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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with old age
You are what you eat. Food and diet have an enormous influence on
your health and well-being, but eating the right amount of the
right things - and not too much of the wrong things - isn't easy.
But, as in most walks of life, knowledge is power. This book will
empower you to eat healthily, lose weight, and sort the fads from
the science facts. This is the New Scientist take on a New Year,
New You book: an eye-opening and myth-busting guide to everything
from sugar to superfoods, from fasting to eating like a caveman and
from veganism to your gut microbiome. Forget faddy diet books or
gimmicky exercise programs, this is what is scientifically proven
to make you live longer and to be healthier and happier.
Deep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library
hosts a monthly book club. Ruth the librarian fears she's too old
to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley's Lover makes
her think again. Aurora doesn't feel seventy-two and longs to
relive the excitement of her youth, while Verity is getting
increasingly tired of her husband Mark's grumpiness and wonders if
their son's imminent flight from the nest might be just the moment
for her to fly too. And Danielle is fed up with her cheating
husband. Surely life has more in store for her than to settle for
second best? The glue that holds Combe Pomeroy together is Jeannie.
Doyenne of the local cider farm and heartbeat of her family and
community, no one has noticed that Jeannie needs some looking after
too. Has the moment for her to retire finally arrived, and if so,
what does her future hold? From a book club French exchange trip,
to many celebrations at the farm, this is the year that everything
changes, that lifelong friendships are tested, and for some of the
women, they finally get the love they deserve. Judy Leigh is back
with her unmistakable recipe of friendship and fun, love and
laughter. The perfect feel-good novel for all fans of Dawn French,
Dee Macdonald and Cathy Hopkins. Readers love Judy Leigh: 'Loved
this from cover to cover, pity I can only give this 5 stars as it
deserves far more.' 'The story's simply wonderful, the theme of
second chances will resonate whatever your age, there's something
for everyone among the characters, and I do defy anyone not to have
a tear in their eye at the perfect ending.' 'With brilliant
characters and hilarious antics, this is definitely a cosy read
you'll not want to miss.' 'A lovely read of how life doesn't just
end because your getting old.' 'A great feel-good and fun story
that made me laugh and root for the characters.' Praise for Judy
Leigh: 'Brilliantly funny, emotional and uplifting' Miranda
Dickinson 'Lovely . . . a book that assures that life is far from
over at seventy' Cathy Hopkins bestselling author of The Kicking
the Bucket List 'Brimming with warmth, humour and a love of life...
a wonderful escapade' Fiona Gibson
Designed to help caregivers understand how to cope with and
overcome the overwhelming challenges that arise while caregiving
for a loved one-especially an aging parent-Role Reversal is a
comprehensive guide to navigating the enormous daily challenges
faced by caregivers. In these pages, Waichler blends her personal
experience caring for her beloved father with her forty years of
expertise as a patient advocate and clinical social worker. The
result is a book offering invaluable information on topics ranging
from estate planning to grief and anger to building a support
network and finding the right level of care for your elderly
parent.
"Flip-flops After 50 "will amuse, enlighten, and provoke readers to
think about the topics that affect all of us. Who hasn't dealt with
the emotions from family events, stress from lousy jobs, or the
bittersweet feelings when the kids leave home? Not to mention body
image, high school reunions, and parenting. Eastman's
conversational style and easy humor tackle the sublime and the
ridiculous, the sacred and the profane. After a certain age--and
it's no secret that it's 50--Eastman argues that attitudes change
for the better. Making decisions gets easier, although there's no
guarantee that life does. Even so, her writing allows us to take a
look at our own issues with the reassuring handholding of a
confidante.
When Hollis Giammatteo sought a job working with the elderly, she
did so with the intention of finding models of healthy aging. And
she failed. In The Shelf Life of Ashes, Giammatteo chronicles her
experiences with her wards, as well as the trip she embarks upon
when her mother, who is convinced she is dying, entreats her to
come "home." Trips back, traumas triggered, identity in crisis,
equanimity gained-this quasi-comic, concentrated journey engages
the reader in the process of naming and facing the tasks involved
in growing old, while asking a simple but weighted question: Can
aging be done well?
