out useful tips into this...
I've Decided to Live 120 Years
The Ancient Secret to Longevity, Vitality, and Life Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Finalist in the 2018 Foreword Reviews INDIES Awards in the Self-Help and the Body, Mind & Spirit categories. A Silver Winner in the Personal Growth category of the 2017 Nautilus Book Awards.
New York Times bestselling author and one of the most renowned meditation teachers in our time,...
by W. R. Klemm
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Get the most out of life as you age. You can improve your memory ability, now and for the future. This book explains that improving your memory can delay and may even prevent age-induced mental decline. Think of memory training as a form of preventive maintenance of your brain.
Authoritative,...
Activities in Action
Proceedings of the National Association of Activity Professionals 1990 Conference
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Here is an invaluable resource for activities professionals specializing in geriatrics. Activities in Action reflects the goals of the National Association of Activity Professionals in that it serves as a catalyst for professional and personal growth and provides a national forum on geriatric and...