Aging category: 2173 books
Measure of the Heart
A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
Mary Ellen Geist decided to leave her job as a CBS Radio anchor to return home to Michigan when her father's Alzheimer's got to be too much for her mother to shoulder alone. She chose to live her life by a different set of priorities: to be guided by her heart, not by outside accomplishment and recognition.
The...
Age Is Just a Number
Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
From legendary Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres comes a motivational, inspirational memoir about staying fit, aging gracefully, and pursuing your dreams.
Dara Torres captured the hearts and minds of Americans of all ages when she launched her Olympic comeback as a new mother at the age of...
Life with Pop
Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
From bestselling author and clinical psychologist Janis Abrahms Spring comes a refreshingly honest and tender portrait of a devoted daughter caring for her father through his final years of life
After her mother died, Janis Abrahms Spring "inherited" her father-Pop- and set off on...
Clean Your House Before You Go
Staying Home, #3
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Aging has many of us looking to the past and focusing on loss. This book was written help families have the time to grieve without having to deal with the death twice.
Have you or someone you know had to live through the death of a close family member? That is one of the most difficult...
Shut Up and Live! (You Know How)
A 93-Year-Old's Guide to Living to a Ripe Old Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
A fun, spirited celebration of life from a woman who proves you can live vibrantly no matter how old you are.
Marion P. Downs learned to ski at the age of fifty. On her fifty-first birthday, she stood at the top of a steep black diamond slope, afraid to go down the hill for the first time....
My Mother, Your Mother
What to Expect As Parents Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
What's the right thing to do for mom and dad as they get older?
Thanks to advances in science and medicine, more of our parents are living longer than ever before. And though we are rewarded with more time with the people we love, we are also faced with new sets of complications—more diseases,...
Green Leaves for Later Years
The Spiritual Path of Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2012
"What wisdom do I bring to the later years? Nothing more than the wisdom of dwelling in the present moment. No more than the courage of God's promises. Nothing more than the courage to walk through sorrow. No more than the unlimited future of God's love." So, Emilie Griffin, author, teacher,...
Being Esther
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
A wonderful fiction debut, Being Esther gives voice to Esther Lustig, an extraordinary woman who has lived a conventional life, in this touching exploration of aging. In spare, unsentimental prose, Miriam Karmel provides readers with one of literature’s finest portraits of the last months of a woman’s...
Keep It Moving
Lessons for the Rest of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2019
One of the world’s leading artists—a living legend—and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets for harnessing vitality and finding purpose as you age. From insight to action, Keep It Moving is a guidebook for expanding one’s possibilities over the course of a lifetime.
At...
by Kelly Dupree
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Learn how you can provide in-home care for your elderly parent while still keeping your peace of mind. Stop the undo worry and stress you feel when it is necessary to leave your elderly parent home alone. Understand how important it is to ensure an aging adult does not begin to feel useless or in-the-way....
Train the Brain
Use It or Lose It
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
Keep your brain in shape with these entertaining brainteasers!
Scientific research shows that your brain needs exercise just like the rest of your body. Solving simple, short challenges is an excellent way for everyone to help sharpen the mind, improve memory, and slow down the brain?s aging...
Civic Engagement and the Baby Boomer Generation
Research, Policy, and Practice Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Discover a vital source of volunteers for your organization
By the year 2020, there will be 65 million people aged 65 and over living in the United States-a new generation of active older adults expecting to use the expertise, experience, and life skills they’ve gained to make valuable contributions...
Winning In The Last Inning
How to Grow Old, Stay Independent and Financially Solvent
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
A helpful book for anyone involved in caregiving for the elderly or disabled. Long term care is an approaching tsunami which the country and most families/individuals can't afford. Disruption in the approaches and methodology of long term care will occur. Understanding these changes and adapting to...
You Gotta Have Girlfriends
A Post-Fifty Posse Is Good for Your Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
A brief, lively, and relatable guide to improving your health through friendship
One of the best things a woman can do for her health, especially after the age of fifty, is nurture her relationships with her girlfriends. New studies show that women can change one another’s brain chemistry...