"The Caregiving Trap" combines the authentic life and professional
experience of Pamela D. Wilson, who provides recommendations for
overwhelmed and frustrated caregivers who themselves may one day
need care. "The Caregiving Trap" includes stories about Pamela's
actual personal and professional experience along with end of
chapter exercises to support caregivers. Common caregiving issues
include: A sense of duty and obligation to provide care that
damages family relationships Emotional and financial challenges
resulting in denial of care needs Ignorance of predictive events
that result in situations of crises or harm Delayed decision making
and lack of planning resulting in limited choices Minimum standards
of care supporting the need for advocacy
As we age, our sense of balance and our vision, hearing, and
cognition become less sharp. Aging-related changes greatly increase
our risk of injury. In Living Safely, Aging Well, nationally
recognized safety expert Dorothy A. Drago spells out how to prevent
injury while cooking, gardening, sleeping, driving - and just
walking around the house. In the first part of the book, Drago
describes the causes of injuries by type-falls, burns, poisoning,
and asphyxia - and explains how to decrease the risk of each. She
then explores the home environment room by room, pointing out
potential hazards and explaining how to avoid them, for example, by
installing night lights, eliminating glass coffee tables, and using
baby monitors. Lively line drawings make it easy for readers to
visualize risks and implement prevention techniques. Living Safely,
Aging Well pays special attention to hazards encountered by people
with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. A chapter
devoted to health literacy helps people and caregivers make the
best use of the medical care system and a chapter on driving helps
evaluate when it is no longer safe to be behind the wheel.
Finally, a collection that celebrates, considers, contemplates,
even criticizes'midlife' from a black woman's point of view. "Age
Ain't Nothing but a Number" ranges over every aspect of black
women's lives: personal growth, family and friendship, love and
sexuality, health, beauty, illness, spirituality, creativity,
financial independence, work, and scores of other topics.
Midlife today isn't your grandmother's'change of life.' Today,
black women call hot flashes 'power surges, ' and menopause, the
'pause that refreshes.' These days, middle-aged women may be
newlyweds or new mothers, as well as grandmothers or widows. They
may experience the empty-nest syndrome and then the
'return-to-the-nest syndrome' as adult children move back home.
They may navigate the field of Internet dating, travel the world,
teach homeless women, take up pottery, or study international
business.
This anthology captures all of these aspects of midlife as
experienced by some of the finest voices in African-American
writing today. Featuring the work of Maya Angelou, J. California
Cooper, Pearl Cleage, Nikki Giovanni, Susan L. Taylor, Alice
Walker, and dozens of others, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number will
make readers think, laugh, and cry and will be the perfect gift
book for spring.
When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago,
Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought
would help when she got old herself. It was not until she hit her
mid-seventies that she realized she had packed sneakers to climb
Mount Everest, not anticipating the crevices and chasms that
constitute the rocky terrain of old age. The professional
gerontological and social work literature offered little help, so
she turned to the late-life works of beloved women authors who had
bravely climbed the mountain and sent back news from the summit.
Maya Angelou, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, Joan Didion, Marguerite
Duras, M. F. K. Fisher, Doris Lessing, Mary Oliver, Adrienne Rich,
May Sarton, and Florida Scott-Maxwell were among the many guides
she turned to for inspiration. In The Lioness in Winter,
Burack-Weiss blends an analysis of key writings from these and
other famed women authors with her own wisdom to create an
essential companion for older women and those who care for them.
She fearlessly examines issues such as living with loss, finding
comfort and joy in unexpected places, and facing disability and
death. This book is filled with powerful passages from women who
turned their experiences of aging into art, and Burack-Weiss ties
their words to her own struggles and epiphanies, framing their
collective observations with key insights from social work
practice.
With a New Afterword
Must We Age?
Nearly all scientists who study the biology of aging agree that we
will someday be able to substantially slow down the aging process,
extending our productive, youthful lives. Dr. Aubrey de Grey is
perhaps the most bullish of all such researchers. As has been
reported in media outlets ranging from "60 Minutes" to "The New
York Times," Dr. de Grey believes that the key biomedical
technology required to eliminate aging-derived debilitation and
death entirely--technology that would not only slow but
periodically "reverse" age-related physiological decay, leaving us
biologically young into an indefinite future--is now within reach.
In "Ending Aging," Dr. de Grey and his research assistant Michael
Rae describe the details of this biotechnology. They explain that
the aging of the human body, just like the aging of man-made
machines, results from an accumulation of various types of damage.
As with man-made machines, this damage can periodically be
repaired, leading to indefinite extension of the machine's fully
functional lifetime, just as is routinely done with classic cars.
We already know what types of damage accumulate in the human body,
and we are moving rapidly toward the comprehensive development of
technologies to remove that -damage. By demystifying aging and its
postponement for the nonspecialist reader, de Grey and Rae
systematically dismantle the fatalist presumption that aging will
forever defeat the efforts of medical science.
