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The Real Alzheimer's: A Guide for Caregivers That Tells It Like It Is
ISBN: 9780983853923 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If the word "Alzheimer's" has become part of your vocabulary, you're probably looking for answers. What can I expect? How do I deal with this disease? Hold on for a no-holds-barred look at what it's like to live day to day with Alzheimer's disease. Other books and Internet websites provide signs, symptoms, and checklists. The Real Alzheimer's tells it like it really is in 21 candid interviews with caregivers, family members, practitioners, and the patients themselves. These emotionally compelling true stories of ordinary people coping with the different facets of Alzheimer's disease cover a...
If the word "Alzheimer's" has become part of your vocabulary, you're probably looking for answers. What can I expect? How do I deal with this disease?...
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Topics and Tantrums of the Aging Experience: Volume 1
ISBN: 9781478306283 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are many topics of importance in the aging experience, whether the experience is your own (yet) or that of a loved one. Some are very serious and some are amusing. Some are cause for tantrums of varying degrees. In this volume we want to share some of those topics and tantrums with folks we hope will find them useful, or at least thought provoking.
There are many topics of importance in the aging experience, whether the experience is your own (yet) or that of a loved one. Some are very serious an...
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Altern Mit Zukunft
ISBN: 9783531194172 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Ageism and Mistreatment of Older Workers: Current Reality, Future Solutions
ISBN: 9789400755208 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International in viewpoint, this book explores ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, advancing the view that people who choose to work into old age should be able to do so in environments that promote dignity and are free of abuse.
International in viewpoint, this book explores ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, advancing the view that people who choo...
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Nearing Home! Comforts and Counsels for the Aged
ISBN: 9781612036649 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this day, when so much labor is expended in producing almost innumerable books for the young, there is danger of our neglecting the aged ones who are about to pass off the stage of life. Yet there is a host of men and women in the decline of life who will be glad to receive a few words of instruction, of sympathy and of kindly cheer. For such this book has been prepared. May God bless it and make it a blessing to all such readers!
In this day, when so much labor is expended in producing almost innumerable books for the young, there is danger of our neglecting the aged ones who a...
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Words of Comfort for Those in Bereavement, Sickness, Sorrow and the Varied Trials of Life
ISBN: 9781612036656 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The aim of this book is to console suffering, and to comfort bereaved ones. It seeks to do this, by directing them to look on their cloud of sorrows as spanned and beautified by the rainbow of Gods promises; to consider the importance of having a hold upon eternal realities; to study the character and works of God who "knows our frame and remembers we are dust"; to commit their way to Him who was "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief"; and by becoming a valuable assistant to any, who, by sending it to others, may, in this way, extend sympathy and consolation to the afflicted - and...
The aim of this book is to console suffering, and to comfort bereaved ones. It seeks to do this, by directing them to look on their cloud of sorrows a...
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Joy Boosters: 120 Ways to Encourage Older Adults
ISBN: 9780835811927 / Angielski / Miękka / 63 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you know an older person who could use some encouragement? Missy Buchanan, an older adult advocate and former creativity educator, offers a bounty of simple, creative ways to increase the joy of older adults. This book is the perfect guide for families, caregivers, senior residence facilities, and churches that want to minister effectively to older adults.
Do you know an older person who could use some encouragement? Missy Buchanan, an older adult advocate and former creativity educator, offers a bounty ...
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Living With Dementia -- A Caregiver's Journey
ISBN: 9781480075290 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bishop Weeks tells of his experience as a caregiver for his wife diagnosed having Alzheimer Disease in 2002, and later diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. Without any warning or training in how to care for her, he tried first doing it alone, then Adult Day Care, and finally home care with Care Providers. He shares his failures and victories, and how caregiving has helped mature him into being a better person and more loving husband.
Bishop Weeks tells of his experience as a caregiver for his wife diagnosed having Alzheimer Disease in 2002, and later diagnosed with Lewy Body Dement...
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The Big Surprise: Caring for Mom and Dad
ISBN: 9781479724710 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Mom Mumbles and Pop Can't Pee: A Real Life Adventure with Aging Parents
ISBN: 9781603500302 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The golden years are seldom blissful and euphoric. Despite how much you love them, becoming parent to your parents will try your patience and resolve. Are you ready for this? Peter Christian Olsen's book is a perfect complement to professional manuals for discovering the essentials of caring for difficult older parents.
The golden years are seldom blissful and euphoric. Despite how much you love them, becoming parent to your parents will try your patience and resolve....
