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2020.
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"Frank Lipman, MD, is a leader in wellness and integrative and functional medicine, and The New Rules of Aging Well contains everything he teaches his patients-and then some-about reversing the so-called "symptoms of aging." Symptoms like feeling lousy and looking puffy are absolutely not a given of aging. They're warning signs that you need to change your lifestyle. It's your lifestyle choices, not your genes, that have a tremendous impact on how...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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"[P]hysician and [...] author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is a [...] look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we've made old age into a disease,...
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"Get the benefits you're entitled to, choose the right care, protect loved ones' assets. Covers elder fraud"--
To find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. Matthews helps you and your family understand the range of available choices, and guides you toward the best care you can afford.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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Caregivers hold the key to the health, well-being, and happiness of their aging relatives, partners, or friends. The Caregiver's Encyclopedia provides you with all of the information you need to take the best care of your loved one--from making major medical decisions to making sure you don't burn out. --Publisher
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HarperCollins
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c1996
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From the New York Times bestselling author of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB. When Phyllis Geronomous decides to relocate from Florida to New York to be very (very) close to her grown children, panic erupts. She's witty, she's decisive, and she's very (very) difficult. The kids decide to take matters into their own hands, and start a search for a generous gentleman of means-regardless of criminal record-to take their mom off of their hands and out of state....
92) Late bloomers
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Artisan
Pub. Date
1996
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Offers brief profiles of seventy-five men and women whose greatest achievements came or were recognized in later life.
94) Who will take care of me when I'm old?: plan now to safeguard your health and happiness in old age
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Da Capo Lifelong
Pub. Date
2017.
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Many people prepare for everything in life-- except how to handle the challenges of its later years. Loverde shows you how to be your own best caregiver, with practical advice for navigating these years on your own, even you have family ready to assist. She starts with a basic plan, and helps you make checklists, worksheets, strategies, and resource lists that will answer the important questions you may face in years to come.
95) Cocoon
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
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"When visitors from a distant galaxy return to earth on a secret mission, their other-worldly powers afford a group of senior citizens who had expected nothing more from life than bingo, shuffleboard, aches and pains, the chance to recapture their youth"--Container.
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Finding the best and most appropriate in-home care for an aging loved one can be confusing and time consuming. This guide helps readers through the process of hiring a private caregiver, assessing needs and resources, and making difficult choices. Using real stories throughout, the authors reveal the benefits and pitfalls of in-home care. --Publisher.
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"It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively guides readers through the process, from opening that first closet, to sorting through a lifetime's worth of possessions, to selling the homestead itself. Using her own personal journey as a basis, she helps you figure out a strategy and create a mindset...
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