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Offers insight into healthcare practices, identifying the cellular sources of aging and illness and revealing that aggressive treatments provide an illusion of control and survivability at the cost of life quality.
"Bestselling author ... Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better. A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL...
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"Where there is stress, or receding hairlines and liver spots, there is humor." -John McPherson
More than one third of the world's population is officially over the hill, while the rest of us are quickly approaching its summit.
Be it the ritual hazing of new residents at Spring Meadow Retirement Center that requires retirees to drink 25 shots of prune juice, or the oxymoronic humor involved in the publication of the "1st Annual Swimsuit Edition of...
3) Daddy's Home
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It warms your heart to hear them running across the house as you walk through the door after a long day at work to your kid screaming with glee, "Daddy's home!" From chasing a speedy toddler around the house as you try to wrangle her into a bath, to the insistent wiggling as then you try to fight her to go to sleep next to you at bedtime, this small glimpse of the working-dad life will warm your heart and have you cherish the little crazy moments...
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In diesem Buch berichten Ehrenamtliche des Malteser Hospizdienstes, die schwerkranke und sterbende Menschen begleiten, von ihren Erfahrungen. Diese Begegnungen sind sehr unterschiedlich, einige dauern nur wenige Stunden, andere Monate oder sogar Jahre. Geprägt sind sie von der Nachdenklichkeit über das Vergangene und über das Sterben. Es gibt aber auch das befreiende Lachen, die tief empfundene Freude und den Trost, den man gibt und empfängt....
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In diesem Buch hatten wir versucht, die verschiedenen besten Punkte zu behandeln, die bei der Überwindung des Alterns helfen können. Dieses Buch hat ungefähr 10000 Wörter. Die Hauptüberschriften in diesem Buch sind wie folgt geschrieben: - Was ist an uns, dass wir nicht besser auf uns selbst aufpassen? Es gibt zwei Arten von Menschen auf der Welt. Sind Sie über dem Alter von 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, oder sogar mehr als das? Menschliche...
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I wrote this as a tribute to my mother, a humble and gently unassuming housewife and mother who loved and understood everything about life and all of its great mysteries. Although Alzheimer's disease relentlessly and ruthlessly ravaged both her mind and body, her soul remained untouched and pure. This book chronicles her struggles, which certainly impacted the lives of everyone for both the better and the worse. In the end, though, her final lasting...
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In early April 2021, I was having a conversation with my son Ryan about his friend's business in domain names. On a whim, Ryan said, "Watch this, Dad!" and purchased the domain name ronaldhogrefe.com for me as a present. Having never read a blog and looking for a learning opportunity, I started experimenting with writing a few blog posts. With an upcoming month-long trip, I decided that this would offer an opportunity to practice and, in the process,...
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Olders' Voices describes what it's like to become and to be older. Twenty-nine people tell their stories. They are in their 70s and 80s, one 99, and one 68. People from all over the United States and one from Canada talk about their feelings and well-being now and what they did before they were older. They come from a wide variety of professions and occupations and a wide variety of experiences and beliefs. This is a book for olders to read so they...
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Insights on Caring for Any Aging Parent• Timely guidance for the challenges• Encouragement for the journeyYou had plans for this time in your life, but now a parent needs care. It's a confusing, stressful, and exhausting time. But it can also be a time of remarkable spiritual growth. Loving Your Parents When They Can No Longer Love You helps you navigate your role as caregiver with God's grace and guidance. And it alerts you to the difficult issues...
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Older adults require living arrangements tailored to their personal needs and wishes, which often change over time. This poses ongoing challenges to you as a caregiver. To help you face these head-on, this book provides information about services and facilities that may prove beneficial to your aging loved one. We explore independence, comfort, and safety issues to help you make an informed decision that balances your loved one's best interest with...
