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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The respected cellular immunologist and author of the best-selling Nickel and Dimed shares cautionary insights into today's healthcare practices to identify the cellular sources of aging and illness while revealing how most treatments are aggressive and offer only an illusion of control and better survivability at the cost of life quality.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A startling chronicle by a brilliant young scientist takes us onto the frontiers of the science of aging, and reveals how close we are to an astonishing extension of our life spans and a vastly improved quality of life in our later years. Aging-- not cancer, not heart disease-- is the true underlying cause of most human death and suffering. We accept as inevitable that as we advance in years our bodies and minds begin to deteriorate and that we are...
45) The senior dog
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 671 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
How to Care for Aging Parents is an authoritative, clear, and comforting source of advice and support for the ever-growing number of Americans--now 42 million--who care for an elderly parent, relative, or friend. And now, in its third edition, it is completely overhauled and updated, chapter-by-chapter and page-by-page, with the most recent medical findings and recommendations. It includes a whole new chapter on fraud; details on the latest "aging...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From star-crossed matches to unexpected love triangles, summer on Nantucket always holds the promise of romance ... Lisa Hudson feels more alive than she has in a long time after hiring hunky carpenter Mack Whitney to renovate her old Nantucket home. There's no denying the spark growing between them-- despite the fact that Mack is ten years her junior. But her twentysomething children, Juliet and Theo, on the island for the summer, worry that the...
48) The father
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his reality.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Actress Cameron Diaz opens a conversation with her peers on a topic that that for too long has been taboo in our society: the aging female body. She shares the latest scientific research on how and why we age, synthesizing insights from top medical experts with her own thoughts, opinions, and experiences. The Longevity Book explores what history, biology, neuroscience, and the women's health movement can teach us about maintaining optimal health as...
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
ix, 128 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Gandhi once said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way that its animals are treated." How people regard older animals is especially revealing. Beautiful Old Dogs honors our senior best friends and explores their current state of care and custody. This book is inspired by the exquisite photography of Garry Gross, a noted fashion photographer during the 60s, 70s and 80s who, after becoming a highly successful dog...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Old age is not what it used to be. For the first time ever, most people in the United States are living into their eighties. The first guide of its kind, Eightysomethings changes our understanding of old age with an upbeat and emotionally savvy view of the uncharted territory of the last stage of life. With insight and humor, Dr. Katharine Esty describes the series of dramatic and difficult transitions that eightysomethings usually experience and...
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Language
English
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Description
“A funny, seasoned take on dashed illusions.”—O Magazine
“I love everything Meredith Maran writes. She is insightful, funny, and human, and the things she writes about matter to me deeply. Her memoir, The New Old Me, is a book I don’t just want to read—I need to read it. So does everyone else who’s getting older and wants to live fully, with immediacy and enjoyment,...
“I love everything Meredith Maran writes. She is insightful, funny, and human, and the things she writes about matter to me deeply. Her memoir, The New Old Me, is a book I don’t just want to read—I need to read it. So does everyone else who’s getting older and wants to live fully, with immediacy and enjoyment,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the creator of the best-selling The Jewish Catalog comes Getting Good at Getting Older, a tour for all of us "of a certain age" through the resources and skills we need to navigate the years between maturity and old age. It brings humor, warmth, and 4,000 years of Jewish experience to the question of how to shape this new stage of life"--
Siegel and Geller guide readers through the resources and skills we need to navigate the years between...
59) Keep your brain alive: 83 neurobic exercises to help prevent memory loss and increase mental fitness
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Over 40? Getting forgetful? Discover the secret of neurobics.
Neurobics is a unique brain exercise program that can be done anytime, anywhere. Based on the latest neuroscience, these deceptively simple exercises stimulate brain nutrients to help new brain cells grow. The key to keeping your brain strong and healthy is to break routines and use all five senses in unexpected ways. Offbeat, fun, and easy, these 83 exercises
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiv, 175 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Working Daughter is the story of a woman caring for her parents while trying to hang on to her career and raise her kids, the lessons she learned, and the advice she has to share. This book provides a roadmap for women trying to navigate caring for aging parents and their careers. It's ideal for readers who want straight talk and real advice about the challenges, and the upside, to eldercare"--
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