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30 Lessons for Living

Author : Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452298482
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book 30 Lessons for Living written by Karl Pillemer, Ph.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Heartfelt and ever-endearing—equal parts information and inspiration. This is a book to keep by your bedside and return to often.”—Amy Dickinson, nationally syndicated advice columnist "Ask Amy" More than one thousand extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness. After a chance encounter with an extraordinary ninety-year-old woman, renowned gerontologist Karl Pillemer began to wonder what older people know about life that the rest of us don't. His quest led him to interview more than one thousand Americans over the age of sixty-five to seek their counsel on all the big issues- children, marriage, money, career, aging. Their moving stories and uncompromisingly honest answers often surprised him. And he found that he consistently heard advice that pointed to these thirty lessons for living. Here he weaves their personal recollections of difficulties overcome and lives well lived into a timeless book filled with the hard-won advice these older Americans wish someone had given them when they were young. Like This I Believe, StoryCorps's Listening Is an Act of Love, and Tuesdays with Morrie, 30 Lessons for Living is a book to keep and to give. Offering clear advice toward a more fulfilling life, it is as useful as it is inspiring.

Families Caring for an Aging America

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309448093
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.

Great Artists

Author : Charlotte Gerlings
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1477704086
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (777 download)

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Download or read book Great Artists written by Charlotte Gerlings and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The masters of the Renaissance to the abstract expressionists, this fascinating volume showcases the most influential Western artists from eight hundred years of art history. Featured artists include Michelangelo, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol. Full-color photographs of numerous works of art add to the books beauty, appeal, and informational value.

Publication

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

This Chair Rocks

Author : Ashton Applewhite
Publisher : Celadon Books
ISBN 13 : 1250297249
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book This Chair Rocks written by Ashton Applewhite and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their youthful appearance and vitality. Wrinkles are embarrassing. Gray hair should be colored and bald heads covered with implants. Older minds and bodies are too frail to keep up with the pace of the modern working world and olders should just step aside for the new generation. Ashton Applewhite once held these beliefs too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Explaining the roots of ageism in history and how it divides and debases, Applewhite examines how ageist stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function, looks at ageism in the workplace and the bedroom, exposes the cost of the all-American myth of independence, critiques the portrayal of elders as burdens to society, describes what an all-age-friendly world would look like, and offers a rousing call to action. It’s time to create a world of age equality by making discrimination on the basis of age as unacceptable as any other kind of bias. Whether you’re older or hoping to get there, this book will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride! “Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower, but this book has empowered me.” —Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author

The Power of Positive Aging

Author : David Lereah
Publisher : Quill Driver Books
ISBN 13 : 9781610353601
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Positive Aging written by David Lereah and published by Quill Driver Books. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans are unprepared for aging. The Power of Positive Aging is a training course to help you survive and thrive through the greatest challenge of your life--growing old. Americans now live longer than ever--a full 30 years longer than they did in the early 20th century. Our culture and personal expectations have not yet adapted to that change. These extra years can be a burden or an adventure, depending on your mental attitude. You can't fight the inevitable changes to your aging body, but author David Lereah says these changes are at worst inconveniences that won't prevent living a fulfilling life. Based on life lessons learned during Lereah's successful battle against cancer, The Power of Positive Aging gives readers a practical program of mental and spiritual exercises teaching mindfulness and acceptance, plus strategies for pursuing a balanced life and seeking and accepting social support. Based on timeless spiritual (but completely practical) principles, The Power of Positive Aging presents a concrete program of specific actions to put these principles into use in everyday life.

Bulletin

Author : United States. Office of Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by United States. Office of Education and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Home Sweet Home

Author : Dennis R. La Buda
Publisher : AAL Qualitylife Resources
ISBN 13 : 9780970150929
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Home Sweet Home written by Dennis R. La Buda and published by AAL Qualitylife Resources. This book was released on 2000 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do older adults really need to give up their homes and move to care facilities, or do they just need assistance in some very basic areas? This helpful book attempts to answer this all-important question and discusses other related issues. For anyone faced with this emotional decision, ""Home Sweet Home" may be the best book on the market" (Debra J. Sheets, R.N., Ph.D.).

Aging

Author : United States. Committee on Aging
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aging written by United States. Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Quarterly Review of the Michigan Alumnus

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Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Quarterly Review of the Michigan Alumnus written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1953 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section: "Some Michigan books."

