Kategoria BISAC: Self-Help >> Aging

Throw out all of the outdated negative ideas you have about aging andage beautifully, healthfully, happily and with more self-confidencethan ever in your lifetime.

Reward and celebrate your life instead of bemoaning your future andfearing all of the changes that are part of the aging process.

This book will enlighten you with new ideas about aging giving you amore positive outlook on your future.

Forget about the media hype that in order to be desirable you must beyouthful, impossibly thin and perfect in every aspect of your being.This is not true and you know it and reading this...

Each year, over 30% of adults ages 65 and over; suffer from fall-related injuries. "Fall Injury Prevention for Older Adults" will help you understand the causes of falling and provides tips for reducing the risk of falls. This guide will help make a difference today in the safety and well-being of yourself and those you love.

"I read every page of this book and now truly believe there is much we can do to prevent falls for older adults. This book is full of pertinent information, is easy to read, and is divided into useful sections so you can look up what you need to know as a family...

If you are in your thirties or older and have found your marriage or relationship to be in trouble, this may be due to a midlife transition or crisis and you probably don't know where to turn or who to ask for help. You might, if you are lucky, have started counselling, either jointly or on your own. Your partner may not wish to participate, but you probably want to save your relationship if at all possible.

If you are new to the concept of Midlife transition or crisis and are just starting to experience the effects of it, your head may be spinning around so much at the moment that it...

You've argued politics with your aunt since high school, but failing eyesight now prevents her from keeping current with the newspaper. Your mother fractured her hip last year and is confined to a wheelchair. Your father has Alzheimer's and only occasionally recognizes you. Someday, as Muriel Gillick points out in this important yet unsettling book, you too will be old. And no matter what vitamin regimen you're on now, you will likely one day find yourself sick or frail. How do you prepare? What will you need?

With passion and compassion, Gillick chronicles the stories of elders who...

• lose a decade's worth of fat and regain 10 years' worth of muscle
• erase fine lines, diminish wrinkles, and restore a...

Freedom is the focus, and there's no better time than now to free yourself from untrue and outdated ideas about your own potential. Naomi is full of fresh ideas to help readers look at their futures in a whole new way. The aging process, as Naomi...

A thoroughly revised edition of the authoritative guide to caring for aging parents
For women and men who are involved in caring for aging parents, and for those who see caregiving in their future, this empathetic and practical book offers complete coverage of all the practical issues you are likely to confront--while addressing the emotional stress and particular needs of caregivers. Claire Berman, drawing on her own experiences, the experiences of many other adult children, and interviews with specialists in the geriatric field, discusses the wide range of emotions that...

The subject of midlife has been dominated by the woes of aging--menopause, divorce, hormone replacement therapies, aging parents, and fleeing children. Now a broad-ranging new work by clinical psychologist Linda N. Edelstein, Ph.D., "The Art of Midlife," describes the freedom and authenticity that can be made a cornerstone of the middle years. She describes three healthy and predictable phases. First, women relinquish old ways, untying themselves from the past and mourning the losses of youth and its illusions. By placing less emphasis on the needs of others, women can live more creatively...

The Perfect Retirement provides truly unique insights, practical guidance, and strategies to ensure that your retirement will be worthwhile and enjoyable. It is based on our exclusive research among 1,450 retirees (your retirement mentors) who share their experiences, impressions and advice on retirement. It also includes our exclusive Life Goal Planning Workshop to ensure that satisfactions lost from work will be met in retirement. In addition, it provides the crucial link between Life Goal and financial planning, to truly personalize your financial plan, and much more. It is an...