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  • The 36-Hour Day

    A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias

    Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
    With over 3.5 million copies sold, the bestselling guide to understanding and caring for people with dementia is now completely revised and updated!For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work in the field for caregivers of those with dementia. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer's, and other dementias, the book is widely ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Elderhood

    Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life

    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionA New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWinner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book AwardWinner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact AwardAs revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhoo... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory

    What's Normal, What's Not, and What to Do About It

    As you age, you may find yourself worrying about your memory. Where did I put those car keys? What time was my appointment? What was her name again? With more than 41 million Americans over the age of 65 in the United States, the question becomes how much (or, perhaps, what type) of memory loss is to be expected as one gets older and what should trigger a visit to the doctor. Seven Steps to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Life Giving Dementia Care

    by Toni Kanzler ...
    Explore the ultimate guide to compassionate dementia and Alzheimer's care in Life Giving Dementia Care.This poignant guide, winner of the 2021 Best Indie Book Award and Reader's Favorite Five Star recipient, is a heartfelt journey penned by a daughter who cared for her own mother. Seamlessly blending personal experience and expert insights, this Amazon bestseller offers an easy-to-read, jargon ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Nostalgia Factory

    Memory, Time and Aging

    Translated by Liz Waters ...
    “An entertaining discussion” of the role memory plays in our lives as we age, including an interview with Oliver Sacks (Times Higher Education Supplement).When we can’t call to mind the name of someone we’ve known for years, or walk into a room and forget what we came for, we start worrying. Are these lapses just “senior moments,” or something serious like dementia? In this book, a renowned ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mayo Clinic Guide to Preventing & Treating Osteoporosis

    Keeping Your Bones Healthy and Strong to Reduce Your Risk of Fracture

    by Mayo Clinic ...
    Expert information on preventing brittle bones and staying active and independent.Thanks to advances at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic and elsewhere, osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease that contributes to premature aging, can be effectively managed or even avoided. We no longer have to tolerate the pain and disability osteoporosis once caused.That's just the start of the good news you'll find ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Winning Strategies for Successful Aging

    Series series Yale University Press Health & Wellness
    “A work of inspiration and pragmatism” offering heartening advice on navigating the later years of life for aging individuals and their families (Gary J. Kennedy, M.D., Professor and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine).For anyone who is approaching a 65th birthday with trepidation, Dr. Eric Pfeiffer, who for thirty years has cared for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hypertension and Comorbidities

    Series series Practical Case Studies in Hypertension Management
    This guide is structured to assist physicians in the management of those hypertensive patients who present with specific comorbidities, such as diabetes, systolic dysfunction, obesity, renal disease, or previous cardiac events, often associated with hypertension. The clinical cases contained in this book have been selected to provide a paradigmatic set of scenarios frequently encountered in daily ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Alzheimer's Disease

    The brain goes through degenerative changes, as the brain tissue breaks down over time, causing a steady decline in mental function. This disease is not a normal part of aging and scientists don't know why some people get Alzheimer's and some others don't. ... Read more

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  • The Conversation

    A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

    In this "enlightening" (Jane Brody, New York Times) book, Harvard Medical School physician Angelo E. Volandes offers a solution to traumatic end-of-life care: talking, medicine's oldest tool.There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions, tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Honest Aging

    An Insider's Guide to the Second Half of Life

    Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
    Your indispensable guide to taking charge of the second half of your life.From Dr. Rosanne M. Leipzig, a top doctor with more than 35 years of experience caring for older people, Honest Aging is an indispensable guide to the second half of life, describing what to expect physically, psychologically, functionally, and emotionally as you age.Leipzig, an expert in evidence-based geriatrics, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Brain Longevity

    The Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Your Mind and Memory

    In the tradition of Andrew Weil's bestseller Spontaneous Healing, this is a physician's breakthrough medical program for the brain designed to diminish the effect of memory impairment caused by stress, aging, and Alzheimer's disease.As we grow older and experience the stresses of life, at about age 40 many of us begin to have trouble remembering things, concentrating, and generally staying ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Aging and Health - A Systems Biology Perspective