Hearings

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 1580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Publications ...

Author : United States. Social Security Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Publications ... written by United States. Social Security Administration and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Practical Psychiatry of Old Age

Author : John Wattis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1489930299
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Practical Psychiatry of Old Age written by John Wattis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this book was suggested by Tom Arie, Professor of Health Care of the Elderly at the University of Nottingham. The seven years since the first edition of this book have seen a revolution in the way that Health Services in the United Kingdom are organized. One of the original co-authors, Mike Church, has moved on through several NHS posts to independent practice in the area of management consultancy. He has been replaced by Carol Martin, a lecturer in the Psychology of Old Age in our department. In addition to the changes in the NHS there has been an explosion in the knowledge base of old age psychiatry, with several journals now devoted to the subject. A new diagnostic classificatory system (ICD10) has also been launched. In preparing this second edition, we have tried to remain true to the spirit of the first edition, whilst incorporating new knowledge and the changing context of our practice. Throughout the text we have used the terms 'patient' and 'client' interchangeably. The people we serve are the same whatever we call them! We have also, generally, but not always referred to patients in the female gender, since this reflects the fact that more women than men survive into old age. We have ordered the book so that the basic background information and skills in approaching the problems of old age are dealt with first.

Group Work and Aging

Author : Roberta K Graziano
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135429669
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Group Work and Aging written by Roberta K Graziano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a wealth of information about the theory and practice of social work with older adults, their families, and their caregivers! Although there is a considerable amount of writing on both group work and social work with the elderly, there is surprisingly little about applying this practice method to this specific age group. Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education fills this gap by presenting penetrating articles about a mutual aid approach to working with diverse groups of older adults with varied needs. Respected experts and gifted researchers provide case studies, practice examples, and explanation of theory to illustrate this practice method with aging adults, their families, and their caregivers. Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education discusses in-depth information on group work with gay and lesbian elders, caregivers, elders with Alzheimer’s disease, service providers, special populations such as Vietnamese and Latino/a elders, and provides information on the use of expressive therapies like art, drama, and dance. Each well-referenced chapter presents high quality, up-to-date social group work practice strategies to prepare practitioners for the needs of the growing population of elderly in the near future. Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education discusses: the adaptation of group work practice approaches when working with older group members the use of a Record of Service as an analytical tool in group work with aging lesbians a chronicle of a student’s field placement at a drop-in center for homeless senior citizens the sociocultural reality of the Asian immigrant elderly residential substance abuse treatment for older adults mutual aid groups for older persons with mental illness the relationship between caregiver support groups and the marker framework of family caregiving telephone caregiver support groups group work interventions with elderly parents of adults with severe mental illness a program for the development and implementation of an intergenerational singing group support groups as an effective therapy at end-of-life the use of a mutual aid group with home attendants and much more! Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education reveals the latest examples of good group work practice with aging adults and their support systems, perfect for practitioners, educators, and anyone interested in and/or work with older adults.

A Time of Progress for Older Americans

Author : President's Council on Aging (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book A Time of Progress for Older Americans written by President's Council on Aging (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Community Nursing Home

Author : Hirsh Kaplan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Community Nursing Home written by Hirsh Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America

Author : Jesse F. Ballenger
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801888883
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America written by Jesse F. Ballenger and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Jesse F. Ballenger traces the emergence of senility as a cultural category from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s, a period in which Alzheimer's disease became increasingly associated with the terrifying prospect of losing one's self. Changes in American society and culture have complicated the notion of selfhood, Ballenger finds. No longer an ascribed status, selfhood must be carefully and willfully constructed. Thus, losing one's ability to sustain a coherent self-narrative is considered one of life's most dreadful losses. As Ballenger writes "senility haunts the landscape of the self-made man." Stereotypes of senility and Alzheimer's disease are related to anxiety about the coherence, stability, and agency of the self—stereotypes that are transforming perceptions of old age in modern America. Drawing on scientific, clinical, policy, and popular discourses on aging and dementia, Ballenger explores early twentieth-century concepts of aging and the emergence of gerontology to understand and distinguish normal aging from disease. In addition, he examines American psychiatry's approaches to the treatment of senility and scientific attempts to understand the brain pathology of dementia. Ballenger's work contributes to our understanding of the emergence and significance of dementia as a major health issue.