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In diesem fesselnden Buch erkundet Viktoria J. Weber, eine renommierte Ernährungsberaterin und erfahrene Naturheilpraktikerin, die faszinierende und kontroverse Verbindung zwischen Natriumkarbonat und der Krebsbekämpfung. Durch jahrzehntelange Überlieferungen und modernste wissenschaftliche Forschung hebt sie den Schleier über der Wahrheit hinter diesem kontroversen Thema. Mit einer Mischung aus Sachverstand und kritischem Denken lädt dieses...
12) The Making of an Elder Culture: Reflections on the Future of America's Most Audacious Generation
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The author of The Making of a Counter Culture delves into how the baby boomers can take on the unfinished business of their rebellious youth.
The Summer of Love. Vietnam. Woodstock. These are the milestones of the baby boomer generation Theodore Roszak chronicled in his 1969 breakthrough book The Making of a Counter Culture. Part of an unprecedented longevity revolution, those boomers form the most educated, most socially conscientious, politically...
13) AARP Meditations for Caregivers: Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family
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An AARP book for caregivers combining day-to-day advice and uplifting guidance in a daily meditations format.
Family care giving has its challenges: emotional overload, time constraints, anxiety, burnout, missed work, adult sibling conflicts, and marital issues. AARP Meditations for Caregivers blends emotional and spiritual motivation to minimize the strains while helping caregivers view their work as a mission from the heart. Chapters are organized...
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To all the brave and compassionate sons, daughters, husbands, and wives, there is help. Sophia has been a caregiver for over twenty years all over and has long-term experience in caring for dementia patients. Once you have been a caregiver, it is something that sticks with you for the rest of your life. There is no doubt once you meet that sweet man or woman, you then know you are ready to dedicate yourself to that family. Sophia is the first to admit...
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In her new memoir, Vignettes on Life: Reflections of a Septuagenarian, Carol Harkavy has combined her love of writing, her journal entries spanning forty-five years, and her timeless wisdom to create a book of reflections and life lessons. She invites readers to take a peek into her humor, hopes, dreams, frustrations, fears, and anxieties that are openly revealed in this no-holds-barred, coming-of-old-age memoir.
The author's goal is to impress upon...
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The secret to happiness, longevity, and living on is through mentoring the next generation.
In How to Live Forever, Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman tells the story of his thirty-year quest to answer some of contemporary life's most urgent questions: With so many living so much longer, what is the meaning of the increasing years beyond 50? How can a society with more older people than younger ones thrive? How do we find happiness when we...
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Journalist William J. Kole, reluctant but newly minted member of AARP, explores the looming era of super-aging-incredibly longer lifespans overall, and eight times more centenarians by the year 2050-through the lens of past, present, and future life at ages 50, 65, 80, and on to 100-plus. What happens to all of us when 65 is merely a life half-lived?By 2050, the world's centenarian population-those aged 100 or more-will increase eightfold. Half of...
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"Mary Morency and Jeannette Lalonde are leading the way to a better life in retirement. Rethinking Retirement is an essential resource for new and existing retirees as well as professionals helping others prepare for life after work. The book is chalked full of personal insights and practical exercises that inject fresh ideas and energy into the retirement transition." - Robert Laura, Founder of the Retirement Coaches AssociationYou are probably going...
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Mary Morency et Jeannette Lalonde sont des chefs de file d'une vie meilleure à la retraite. Leur livre Repenser la retraite est une ressource essentielle pour les personnes qui entament leur retraite et les retraités de plus longue date, ainsi que pour les professionnels qui aident les gens à se préparer à la vie après le travail. Le livre regorge de réflexions personnelles et d'exercices pratiques qui apportent des idées nouvelles et une...
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Post-College Ready is for the parents, family members, and supporters who have answered late-night calls, advocated for their students, attended family weekends, and are ready to launch their almost-adult child into the post-college world.
There are many books out there about what college is like. There is also information about what adulthood is like. But what about the transition from one to another? How are students supposed to know what's...
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