    Edited by A.I. Yashin, S.M. Jazwinski ...
    Series series Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics
    Aging is a major risk factor for chronic diseases, which in turn can provide information about the aging of a biological system. This publication serves as an introduction to systems biology and its application to biological aging. Key pathways and processes that impinge on aging are reviewed, and how they contribute to health and disease during aging is discussed. The evolution of this situation ... Read more

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  • Aging by Design: How New Thinking on Aging Will Change Your Life

    Why do we age? How do we age? These questions have baffled scientists for centuries and remain unresolved. The answer to the “how” question is critical to our ability to successfully prevent and treat age-related diseases like cancer and heart disease that now cause the majority of all deaths in the developed world. Because of major difficulties in experimentally determining causes of aging, the ... Read more

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  • La dieta Mind, alimentación que ayuda a prevenir la enfermedad de Alzheimer

    Muy probablemente tu cerebro está sufriendo en este instante y no tienes manera de saberlo ni él de decírtelo, sino hasta que ya es demasiado tarde, cuando empiezas a notar síntomas de Alzheimer y el daño es irreversible.El cerebro humano evolucionó para buscar alimentos ricos en grasa y azúcar. Pero una preferencia que comenzó como un mecanismo de supervivencia, en nuestros tiempos, donde hay ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Two Old Broads

    Stuff You Need to Know That You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know

    Written by renowned surgeon and expert on the art of aging, Dr. M.E. Hecht, with her friend Whoopi Goldberg lending her unique point of view, Two Old Broads is laugh out loud funny and?tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years.Whoopi joins Dr. Hecht in a lively conversation about growing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Creative Care

    A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care

    by Anne Basting ...
    A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient pioneers a radical change in how we interact with older loved ones, especially those experiencing dementia, as she introduces a proven method that uses the creative arts to bring light and joy to the lives of elders.In Creative Care, Anne Basting lays the groundwork for a widespread transformation in our approach to elder care and uses compelling, touching ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • At Peace

    Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life

    The authoritative, informative, and reassuring guide on end-of-life care for our aging population.Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility or overconfidence in our health-care system, results in the majority of elderly patients misguidedly dying in institutions. Many undergo painful procedures ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Cannabis for Seniors

    CANNABIS FOR SENIORS is written for independent seniors - as well as for family members and caretakers seeking ways to manage their everyday health concerns without resorting to powerful, habit-forming, potentially dangerous medications.CANNABIS FOR SENIORS reviews the latest scientific research regarding the health effects of marijuana and the effectiveness of various cannabis strains for ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Old Man Country

    My Search for Meaning Among the Elders

    We aspire to live in a country where old men are celebrated as vital elders but not demeaned if they become ill and dependent. We aspire to maintain health as well as maintain dignity and fulfillment in frailty. Old Man Country helps readers see and imagine these possibilities for themselves. The book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom, as he encounters twelve distinguished ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Can't Remember What I Forgot

    The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory Research

    by Sue Halpern ...
    An essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research that unveils findings about memory loss only now available to general readers.When Sue Halpern decided to emulate the first modern scientist of memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, who experimented on himself, she had no idea that after a day of radioactive testing, her brain would become so “hot” that leaving through the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Loving Approach to Dementia Care

    Making Meaningful Connections while Caregiving

    by Laura Wayman ...
    Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
    An encouraging and compassionate guide for dementia caregivers.Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. But few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementia—despite the fact that millions of people will struggle with it as they grow older. In A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, Laura Wayman, who is known professionally ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Leisure and Aging

    Theory and Practice

    The number and percent of older people in developed countries continue to grow, thanks to medical advances and decreases in fertility and mortality rates. And that means that tomorrow’s recreation and leisure professionals will be more challenged than ever to meet the needs of an increasingly older culturally diverse population.Leisure and Aging: Theory and Practice provides students and ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging

    Stay Smart, Strong, and Active

    Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
    Explores all aspects of health as men reach middle age and beyond.As they reach middle age, most men begin looking forward to "what's next." They gear up to experience renewed productivity and purpose and are more conscious of their health. A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging is an authoritative resource for them, and for older men, as well. In collaboration with a variety of medical experts, the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD