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A trusted companion and go-to resource for everyone supporting someone at the end of life--from the moment we first learn that someone is dying through the time of death and beyond. Present through ……続きを見る

The CLEAR Dementia Care© model is an effective method of assessing behaviour that challenges, through an understanding that such behaviour may be a way of communicating unmet needs. This book explai……続きを見る

Alzheimer’s disease is a growing public health crisis. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, there are 5.4 million victims of this disease; by 2050, there will be close to 15 million people who ……続きを見る

Se o drama que marca o fim da vida atinge a todos, como trajetória a ser perfilada de modo inexorável, ele converte-se em tragédia quando experimentado pelos velhos que construíram sua carreira nos ……続きを見る

O Manual de Recreação para Cuidadores de Idosos oferece um guia prático para cuidadores em ambientes domiciliares ou institucionais, fornecendo recursos valiosos para o cuidado diário de indivíduos ……続きを見る

Além de proporcionar benefícios físicos, a participação em grupos de atividades físico-esportivas colabora no despertar e na manutenção da autoestima, da consciência corporal e na interação social. ……続きを見る

Livro que discute o significado da atividade física para o idoso, com base na abordagem fenomenológica. Na qualidade de método filosófico, a fenomenologia busca apreender como o sujeito vivencia a e……続きを見る

Em sua segunda edição, Coeducação entre gerações mostra como o lazer e a troca de experiências podem reduzir a segregação e o preconceito entre pessoas de idades muito distintas. A obra avalia criti……続きを見る

O envelhecimento com boa qualidade de vida é um tema que tem ganhado espaço na literatura mundial em virtude do crescente número de pessoas que passam a usufruir dessa etapa da vida. Estamos perante……続きを見る

Partindo do princípio de que não há juventude ou velhice no singular, mas diferentes realidades envolvendo jovens e velhos, a obra discute as diferenças sociais entre essas gerações em nosso país, p……続きを見る

Muitas pessoas têm o costume de dizer que há duas certezas na vida: nós nascemos e morreremos. Porém, mesmo sabendo disso, a morte é um assunto delicado sobre o qual se evita falar. Tércia Soares Sh……続きを見る

In this brutally honest portrait of what it's like to be a caregiver, Toronto writer Sonya K. Singh bravely serves up her own experience as a lifeline to others. Anyone who has felt the seismic chan……続きを見る

Life has a way of changing in the blink of an eye one day you’re calling your love one after they get off work or come home from the store and before you realize it time has slipped away or somethin……続きを見る

This handbook is aimed at clinicians and others who are engaged in caring for ageing adults with developmental disabilities. It is intended to inform understanding, promote assessment, assist in car……続きを見る

"It's best when the family decides." There is no guidebook on when, or how, to stop treatment of a terminal illness. Offered here is an intimate account of how the myriad end-of-life decisions affec……続きを見る

Effective communication is critical for everyone, and this insightful book teaches the skills needed by healthcare staff in their day-to-day interactions with people with dementia and their families……続きを見る

A Life Stolen is the gripping account of a father and daughter’s devastating, but inspiring journey through Alzheimer’s. It’s an inside look into the day-to-day challenges facing not only the patien……続きを見る

My nonfiction, self-help book, Caring for Someone You Love, deals with helping my father during the last year of his life. Healthy and active all his life, Dad suddenly took a fall at age 80 that re……続きを見る

A new study of Egypt's resources for elder care, and an exploration of the cultural and social attitudes that impact this ever-increasing need in modern society The Egyptian society is aging. Famili……続きを見る

Aging is a universal experience, and an individual one. But it is also a cultural phenomenon. Our ethnic and social background has a strong influence on how we deal with growing old. This collection……続きを見る

'Hi Dad . . . can we have a chat about your dementia . . . Can you remember how it started?' When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments . . . daft things, important thing……続きを見る

How to live a full and rewarding life after a dementia diagnosis. Keith Oliver was diagnosed with young onset dementia at the age of 55. Unaware at the time that dementia could affect people of this……続きを見る

It is estimated that five out of ten people turning 67 will use a nursing home at some point in their lives and many will need home care and other related services as well About two-thirds of people……続きを見る

‘De auteur geeft op heldere wijze voorlichting over dementie.’ Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie ‘Als u het gelezen hebt, kunt u erop rekenen dat door uw enthousiasme velen het van u willen le……続きを見る

Contemporary culture is permeated with the caustic message that nothing is more important than youth, and that the natural aging process is to be dreaded, denied, postponed, avoided at all costs. Th……続きを見る

With a foreword by Judy Woodruff, The Unexpected Journey of Caring is a practical guide to finding personal meaning in the 21st century care experience. Personal transformation is usually an experie……続きを見る

It can be hard to be self-compassionate towards ourselves. Yet we have no real problems to be compassionate and kind to others. We need to rethink this for optimal health. It's not that we shouldn't……続きを見る

'A must read' Sunday Express 'Heartbreaking and hopeful' Woman's Weekly 'A riveting and captivating new novel about the complexities of sibling relations' Grazia **'**Raw and hopeful, this book is a……続きを見る

Vittore Mariani - Marisa Musaio (edd.). Prefazione di Giuseppe Vico Il volume propone una riflessione pedagogica e metodologica finalizzata al miglioramento degli interventi all’interno delle reside……続きを見る

Working Daughter is a revelatory look at who’s caring for our aging population and how these unpaid family caregivers are trying to manage caring for their parents, raising their children, maintaini……続きを見る