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Pixi Welcomes the Spring (Pixi Bedtime Stories 04)

by Julia Boehme, Julia Boehme, Pixi Gute Nacht Geschichten ...

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Series Audiobook 4 - Pixi Bedtime Stories
Unabridged

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Winter is over. The forest is full of life and colorful flowers. All the animals have woken up from their hibernation, only one is still sleeping ...Pixi bedtime stories for children: listen and fall asleep.This is an auto-narrated audiobook. ... Read more

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Winter is over. The forest is full of life and colorful flowers. All the animals have woken up from their hibernation, only one is still sleeping ...Pixi bedtime stories for children: listen and fall asleep.This is an auto-narrated audiobook.
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Casper the Cat Magician (Pixi Bedtime Stories 23)

by Julia Boehme, Julia Boehme, Pixi Gute Nacht Geschichten ...

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Series Audiobook 23 - Pixi Bedtime Stories
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Casper the cat simply takes one of Laney's red boots and goes fishing with it. His bad luck is that he loses the boot in the process. And then Laney also gets the idea of wanting to put on her boots ...Pixi bedtime stories for children: listen and fall asleep.This is an auto-narrated audiobook. ... Read more

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Casper the cat simply takes one of Laney's red boots and goes fishing with it. His bad luck is that he loses the boot in the process. And then Laney also gets the idea of wanting to put on her boots ...Pixi bedtime stories for children: listen and fall asleep.This is an auto-narrated audiobook.
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Victorian Old Age

Edited by Anne-Julia Zwierlein, Katharina Boehm, Anna Farkas ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
This essay collection develops new perspectives on constructions of old age in literary, legal, scientific and periodical cultures of the nineteenth century. Rigorously interdisciplinary, the book places leading researchers of old age in nineteenth-century literature in dialogue with experts from the fields of cultural, legal and social history. It revisits the origins of many modern debates about ... Read more

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This essay collection develops new perspectives on constructions of old age in literary, legal, scientific and periodical cultures of the nineteenth century. Rigorously interdisciplinary, the book places leading researchers of old age in nineteenth-century literature in dialogue with experts from the fields of cultural, legal and social history. It revisits the origins of many modern debates about
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Quarterly Essay 57 Dear Life

On Caring for the Elderly

by Karen Hitchcock ...

Series Book 57 - Quarterly Essay
In this moving and controversial Quarterly Essay, doctor and writer Karen Hitchcock investigates the treatment of the elderly and dying through some unforgettable cases. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions, frailty and dementia, over-treatment and escalating costs.Ours is a society in which ageism, often disguised, threatens to turn the elderly into a “burden” – ... Read more

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In this moving and controversial Quarterly Essay, doctor and writer Karen Hitchcock investigates the treatment of the elderly and dying through some unforgettable cases. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions, frailty and dementia, over-treatment and escalating costs.Ours is a society in which ageism, often disguised, threatens to turn the elderly into a “burden” –
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At Seventy

A Journal

by May Sarton ...

Winner of the American Book Award: May Sarton's honest and engrossing journal of her seventieth year, spent living and working on the Maine coast.May Sarton's journals are a captivating look at a rich artistic life. In this, her ode to aging, she savors the daily pleasures of tending to her garden, caring for her dogs, and entertaining guests at her beloved Maine home by the sea. Her reminiscences ... Read more

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Winner of the American Book Award: May Sarton's honest and engrossing journal of her seventieth year, spent living and working on the Maine coast.May Sarton's journals are a captivating look at a rich artistic life. In this, her ode to aging, she savors the daily pleasures of tending to her garden, caring for her dogs, and entertaining guests at her beloved Maine home by the sea. Her reminiscences
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Ripcord (TCG Edition)

by David Lindsay-Abaire ...

"A lyrical and understanding chronicler of people who somehow become displaced within their own lives…Mr. Lindsay-Abaire has shown a special affinity for female characters suddenly forced to re-evaluate the roles by which they define themselves."—New York TimesSet in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility, this glorious and biting new comedy from David Lindsay-Abaire centers around Abby, who ... Read more

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"A lyrical and understanding chronicler of people who somehow become displaced within their own lives…Mr. Lindsay-Abaire has shown a special affinity for female characters suddenly forced to re-evaluate the roles by which they define themselves."—New York TimesSet in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility, this glorious and biting new comedy from David Lindsay-Abaire centers around Abby, who
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Losing Clive to Younger Onset Dementia

One Family's Story

by Helen Beaumont ...

