Aging category: 2173 books
The Back Nine
Life Beyond Retirement
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
In 1982, Doug Manning wrote his first book dealing with the issues and decisions to be faced with aging loved ones, When Love Gets Tough. He was fifty-years-old at the time and wrote from the experiences he had dealt with as a pastor, a counselor and with his own family. He brought a great deal of wisdom...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population creates a foundation for an interdisciplinary discussion of the trajectory of disability and long-term care for older people of Mexican-origin from a bi-national perspective. Although the literature on Latino elders in the United States...
by June Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
"This is the most inspiring book I've read in ages." "I read this book twice and know I'll read it again."
Comments like these continue to come in about this book that shows an ordinary woman's journey toward blossoming into personal fulfillment that began during her senior...
Beyond Elder Law
New Directions in Law and Aging
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
All over the world, there is a growing interest in the relationship between law and aging: How does the law influence the lives of older people? Can rights, advocacy and representation advance the social position of the aged and combat ageism? What are the new and cutting-edge frontiers in the field...
Love's Way
Living Peacefully with Your Family as Your Parents Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
This important book helps families address the necessary legal hurdles and emotional difficulties that arise with aging parents. Addressing the areas of relationships, emotions, and dignity with practical and scriptural insights, this book will help to ensure that the aging parent is protected along...
by Sophia Roets
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
No one wants to get older, but we all do. Here we discuss ways to help us keep the effects of aging at bay. General healthy living keeps the body young for longer. While it is true that a healthy body houses a healthy mind, there are many different ways to keep the mind healthy, alert and focused....
Beyond Beautiful
Using the Power of Your Mind and Aesthetic Breakthroughs to Look Naturally Young and Radiant
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
"The Skin Whisperer." --Dr. Oz, Professor of Surgery, Columbia University
"Dr. Day will show you how to put the brakes on the aging process." --Barbara Walters, award-winning television anchor, producer, and journalist
Dermatologist-to-the-stars Doris Day, MD, explains...
by Walter Parks
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Medical science and the unraveling of the human genome have, and are, providing us with great insights into how our bodies work and how we are susceptible to diseases and the aging process.
Our new understandings now allow us to significantly increase our healthy longevity. And when we take...
Anti-Aging
The Anti-Aging Guide to Healthy Skin and the Fountain of Youth
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
by Donald Lamp
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2014
an anti-aging guide that gives advice on how a woman can prevent aging. It's the ultimate anti-aging guide on the market!
Take My Hand Again
A Faith-Based Guide for Helping Aging Parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
The guide the author wishes she had when she took on a caretaker role By 2020, the senior population in this country will number over 115 million. Despite this persistent "graying" of America, few adult children feel prepared to take on the role of caregiver for aging parents. Those who discover they...
Caresharing
A Reciprocal Approach to Caregiving and Care Receiving in the Complexities of Aging, Illness or Disability
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Rebalancing the Roles in Caregiving So All Involved Are Supported
"When you care for someone who is dealing with the complexities of aging, illness, or disability, you share intense emotions and form deep bonds. You each have the opportunity to recognize what is most deeply human—and...
Introduction to Senior Transportation
Enhancing Community Mobility and Transportation Services
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Introduction to Senior Transportation focuses on an issue that is a growing concern—the community mobility needs of older adults. Surpassing the coverage available in existing gerontology textbooks, it enables the reader to understand and appreciate the challenges faced by older adults as they make...
Freewheeling after Sixty
Design Your Personalized Transportation System
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
We’ve all heard about “The Keys Talk.” An important conversation to have; however gerontologist and aging expert Judi Bonilla asks us to have another conversation. What if we ask driver to examine “What does driving mean to you?” In Freewheeling after Sixty, Bonilla asks us to reframe our...