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What are Old People For?
Nodding to popular culture, history, science, and literature, a passionate and persuasive case is made for removing our ageist blinders and seeing old age as a developmental stage of life.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Older Adults
The field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is expected to grow tremendously in the next few years. In addition to an increase in the general population, the baby-boomer generation is quickly entering retirement and will likely take advantage of CAM increasingly as it ages. Although CAM research as applied to aging is just beginning and health professionals receive no special training in CAM and aging, the United States population still continues to employ it. For diagnoses that accompany aging such as cancer, neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, and physical disabilities, CAM has often been used in addition to or in place of unsuccessful conventional methods of treatm...
Retired with Husband
"Written for baby-boomer "superwomen," who successfully combined career with family and now are nearing or newly in retirement. With humor and optimism, one of their own borrows from corporate reengineering strategy to propose a vision (with goals, objectives, strategies) for a successful retirement for both superwoman and her husband"--Provided by publisher.
But This Is My Mother!
Written by a daughter whose mother was a total-care patient in a nursing home, this is a compelling personal story plus an eye-opener about what passes as average in many nursing homes.
In the Arms of Elders
In the Arms of Elders starts with a gripping parable called "Learning from Hannah" that describes what happens to one young couple as they are marooned, become part of a new society organized through the wisdom of elders, and then need to forge a new place for themselves when they go home again.
Life Worth Living
The grassroots handbook for Edenizing nursing homes.
Inside the Dementia Epidemic
The unflinching and hopeful story of one woman's journey into family caregiving, and a vivid overview of the challenges of Alzheimer's care. With the passion of a committed daughter and the fervor of a tireless reporter, Martha Stettinius weaves this compelling story of caregiving for her demented mother with a broad exploration of the causes of Alzheimer's disease, means of treating it, and hopes for preventing it. She shares the lessons she's learned over seven years of caregiving at home, in assisted living, a rehabilitation center, a "memory care" facility for people living with dementia, and a nursing home--lessons not just about how to navigate the system, but how caregiving helped the author to grow closer to her mother, and to learn to nurture her mother's spirit through the most advanced stages of dementia.
The Truth about You
This spiritually uplifting book busts over 50 myths that keep us from finding success and happiness through each choice we make.
Rosie's Place
Inspiring stories of courage, survival, and compassion in this women's shelter, which was the first of its kind in the United States.
Husbands and Wives All These Years
Including brief interviews with over 20 couples, a heartfelt look at the realities of aging in long-term marriages (45-60+ years). Resources, Index.
