Kategoria BISAC: Self-Help >> Aging

Nutrition Consultant Linda Posnansky helps you to take charge of your health by sharing a mind-body approach to quality aging. The book is written as an easy to follow plan to help you to maintain or even regain vibrant health at midlife and beyond, and to prevent age-related diseases such as heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, arthritis, and osteoporosis etc. Functional assessments (quizzes) are provided to assist you in identifying health areas in need of more focused attention. A template is also included to support you step-by-step in designing your own personalized life-long...

You have arrived-welcome to middle age...and beyond. Why does growing older not have the same positive ring as other life achievements? Historically speaking, reaching old age is a feat that should be celebrated, but in today's world most people see it as something to stave off for as long as possible. But what if aging doesn't have to debilitate you?

"Great Gains for Life" is your personal instruction manual for living happier and healthier through your thirties and beyond. Written by Richard Gaines, MD, FAARM, ABAARM, who is himself over sixty and still joyfully engaging in extreme...

When all else fails, feel free to use our secret weapon: BETTY. Betty is the make believe woman we blamed for everything.... Lost hearing aids, missing money, stale coffee: Betty. Excerpt from...40/40 Vision

In November of 2013, I brought Jazz and my mom to a caregiver conference. In the midst of my ready-made speech, Jazz raised her hand. And so I called on her. "Mom Mom, tell everyone how fun grandma's funeral was " Jazz just put the "fun" in funeral. I had to stop and think.

My gram never had a driver's license. She barely left the house, even when she was...

If society had its way, you'd just assume that you're undesirable and obsolete-the dreaded "woman of a certain age."

But the truth is, whether you're thirty-five, fifty-five, or seventy-five, your life is just beginning

When it comes to making positive choices and changing your quality of life, it's never too late. And considering that today is the first day of the rest of your life, there's never been a better time to get started.

So forget about those self-limiting beliefs and everything you thought you knew about aging. It's time to go forward in pursuit of your dreams, treat...

As America's haves and have-nots drift further apart, rising inequality has undermined one of the nation's proudest social achievements: the Social Security retirement system. Unprecedented changes in longevity, marriage, and the workplace have made the experience of old age increasingly unequal. For educated Americans, the traditional retirement age of 65 now represents late middle age. These lucky ones typically do not face serious impediments to employment or health until their mid-70s or even later. By contrast, many poorly educated earners confront obstacles of early disability,...