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WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW? A Professionals' Guide to a Meaningful Retirement
ISBN: 9781621418528 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a guide for baby boomers who are about to retire from an all-consuming profession, and are concerned about what they are going to do next. Retirement for Type "A" overachieving professionals can be an opportunity to do something else that is equally as important as what they once did. This book explores the nature of change, balance, aging, health, boredom, solitude, thankfulness, volunteering, mentoring, freedom, legacy and the art of piddling.
This is a guide for baby boomers who are about to retire from an all-consuming profession, and are concerned about what they are going to do next. Ret...
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Your Guide to Assisted Living in Arizona: What You Should Know Before Placing Your Loved One
ISBN: 9781604948097 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Old Age In Europe: A Textbook of Gerontology
ISBN: 9789400761339 / Angielski / Miękka / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Scholars from various disciplines and the public noted this development and wonder what effects it may have, but lack adequate information. They call for explanations that are concise and easily accessible. The book at hand fills this lacuna. It introduces readers to the most important developments, theories, concepts, and discussions in ageing studies - always keeping an eye on the current situation in Europe. Each chapter adopts the...
Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare...
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Staying Power: Age-Proof Your Home for Comfort, Safety and Style
ISBN: 9780987813602 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. STAYING POWER: Age-Proof Your Home for Comfort, Safety and Style helps you shape your space to meet your changing needs as you grow older. This practical, problem-solving handbook can help you and the people you care about enjoy freedom, comfort and safety in familiar surroundings. So belly up to the grab bar and... Boost your independence as your abilities change. Easily customize your furnishings, layout and d cor without breaking your back or your budget. Stay healthy with home-based mind-and-body fitness tips. Discover hundreds of valuable U.S. and Canadian resources to help with your...
STAYING POWER: Age-Proof Your Home for Comfort, Safety and Style helps you shape your space to meet your changing needs as you grow older. This practi...
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Crossing The Border Into Old Age: The Baby Boomer Challenge
ISBN: 9781468024159 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CROSSING THE BORDER INTO OLD AGE. THE BABY BOOMER CHALLENGE
CROSSING THE BORDER INTO OLD AGE. THE BABY BOOMER CHALLENGE
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The Seagull's Gardener: My Father's Last Odyssey
ISBN: 9781475138696 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early 1900s Woody grew up running barefoot in the lush valleys of Territorial Hawaii. From camping at Kailua Beach with his buddies to raising his family, he's immersed in the dynamic changes of the Paradise of the Pacific. As he approaches ninety he insists he's too busy to die. A tale told within tales with photos of Old Hawaii, signature dishes, and unforgettable dreams, Pam Chun's lyrical memoir of her father describes their bond across time and distance. He wails at aging. She's frustrated by caring for him from 3,000 miles away, relatives who don't agree on his care, don't...
In the early 1900s Woody grew up running barefoot in the lush valleys of Territorial Hawaii. From camping at Kailua Beach with his buddies to raising ...
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Timelines Revisited
ISBN: 9781481122603 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A columnist's take on senior affairs: generational relationships, "senior moments," high tech, baseball, life/death, books, big bands and remembering the old days including: trains, movies, telephones, radios, haircuts, teachers, knickers and more.
A columnist's take on senior affairs: generational relationships, "senior moments," high tech, baseball, life/death, books, big bands and remembering ...
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Handbook of Adult Development
ISBN: 9781461351603 / Angielski / Miękka / 627 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is an outgrowth ofcontemporary research on development over the adult lifespan, which by now has burgeoned and developed both nationally and internationally. However, for us, the impetus to be involved in this area was spawned and nurtured by our initial association with the Society for Research in Adult Development (SRAD) with its origins some 15 years ago by Michael Commonsand his associates inCambridge, Massachusetts. Throughthegood will and support of this society, we also became, and are still, heavily involved with the Journal of Adult Development and the Kluwer-Plenum...
This volume is an outgrowth ofcontemporary research on development over the adult lifespan, which by now has burgeoned and developed both nationally a...
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Rural Aging in 21st Century America
ISBN: 9789400755666 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates sociological, demographic and geographic aspects of aging in rural and nonmetropolitan areas of the United States. Population aging is one of the most important trends of the 20th and 21st centuries, and it is occurring worldwide, especially in more developed countries such as the United States. Population aging is more rapid in rural than urban areas of the U.S. In 2010, 15 percent of the nonmetropolitan compared to 12 percent of the metropolitan population were 65 years of age and older. By definition rural communities have smaller sized... This book investigates sociological, demographic and geographic aspects of aging in rural and nonmetropolitan areas of the United States. Populatio... |
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Save the Bones
ISBN: 9780982616048 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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33,93 |