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CAREGIVING CONFIDENTIAL: Path of Meaning provides some answers to common challenges encountered by caregivers of older adults. The book is organized around specific themes encountered along the caregiving journey and represents a compilation of the experiences of actual persons (whose names have been changed to protect privacy). The narrative follows a typical timeline in the process of caregiving and reflects a range of both financial and custodial...
83) Superaliments
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SUPERALIMENTS est un guide concis portant sur une série d'aliments qui se trouvent facilement en supermarché et dont la consommation aide à maintenir un style de vie et un esprit sains. Vous trouverez dans ce livre quelques suggestions pour accompagner les aliments qui y sont présentés, que ce soit à travers des recettes simples ou des combinaisons avec d'autres produits bons pour la santé. Les aliments que nous choisissons d'intégrer à notre...
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Contemporary culture is permeated with the caustic message that nothing is more important than youth, and that the natural aging process is to be dreaded, denied, postponed, avoided at all costs. The media crams our minds full of dreadful data of aging as a dire collection of disease, devastation, and loss. Cultural perspectives foster a fear of aging which dramatically affects our experience of growing older.
Despite those gloom and doom prognostications,...
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ZENior CitiZEN: Mastering the Art of Aging explores the possibility of strengthening the human spirit, while the physical body weakens piecemeal. It is as though the two elements of an individual's life (physical and non-physical) moved in opposite directions.
Thus, since old age is an inevitable circumstance of the human experience that cannot be avoided- except by an untimely death- then the way to overcome it is by incapacitating its ability to...
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Does your memory change as you get older? It's common to be concerned about memory lapses, but how do you know if memory difficulties are normal or the beginnings of something more serious? Can dementia be prevented?
Memory-wise explains how memory works and the changes that can occur as we age. It explains the sort of health, attitude and lifestyle factors that can lead to fluctuation in memory and provides practical tips to minimise their effects....
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Your height your weight your body shape your age the colour of your eyes - do not matter when you want to learn to belly dance. You will feel healthier, more energetic and happier, than you have ever felt. You will feel you are a beautiful woman. You will feel self-assured. You will feel JOY! Zada first started to belly dance at the age of 60 and has felt healthier and happier in the past 5 years than she ever did in the previous 6 decades. This book...
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How would you like to die? Only you can answer this. Whatever your age, cultural identity, ethnic background, or beliefs, read this book if you want to talk about dying but don't know what you want to say. Each of us has our own special feelings, hopes, fears, and desires about this universal issue. These days, dying can happen in many different ways because of high-intensity therapies that prolong living and postpone dying. The proliferation of choices,...
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This short book is, before anything else, a celebration of the Seasoned Woman. She is a treasure of wisdom and grace who needs to be observed for her beauty and for the abundance of sagacity and benevolence she has quietly demonstrated to those willing to open their eyes and observe. It is she and her students who have kept humanity's careening ship, often manned by drunken sailors, afloat. It is she who has historically been most responsible for...
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"Caring for our Parents and Other Loved Ones" is a 21st century guide covering the countless details in caring for an elderly, ill, or dying loved one. It addresses many vital issues, such as shifts in physical prowess, senior driving skills, discerning mental skills, along with holistic approaches. And with the utmost respect and love, the author includes his own intimate journey in caring for his mother. Whether you are the patient, a loved one,...
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In this groundbreaking book, Sue Brightman beckons us into timely and promising news about women over 50: it's not about aging, it's about becoming more of who we really are and doing what we're called to do. Based on 100 interviews with women age 50-70+, Brightman discovers emerging themes of burgeoning creativity, spiritual growth, and a zesty freedom to experiment with new roles, new businesses, and new priorities. Blasting out of the water the...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that the leading cause for death in 2030 will be cancer, followed by hepatitis and Alzheimer's disease. But in seven years, you'll have a whole new body. How can you make it a good one?
In Your Journey to Aging Well, you'll learn the four major components of good health: water, exercise, quality food, and sleep-and you'll learn how to maximize these components to take control of your health...
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The book is loaded with information that most people don't know or don't want to know when they are "now young - soon to be old" group. For others it's too late to do anything about it. They are people who know it's coming and hate to face the reality for themselves, their parents and their spouses. It is also a plea to insurance companies who do not yet offer a sufficient amount of affordable, long-term, healthcare insurance. Thankfully, people have...
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Written in her characteristically breezy and humorous style, Dr. Ruth expertly explains the unique challenges and opportunities encountered with the onset of middle age, including issues of health, family, and career. Designed for both singles and couples, and employing numerous case studies, Conquering the Rapids of Life candidly offers solid, practical advice to help one cope with the physical and emotional changes associated with midlife.
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Feel like you're in a constant battle with your body, as time rolls by?Feel like career options are more limited, as an older person?Or that somehow, you're less "lovable" or "valuable," now that you've got a few wrinkles on your face?If so, know that it's possible to reframe what "growing older" means to you.Because growing older can mean… absolutely anything you want it to mean.Inside this Life Guide, you'll find tools to support you to shift...
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Within each of Mother Nature's four seasons, there appears to be a unique ebb and flow to life. This is reflected upon in terms of the seasonal transitions of life from "the womb to the tomb" or "Pampers to Depends." In Season I, "The Springtime of Life," childhood, the spirited teenager and early adult years are described. Going through puberty, leaving the family cocoon, selecting a career, looking for love and facing commitment in the "Age of Aquarius"...
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Are you worried that leaving your career is a road riddled with misery? Discover an uplifting guide to help you enjoy life after work.
Have you recently retired and found yourself emotionally unprepared? Are you anxious about how this new stage will affect your health? Are you concerned you'll lose purpose and meaning in your later years? Board-certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist, and co-founder of Inner Growth Lab Dr. Carolina Osorio has spent...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 The vulva is the outside and the vagina is the inside. The transition zone between the vulva and vagina is called the vestibule. The main structures of the vulva are as follows: the mons, the labia majora and minora, the glans clitoris, and the vestibule.
#2 The history of medicine is rife with examples of mansplaining and neglect of the female body. The clitoris,...
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Aging shows no mercy to our hands. The unforgiving light of a manicure illuminates our wrinkles, our bulging veins, and our prominent joints, all undeniable reminders that we are getting old.
Aging isn't easy on anyone, but it's more challenging for women, in all walks of life, than men. Intimately connected with the loss of attractiveness, women grow 'invisible' as ageism and sexism collide. The gap between how we feel and the woman we see in the...
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