The definitive guide for anyone dreaming of living in paradise when
they retire. Whether motivated by a desire for adventure, or the
need to make the most of a diminished nest egg, more and more
Americans are considering an overseas retirement. Drawing on her
more than three decades of experience helping people relocate
happily and successfully, Kathleen Peddicord shows how living in an
unconventional retirement destination can cost less than a
traditional home in Florida or Arizona. Peddicord addresses all of
the essential issues, including: * Finding a home to own or rent *
Researching and understanding your tax liability * Obtaining health
insurance and medical care * Avoiding common mistakes and pitfalls
* Opening a bank account Whether readers are interested in
relatively unknown havens like Nicaragua, well-traveled areas in
Italy, or need some help deciding, How to Retire Overseas is the
ultimate guide to making retirement dreams come true.
Inside intelligence you will need to make informed decisions,
financially and compassionately, when caring for aging loved
ones--whether they are living at home, in a care facility, or in
the hospital or hospice care. Do you have a parent or aging loved
one nearing or in the most fragile years of life? Are you
considering in-home care for them? Assisted living? A nursing home?
Have they endured repeated hospitalizations, or are they facing
major surgery? Are they refusing to give up their independence? Do
they have adequate savings to pay for care? Are they getting the
right Medicare, Medicaid, or VA benefits? This book by a veteran
care management professional will help you secure the best possible
care.
Das Thema Intersektionalitat wird zunehmend in unterschiedlichen
Feldern und mit Blick auf verschiedene theoretische wie
methodisch-methodologische Ansatze diskutiert. Das Handbuch bietet
einen differenzierten UEberblick uber diese internationalen wie
interdisziplinaren Diskussionen und oeffnet den Blick fur weitere
Forschungsperspektiven.
This guidebook seeks to inform readers of the best approaches in
dealing with nursing homes and nursing home circumstances. Five
chapters trace the family through this heart rending experience.
Barbara Johnson reveals her hilarious anti-aging remedy. Living
Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death is your wise and witty guide
to the joys and challenges of aging gleefully. "They say the best
way to grow old is not to be in a hurry about it and Lord knows,
I've put it off for as long as I could," says Barbara. But old age
happens without any effort on our part. If you're alive, you're
getting older. So what happens when you find yourself between
menopause and LARGE PRINT? This best-selling author offers a
delightful recipe for living life to the fullest in your later
years and spices it with loads of laughter. She shows how she came
to her own decision to age ferociously instead of gracefully. From
savoring the "here and now" to preparing for our glorious future in
heaven, Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death is a
lighthearted and encouraging book on the joys and problems of
growing older. You'll laugh at Barbara Johnson's zany insights on
aging.
Good news about getting older from "Scientific American "and"
Scientific American Mind"
"The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain "taps into the most
current research to present a realistic and encouraging view of the
well-aged brain, a sobering look at what can go wrong--and at what
might help you and your brain stay healthy longer. Neurologists and
psychologists have discovered the aging brain is much more elastic
and supple than previously thought, and that happiness actually
increases with age. While our short-term memory may not be what it
was, dementia is not inevitable. Far from disintegrating, the elder
brain can continue to develop and adapt in many ways and stay sharp
as it ages. Offers new insights on how an aging brain can repair
itself, and the five best strategies for keeping your brain healthy
Shows how older brains can acquire new skills, perspective, and
productivity Dispels negative myths about aging Explores what to
expect as our brains grow older
With hope and truth, this book helps us preserve what we've got,
minimize what we've lost, and optimize the vigor and health of our
maturing brains.
Dies ist ein Open Access Buch. Wir haben immer mehr Alte, immer
weniger Kinder. Dank wissenschaftlicher Fortschritte verlangert
sich die Lebenserwartung standig. Erkenntnisse aus der
Naturwissenschaft in der post-genomischen AEra deuten darauf, dass
diese Entwicklung trotz der Zunahme altersassoziierter Krankheiten
und Behinderungen noch nicht am Ende angekommen ist. Droht diese
Flut von Alten, Rentnern und "Konsumenten des Lebens" zum Verlust
des Zusammenhalts der Gesellschaft zu fuhren? Nach der
Bestandsaufnahme der jungsten Errungenschaften der Forschung hat
das interaktive Symposium sich mit den Chancen und Gefahren der
"gewonnenen Jahre" auseinandergesetzt. Die Referentinnen und
Referenten sind herausragende Vertreter der Biologie und Medizin.
Meinungsbildner der Geisteswissenschaften und Persoenlichkeiten aus
der Politik kamen ebenfalls zu Wort.Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch.
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