Clive Beaumont was diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia at age 45, when his children were aged just 3 and 4. He had become less and less able to do his job properly and had been made redundant from the Army the year before.Clive's wife, Helen, tells of how she and the rest of the family made it through the next six years until Clive died: the challenge of continually adapting to his progressive ... Read more

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Clive Beaumont was diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia at age 45, when his children were aged just 3 and 4. He had become less and less able to do his job properly and had been made redundant from the Army the year before.Clive's wife, Helen, tells of how she and the rest of the family made it through the next six years until Clive died: the challenge of continually adapting to his progressive
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Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents

What Care Receivers Want

by Cheryl A. Kuba ...

Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving dependent care receivers a voice.Caregivers will be made aware of what care receivers truly want during life's final chapters. Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal care and death, Cheryl Kuba has created a testament to the dependent elderly. This book draws on numerous ... Read more

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Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving dependent care receivers a voice.Caregivers will be made aware of what care receivers truly want during life's final chapters. Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal care and death, Cheryl Kuba has created a testament to the dependent elderly. This book draws on numerous
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Behavioral Intervention Research

Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing

by Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, Sara J. Czaja, PhD ...

“ I applaud [this] book for providing a much needed overview of the entire “behavioral intervention pipeline.” It fills a unique niche in its coverage of key theoretical and methodological aspects as well as its case examples and professional development considerations, which makes the content accessible and practical for a broad audience.”-Marcia Ory, PhDFrom the ForewordThis unique text provides ... Read more

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“ I applaud [this] book for providing a much needed overview of the entire “behavioral intervention pipeline.” It fills a unique niche in its coverage of key theoretical and methodological aspects as well as its case examples and professional development considerations, which makes the content accessible and practical for a broad audience.”-Marcia Ory, PhDFrom the ForewordThis unique text provides
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Reforms in Long-Term Care Policies in Europe

Investigating Institutional Change and Social Impacts

Edited by Costanzo Ranci, Emmanuele Pavolini ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries. Citizens have seen their pensions, unemployment benefits, and general healthcare policies shrink as “belt tightening” measures are enforced. But in contrast, long-term care has seen a general growth in public financing, an expansion of beneficiaries, and, more generally, an attempt ... Read more

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Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries. Citizens have seen their pensions, unemployment benefits, and general healthcare policies shrink as “belt tightening” measures are enforced. But in contrast, long-term care has seen a general growth in public financing, an expansion of beneficiaries, and, more generally, an attempt
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International Perspectives on Age-Friendly Cities

Edited by Kelly G. Fitzgerald, Francis G. Caro ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Human Geography
This book brings together recent scholarly work concerned with efforts around the world to transform cities so that they are more age-friendly. Common to all of the initiatives is recognition of the importance of the community environment for the well-being of the rapidly growing numbers of older people. The collection includes chapters that examine the circumstances in which communities currently ... Read more

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This book brings together recent scholarly work concerned with efforts around the world to transform cities so that they are more age-friendly. Common to all of the initiatives is recognition of the importance of the community environment for the well-being of the rapidly growing numbers of older people. The collection includes chapters that examine the circumstances in which communities currently
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Environmental Gerontology in Europe and Latin America

Policies and Perspectives on Environment and Aging

Edited by Diego Sánchez-González, Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book looks at the relationships between the physical-social environment and the elderly in Europe and Latin America, from the Environmental Gerontology perspective and through geographical and psychosocial approaches. It addresses the main environmental issues of population ageing, based on an understanding of the complex relationships, adjustments and adaptations between different ... Read more

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This book looks at the relationships between the physical-social environment and the elderly in Europe and Latin America, from the Environmental Gerontology perspective and through geographical and psychosocial approaches. It addresses the main environmental issues of population ageing, based on an understanding of the complex relationships, adjustments and adaptations between different
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