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The journey of self-care and spousal care as portrayed in this non-fiction story is thoughtful, intelligent and questioning. It is like a dialogue about a stage in life and disease that is occurring in many households. The ability to articulate the feelings, facts and relationship creates a rich texture of life. The author seamlessly entwines the love story of a couple whose relationship is tested and redefined by dementia with the raw, earnest insights...
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Las técnicas proyectivas se han usado principalmente en los niños, ya que a través del dibujo manifiestan la creatividad, las emociones y plasman todo aquello que sienten o imaginan.
Los dibujos infantiles son los trazos más puros, libres, creativos e instintivos.
Los niños necesitan crear y perderse en su fantasía, y a través de los dibujos encuentran el modo de manifestar el inconsciente sin apenas darse cuenta. Esto también ocurre en los...
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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...
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L'auteur aborde le vieillissement et la société en changement pour faire le point sur son propre vieillissement et sur les changements dans les valeurs de la société québécoise qu'il a pu observer.
Il présente le sujet du point de vue d'une personne âgée qui vit le processus de vieillissement et qui a vécu les divers événements qui ont transformé la société québécoise. Ce point de vue ne se limite pas à sa vision et à son expérience....
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Laura Mariah, Momee Alberta, Mariah Marie and Mary, searched their subconscious minds of self-awareness, an inward mental journey to find ever elusive true love and happiness! Their quest was captured by a heartless fate that bombarded their lives with tears of sadness, for uncertain splendor faded with the passage of time! Their venture of sensual erotica to siege the elixor of living ecstasy and transform their desolate hearts into rejuvenated flowers...
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Why do we believe that aging is the cause of most of our problems as we get older? Age and aging actually have much less to do with it than you think. Live Young, Think Young, Be Young challenges our assumptions and beliefs about aging, and provides a fresh, new understanding of how and why we grow old. It will make you think differently about little things in your daily life that accelerate the three "mega" causes of getting old. In the end, this...
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The Last Things We Talk About gives readers and their loved ones the opportunity as death approaches to affirm, celebrate, and remember the people and experiences they cherish in life.
The author guides readers step-by-step through the process of making aging and death-related decisions. This includes defining personal values and wishes as well as planning for practical medical, financial, and legal considerations.
This book will help readers:
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Stardust is, given the name Surya throughout the book and appears, as many characters through space, time and culture as men or women, the earth, nature, and universal energy. The interplay of destiny, free will and choice is, shown in several stories of Surya on his or her spiritual journey through many lives. This takes us on a journey through a number of cultures and we are encouraged to see life thought many different eyes, minds and experiences.
This...
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Madeline Orsini had retired as Executive Director of Magnolia Garden, an exclusive assisted living facility in Charleston, South Carolina. Her life's dream of a husband and children long ago crushed by a savage assault, Madeline had resigned herself to a life of solitary contemplation of what might have been. However, a seemingly inconsequential project conceived by Jane Lincoln, Madeline's replacement, to construct family trees for residents of Magnolia...
91) 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...
92) 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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How can Silas French be homophobic? He's playing Santa on a gay cruise.
After thirteen years of not talking to his grown-up son, Joey, New Yorker Silas gets worrying health news, meaning the coming holiday season might be his last chance to make things right.
A job onboard the Crown Atlantic Holiday Wonderland Cruise finds him bound for Florida in the company of 3000 gay men-and one woman.
Will Joey welcome his estranged father or slam the door?
And...
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Johann Christoph Arnold, admired by such prominent spiritual and inspirational leaders as Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Cardinal Dolan, Pete Seeger, and many more, offers answers to the question: Why shouldn't growing older be rewarding? Arnold, whose books have helped over a million readers through life's challenges, shows us the spiritual riches that age has to offer. Now in his seventies, Arnold finds himself personally facing the challenges of...
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I wrote this book for the person whose loved one requires additional assistance in searching for a place to live out their golden years. Whether they are your parent, partner, or sibling, know that you're not alone in your search. This book will be a useful tool that you can carry with you and gather information you need to make well-informed and wise decisions with or on behalf of your loved one when searching for an assisted living facility. Currently,...
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Jesus Christ is the light and the life of this world, He came down from heaven to show us the light. Christ is the true light that shines forever and no darkness can comprehend it. Jesus Christ is the light of this world, the government is on his shoulders. Believe in Him You will have life, life everlasting.
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Roughly 40 percent of the female population in the United States is in those middle years when perimenopausal symptoms have already taken hold, or they are in the throes of menopause. Another 15 percent are defined medically as post-menopausal. In other words, the root word menopause sticks around as a descriptor for more than half a woman's life and it currently is "stuck" to about 65 percent of the female population. That's 102 million people.
Menopause...
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Sooner or later your parents will need to move, they know it and you know it. So, why is no one talking about it?
Even in the best of situations moving can be extremely stressful. Now add the additional stressors of health issues and physical limitations, time pressures, and financial considerations that can come with aging. Sprinkle in a lack of planning and a strong desire not to discuss what's next with our parents, and you have the making of...
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While Being Mortal (Atul Gawande) helped us understand disease and death, and Successful Aging (Daniel J. Levitin) showed us older years can be a time of joy and resilience, Happily Ever Older reveals how the right living arrangements can create a vibrancy that defies age or ability.
Reporter Moira Welsh has spent years investigating retirement homes and long-term care facilities and wants to tell the dangerous stories. Not the accounts of falls...
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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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