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"The Residents and Other Unique Seniors" is a collection of stories taken from real-life experiences, shared lovingly by the author from her days as a certified nursing assistant. The reader will me……続きを見る

Este trabajo de investigacin procura abarcar el impacto fsico, social y emocional que tiene el maltrato en personas envejecidas desde la perspectiva de cinco profesionales de la salud que hayan trab……続きを見る

Introduction to Senior Transportation focuses on an issue that is a growing concernーthe community mobility needs of older adults. Surpassing the coverage available in existing gerontology textbooks……続きを見る

In this e-book, I have tried to explain how to reorganize your life so that you cultivate a positive mindset. The worst thing you can do is to expect that your life will be the same after being diag……続きを見る

The worst thing you can do is to expect that your life will be the same after being diagnosed with a chronic illness. Your life will be different, and the quicker you accept this, the better. Instea……続きを見る

Watching Momma Die is a true story telling not only the heartache and sadness but also the hope that takes place as the journey toward the end of life occurs. It is a story that tells of the guts it……続きを見る

Are You Ready to Retire? If you are in your 50's or 60's and approaching retirement, this book is a must for you! Within the next two decades, 75 million baby boomers are expected to retire. They ar……続きを見る

When aging parents start needing help living safely at home, you can be in for a big surprise. The help available can be more expensive than you ever imagined. And some of the resources available, n……続きを見る

While the themes of elder abuse, alcoholism, depression, and dementia develop in the novel, Mixed Nuts, humor, hope, and love also abide with the residents of Pear Blossom Plaza. The character-drive……続きを見る

When Dr. David Kirkpatrick’s wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2007, their livesーand their marriageーwould change forever. In an honest, uplifting, and sometimes heartbreaking account ……続きを見る

Dieses Buch ist die Fortsetzung der beiden Bände »Horror Segen Intensivstation« und »Hilfeschrei – und Du, Gott?« Im ersten Buch habe ich vom Herzinfarkt meines Mannes, seinem anschließenden halbjäh……続きを見る

Edith Zeile, Jahrgang 1936, studierte Anglistik in Heidelberg und London und lehrte am Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprachenphilologie der Universität und an der Universität Pittsburgh, USA. Schon ……続きを見る

Die Krankheit Demenz verändert die Persönlichkeit und stellt auch die Angehörigen vor große Herausforderungen. Elisabeth Stindl-Nemec hat ihren Ehemann durch die einzelnen Phasen der Krankheit begle……続きを見る

Deborah Crowe’s autobiographical, humorous look at the world, “The Darling Menopause”, begins in August 2014… Set in sunny Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I chronicle my menopausal journey of the past 4 ye……続きを見る

This is a narrative driven SHORT, SHORT STORY of a sixty-one-year-old woman who struggles to endure the lack of intimacy in her marriage. 続きを見る

Re-Designing Your Life: A Practical Spirituality for the Second Half of Life is a timely and engaging book for living out the second half of your life with spiritual integrity. In this study you are……続きを見る

“Illness, in the larger sense of mortality,” Don Hardy writes, “is an inescapable shared trait among all living creatures, and we humans know about it, whether or not we want to talk about it.” Beca……続きを見る

The actress Bette Davis once said, Old age is no place for sissies. Ms. Davis knew of what she spoke since she lived to a ripe old age of eighty-one years. Geezer at Largea tongue-in-cheek titlepres……続きを見る

No one wants to have to second-guess how a loved one wants to be cared for at the end of his or her life, but that hasnt stopped some families from being torn apart by that very question. Gay Lyn Bi……続きを見る

An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She wa……続きを見る

“Not buying it, huh?” My mother acknowledged her assertion that the woman she pointed out at the rehab center as being her dead husband was a bit of a stretch. But this was the kind of conversation ……続きを見る

Beatrice e Michele sono sposati da 25 anni. La loro vita, apparentemente perfetta, viene resa tale anche dalla presenza dei due figli Leonardo e Margherita. Qualcosa però, o qualcuno, arriverà a rom……続きを見る

Riuscire a ridere dei problemi degli italiani divisi ad arte tra pseudoidee destrorse e sinistrorse ed inglobati in un claustrofobico ufficio frequentato da noi stessi mentre viviamo il nostro conte……続きを見る

Chi sono le "anime smarrite" e perché cerchiamo di tenerle il più possibile lontane da noi invece che tentare di aiutarle? Caterina è una giovane infermiera che presta servizio presso Villa Ebe, una……続きを見る

L’invecchiamento è una fase della vita di ogni persona. Come tale va vissuta e occupata. Bisogna sapere come arrivarci nelle migliori condizioni, come prevenire e allontanare nel tempo malanni e dif……続きを見る

C’è una donna anziana, in una stanza buia, che attende la fine. C’è il ricordo di lei bambina, della sua infanzia felice, della famiglia, della danza, degli amici, della scuola, della scoperta di un……続きを見る

Il mio diario intimo e personale che facilmente potrebbe essere il diario di ciascun lettore. Facile trovare tra queste righe quel che voi stessi vedreste sbirciando dal buco della serratura della v……続きを見る

Il futuro di un’importante agenzia pubblicitaria è affidato al successo del suo più azzardato e ambizioso progetto, cui è legata non solo la sorte dell’azienda ma anche quella degli uomini che l’han……続きを見る

“Mi porterebbe a casa, adesso?” chiede mia madre. Mi dà del lei, non ha idea di chi io sia. E' opinione comune che la demenza sottragga alle persone la memoria, ma fa ben più di questo. La demenza s……続きを見る

Ogni storia ha come protagonista una donna costretta ad affrontare una cocente delusione, un forte dolore che potrebbero trasformarsi in un vero e proprio "veleno per la mente". Ognuna di loro si tr……続きを見る