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What do we do when those we love are no longer able to care for themselves? How are we to face the brokenness and suffering of those to whom we once looked for strength? Elisabeth Elliot wrestled with these difficult questions while watching the steady erosion of her mother's memory - an erosion...

As record numbers of us reach our pre-retirement or 'part-time' retirement years, it's essential to prepare for the massive life change that signals a move from working every day to living as we choose. The 30+ years that make up modern retirement are an opportunity to live well and make the...

A comprehensive, compassionate guide for navigating end-of-life financial decisions for an aging parent or other loved one—from an award-winning journalist who is also a Certified Financial Planner Have you just gotten the dreaded phone call—a parent or loved one has taken a turn for the...

An updated edition of the eye-opening guide to anti-aging, with a new chapter on fascia, which will publish in time for Miranda Esmonde-White’s PBS pledge drive in June 2018 focusing on the topic. ""Every day, we have a very clear choice: We can grow older or we can grow younger."" In recent...

What comes next?Later life can bring freedom—but also uncertainty.Routines shift. Roles change. And you may find yourself wondering what it all means now.In Art of Conversation: Aging and Longevity, you’ll discover a fresh, hopeful approach to this next chapter—one built on connection...

ONE Wrong Medicare Decision Could Cost You For YEARS. Don't Let A Missed Deadline, Hidden Coverage Gap Or Misleading "$0 Plan" Put Your Retirement Savings & Access To Trusted Doctors At Risk. The Medicare Money Code Is Your Practical, Step-By-Step Guide To Enroll On Time, Choose Coverage That...

Spontaneous Healing . . . Eight Weeks to Optimum Health . . . Eating Well for Optimum Health . . . The Healthy Kitchen–in each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional...

Brought to you by Penguin. The most important book you'll ever read about the second half of your life now. Now more than ever, we need to talk about getting older. Many of us are living to a very great age. But how do we give those we love, and eventually ourselves, long lives that are as happy...

What starts as loving, compassionate care becomes an isolating, stressful, never-ending race to get everything done. Inevitably, anger and resentment creep in—toward the person being cared for as well as other family members who don't pitch in . . . or both. Psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, and experienced family caregiver Loren Gelberg-Goff shows you exactly how to get back to having a life, feel that loving connection you thought was gone, stop arguing and get cooperation from your siblings and others, and discover other resources you can call upon to guarantee that much-needed "you time."

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Sher has transformed the lives of millions with her phenomenally successful books, workshops, and television appearances. Now, in a work that explores and demystifies one of life's most challenging and bewildering passages, she shatters the myth that...

One day, someone you love will stand in your home with everything you left behind. They will sort through possessions, memories, and the weight of honoring the life you lived. Most people think Swedish death cleaning is about decluttering. But what if it’s really about love? Swedish Death...

Your Best Years Can Still Be Ahead Reclaim your energy, strength, and joyone hopeful step at a time. If youre feeling drained, discouraged, or worried that your best years are behind you, The Hope Factor offers encouragement and practical steps to help you move forward. At just seventeen, Tracy...

What if protecting your brain had less to do with luck—and more to do with the choices you make every day?THE DEMENTIA PREVENTION BLUEPRINT is a practical, evidence-based guide to reducing dementia risk and supporting healthier cognitive aging.Drawing on major research and landmark studies in...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. You live too far away to be there in twenty minutes. And somewhere in the back of your mind, you are waiting for the call. The fall. The hospital. The neighbor's voice saying something is wrong. If you love an aging parent from a distance, you already...

Schwiegermütter haben literarisch betrachtet ein enormes Talent: Sie tauchen ungefragt auf, wissen vieles besser - manchmal zu Recht, das will aber niemand hören -, "meinen es nur gut" und hinterlassen dabei gelegentlich erhebliche seelische Krater. Vivien ist sechzehn, verliebt – und ahnt...

Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of "things I won't do when I get old" - mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something-year-old parents were doing wrong. That list became the basis of this rousing collection of dos and don'ts, wills and won'ts that is equal parts hilarious, honest, and practical.

Your home should give you energy, not quietly drain it. Have you ever opened a closet, stared at inherited photos, or walked past a cluttered room and felt your body tighten? The problem isn't laziness, age, or a lack of willpower. Often, it's Visual Static: the emotional and mental noise...

Caring for someone with dementia can leave you wondering if you're doing anything right. You don't need to have all the answers—you need practical guidance for the moments that are hardest. Dementia can change everyday life in ways you never expected. Conversations become difficult. Behaviour...

Growing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents - her exuberant, creative mother; her steady, supportive father - and of the bittersweet moments that accompany a child’s transition to caregiver.

The question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that ageing is a simple wear and tear process, like the rusting of a car, to the belief that ageing and death are genetically programmed and controlled. In fact, there is no clearly defined limit to life and no single, predictable program playing itself out: different things are happening within and between tissues, and each system or organ accumulates damage at its own pace, according to the kind of insults imposed on it by daily living.