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  • Ageing, Disability and Spirituality

    Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life

    de Eileen Mary Glass, Matthew Anstey, Christine Bryden, Dagmar Ceramidas, Alan Niven, Christopher Newell, Lawrence McNamara, Kirstin Robertson-Gillam, Ruwan Palapathwala, Malcolm Goldsmith, Lorna Hallahan, Rosalie Hudson, John Swinton ...
    This collection examines theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities.The book presents ways of moving towards more effective relationships between carers and older people with disabilities; ways in which to connect compassionately and beneficially with the person's ... Leer más

    $32.79 USD

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  • Parenting Your Parents

    Straight Talk About Aging in the Family

    de Bart J. Mindszenthy, Dr. Michael Gordon ...
    Since the last edition in 2006, much has happened in the field of eldercare. There is now an increasing awareness of the complex challenges posed by the expanding aging population in North America. When our parents reach a certain age and have difficulty coping, we find ourselves wondering how to provide them with the kind of love, care, support, and attention they need, just as they have done for ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Quarterly Essay 57 Dear Life

    On Caring for the Elderly

    de Karen Hitchcock ...
    Series Libro 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” – ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Dancing with Dementia

    My Story of Living Positively with Dementia

    de Christine Bryden ...
    The truly inspirational account of living positively with dementia.Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Since then she has gone on to challenge almost every stereotype of people with dementia by campaigning for self-advocacy, writing articles and speaking at national conferences.This book is a vivid ... Leer más

    $21.29 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • A Joosr Guide to... Being Mortal by Atul Gawande: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

    de Joosr ...
    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.More and more people are dying in nursing homes and ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Who will I be when I die?

    de Christine Bryden ...
    Christine Bryden was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with dementia, and in this book she describes her remarkable emotional, physical and spiritual journey in the three years immediately following. Offering rare first-hand insights into how it feels to gradually lose the ability to undertake tasks most people take for granted, it is made all the more remarkable by Christine's positivity and ... Leer más

    $19.69 USD

  • Getting Old Without Getting Anxious

    de Peter Rabins, Lynn Lauber ...
    Informative and full of hope, Getting Old Without GettingAnxious assists older people and their caregivers in overcoming one of the more crippling and misunderstood human afflictions: anxiety. Geriatric psychiatrist and bestselling author of The 36-Hour Day Dr. Peter V. Rabins explains how the many changes that occur as a person ages can trigger severe andlife-altering anxiety, often destroying ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • How We Age

    A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Growing Old

    de Marc E. Argonin, MD ...
    In the tradition of Atul Gawande and Sherwin Nuland, Marc Agronin writes luminously and unforgettably of life as he sees it as a doctor. His beat is a nursing home in Miami that some would dismiss as God's waiting room. Nothing in the young doctor's medical training had quite prepared him for what he was to discover there. As Agronin first learned from ninety-eight-year-old Esther and, later, from ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Dear Life

    On Caring for the Elderly

    de Karen Hitchcock ...
    In this short, powerful book, Karen Hitchcock shines a light on ageism in our society. Through some unforgettable case studies, she shows what care for the elderly and dying is really like – both the good and the bad. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions and over-treatment, frailty and dementia.Dear Life is a moving and controversial argument against the creeping ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Take Care, Son

    The Story of My Dad and his Dementia

    de Tony Husband ...
    'Hi Dad . . . can we have a chat about your dementia . . . Can you remember how it started?'When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments . . . daft things, important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was just the first sign of the illness that gradually took him away from the family he loved.This is the touching, ... Leer más

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  • The End of Old Age

    Living a Longer, More Purposeful Life

    de Marc E. Argonin ...
    The acclaimed author of How We Age, whose "descriptive powers are a gift to readers" (Sherwin Nuland), presents a hopeful and practical model of aging -- a guide to understanding how we can all make the journey better.As one of America's leading geriatric psychiatrists, Dr. Marc Agronin sees both the sickest and the healthiest of seniors. He observes what works to make their lives better and more ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD

  • Developing Excellent Care for People Living with Dementia in Care Homes

    de Pete Calveley, Sue Goldsmith, Caroline Baker, Jason Corrigan-Charlesworth ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    The award-winning PEARL (Positively Enriching and enhancing Residents' Lives) programme was developed to enable care homes to move from providing good fundamental care to excellent person-centred dementia care. Trialled extensively by one of the UK's largest care providers, it has been proven to dramatically increase the quality of life of people with dementia living in care homes, significantly ... Leer más

    $29.49 USD