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"For as long as Elizabeth can remember, she has watched her father trail after her mother, kissing her multiple times a day and holding her hand. She watched her mother smooth the lines in her father's face and pay attention to his every move, even when she was desperate for some time to herself. When her parents began to age, Elizabeth and her siblings are placed in the difficult position of taking over more and more supportive roles and tasks. They...
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Dk Pub
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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A reference that offers constructive, illustrated guidance for first time and beginning caregivers, including information on essential first aid, advice on selecting professional help when needed, and dealing with a variety of common conditions.
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Explores the beautiful and complicated mother-daughter relationship in the context of caregiving for an ill or aging mother and offers tips and suggestions for overcoming the more difficult aspects while celebrating and cherishing the more comforting features"--
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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A leading expert on the psychology of aging discusses how our individual beliefs about aging can have a profound effect on our life expectancy and offers stunning new revelations about the mind-body connection.
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"As the first generation of gay men enters its autumn years, these men's responses to the physical and emotional tolls of aging promise to be as revolutionary as their advances in AIDS and civil rights activism. Older gay men's approaches to friendship, caregiving, romantic and sexual relationships, illness, and bereavement is upending conventional wisdom regarding the aging process, LGBTQ communities, and the entire field of gerontology. QUEER AGING...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The author is a geriatrician who provides readers with inside information about the aging process. She details what to expect, what's normal and what's not, and what options there are when adapting to getting older"--
A geriatrician, Leipzig provides readers with inside information about the aging process. She details what to expect, what's normal, what's not-- and what options there are when adapting to getting older. By recognizing age-related...
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"From PBS personality and injury prevention and recovery specialist Miranda Esmond-White comes an eye-opening guide to anti-aging, arming readers with tools they need to turn back the hands of time"--
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A prominent surgeon argues against modern medical practices that extend life at the expense of quality of life while isolating the dying, outlining suggestions for freer, more fulfilling approaches to death that enable more dignified and comfortable choices.
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English
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In her most candid and revealing book yet, acclaimed broadcast journalist and Baby Boomer Joan Lunden delves into the various phases of aging that leave many feeling uncomfortable, confused, and on edge. In her hilarious book, Lunden takes the dull and depressing out of aging, replacing it with wit and humor. After all, laughing is better than crying--unless it makes you pee! Whether you're in your 40s, 50s, 60s, or more, this book is full of helpful...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"How do some people avoid the slowing down, deteriorating, and weakening that plagues many of their peers decades earlier? Are they just lucky? Or do they know something the rest of us don't? Is it possible to grow older without getting sicker? What if you could look and feel fifty through your eighties and nineties? Founder of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and one of the leading pioneers of longevity...
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The Experiment
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"A heartfelt and humorous guide of over 200 A-to-Z sage wisdoms filled with the unfiltered opinions and preoccupations of seniors today, such as "Secrets are not all that safe when we grow forgetful about who we're not supposed to share them with" and "Respect should be accorded us for our sheer survival, if not for our achievements.""--
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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A 30-day anti-aging program for rapid results using the fundamental movements and principles of the bestselling Aging Backwards, featuring an accelerated program for turning back the clock. The field of aging research has exploded with new clinical findings. Many misconceptions about aging -- including the beliefs that disease, immobility, and pain are inevitable -- have been debunked. Today, we know that the choices we make, from what we eat to how...
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2023.
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English
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"Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestselling author of the How Not to Die series When Dr. Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts.org, dove into the top peer-reviewed anti-aging medical research, he realized that diet could regulate every one of the most promising strategies for combating the effects of aging. We don't need Big Pharma to keep us feeling young-we already have the tools....
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Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Both hilarious and helpful, this practical and unapologetic health and lifestyle guide tells it like it is for women who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in their golden years.
As they age, men get the gravitas of becoming "distinguished" while women become invisible. Hecht and Goldberg provide a lively conversation about growing older with no apologies. They believe that the world needs more...
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