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Through the inspirational, wise, and informative stories of the residents, either in their own words or based on interviews, and environmental photographs of each, this book focuses on various residents of long-term care facilities and especially on the positive facets of their life, their thoughts, and their feelings. The only issue that reaches the media about nursing homes is the negative and unfortunate events that sometimes occur, but there is...
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In Worship of Hollow Gods, James Sniechowski bears witness to the world of a sensitive, nine-year-old boy, subjected to the underbelly of his Polish Catholic family in working class Detroit. The year is 1950. The family gathers for a Friday night family poker/pinochle party. The outcome reveals a world no one ever talked about then and are forbidden to talk about now---the unspoken, the impermissible, the reality beneath every family's practiced facade---and...
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Moments of Glad Grace is a moving and witty memoir of aging, familial love, and the hunt for roots and belonging. The story begins as a trip from Canada to Ireland in search of genealogical data and documents. Being 80 and in the early stages of Parkinson's Disease, Joe invites his daughter Alison to come along as his research assistant, which might have worked very well had she any interest - any at all - in genealogy.
Very quickly, the father-daughter...
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Being a grandparent...
...is the highlight of your golden years.
But how can you make the most of this time and leave a legacy for generations to come?
With the help of their children, their spouses, and twenty-two grandchildren, Winston and Linda Egan have written this guide to show you how you can build close, loving relationships in your family while creating memories that last forever. In this book, you'll discover:
• Unique and exciting...
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A quick-to-use resource for first-time parents on why newborns don't take baths, why one should burp their baby, why a newborn has constant gas, and much more!
Most new parents approach their upcoming adventure with mixed feelings of excitement and trepidation. There are so many questions that seem to be unanswered about their newborns and toddlers.
Wouldn't it be great to have a book that helps answer those questions-especially the medically-based...
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Sister Mary Threadgold is founder of Sonas, an organization promoting a positive attitude to aging. Her book highlights the five areas of life that correspond to human need, namely the physical, social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. She looks at issues that arise in later life in each of these areas and at possible ways of coping with these difficulties. Each section ends with a way of relating these issues to Christian thinking.
Spiritual...
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Hola, esta es una nueva historia de Sir David El Trovador, esta vez quise hacer un libro que para mí es muy difícil de escribir. Mi madre está muriendo en un hogar de ancianos en California. Consideren que es un infierno conducir desde Ciudad Canguro (Salt Lake City) ya que aquí en Australia estamos en una isla y tendría que conducir mi auto realmente rápido sobre el agua para poder llegar hasta California. Lo he estado pensando mucho y francamente...
68) Hollin Clough
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Jen admires her father and Frank believes that his daughters are happy, but no one in any family knows the whole story.
This family has fractured before, and been patched up by secrets and evasions.
Now things are about to change.
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Senior Transitions 101 is more than just a comprehensive handbook for navigating senior care options. It's also a source of support and understanding for the caregiver.
With clarity, compassion, and practicality, Dr. Amy Arp gently guides you through every challenge you might encounter as your parent or loved one grows older.
You'll learn how to:
• Manage caregiver stress before it leads to burnout
• Organize your loved one's affairs without...
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Complacent, self-made millionaire Scott Northwood wakes up one morning to discover he's been given the ability to extend the lives of people who are about to die just when they are on the verge of achieving something important.
But there's a catch-he must shorten his own lifespan by an equivalent amount of time.
Scott plunges into a moral and emotional maelstrom as his desire to live out his own comfortable life collides with a growing sense...
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The bond between grandparents and grandchildren is very unique and truly special, and it is never more evident than on the pages of this wonderfully endearing picture book. Author Debbie Daniele drew on her own experience as a wife, mother, and now grandmother to pen As I Grow Up and You Grow Down, skillfully capturing the wonder and beauty of the multi-generational relationship and its role in the development of a child's character. This uncomplicated...
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A veces, el momento de lajubilación y el envejecimiento de nuestros padres provoca que estos se abandonen, se encierren en sí mismos o se muestren agresivos. ¿Cómo acompañarlos con calma en esta etapa, cuando se reconsidera el papel de cada uno en la familia? ¿Cómo encontrar el equilibrio adecuado, sin sacrificios inútiles ni culpabilidad excesiva? Este libro nos aporta las claves para comprender tanto sus reacciones como las nuestras, y actuar...
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Megan Riley is a young girl growing up in a big family and a big world. Her story takes you on a journey with twists and turns you may not expect, and it opens the doors of her soul. She reveals who she really is, what she sees and experiences, when it all started, where she has been on her journey, how she overcame her nightmares and obstacles, and why she is sharing her story with the world. Using a form of poetry known as spoken word, this story...
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In this poignant and timely memoir, Melanie Merriman shares her struggle to care for her fiercely independent aging mother. When her father dies, Melanie commits herself to making the rest of her mother's life the best it can be. She brings knowledge to the situation--as a hospice consultant, she has studied aging, illness, and the intricacies of the healthcare system--and she has a sister who is willing to help. But even with these advantages, Melanie...
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Never give up on a wish for a happy ever after...
Callie Derbyshire has it all: her dream job as a carer at Bay View, finally she has found the love of her life. Everything is perfect.
Well, almost.
Ex-partners are insistent on stirring up trouble, and Callie's favorite resident, Ruby, hasn't been her usual self.
But after discovering the truth about Ruby's lost love, Callie is determined to give Ruby's romantic story the happy ending it deserves....
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Getting older goes hand in hand with losses of many kinds-ending careers, empty nests, illness, the deaths of loved ones-and this book by one of the world's most beloved grief experts helps one acknowledge and mourn the many losses of aging while also offering advice for living better in old age. The 100 practical tips and activities address the emotional, spiritual, cognitive, social, and physical needs of seniors who want to age authentically and...
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Las técnicas proyectivas se han usado principalmente en los niños, ya que a través del dibujo manifiestan la creatividad, las emociones y plasman todo aquello que sienten o imaginan.
Los dibujos infantiles son los trazos más puros, libres, creativos e instintivos.
Los niños necesitan crear y perderse en su fantasía, y a través de los dibujos encuentran el modo de manifestar el inconsciente sin apenas darse cuenta. Esto también ocurre en los...
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The journey of self-care and spousal care as portrayed in this non-fiction story is thoughtful, intelligent and questioning. It is like a dialogue about a stage in life and disease that is occurring in many households. The ability to articulate the feelings, facts and relationship creates a rich texture of life. The author seamlessly entwines the love story of a couple whose relationship is tested and redefined by dementia with the raw, earnest insights...
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Linda Seidel's lightly fictionalized memoir lets readers feel what it's like for a naturally skeptical, yet persistently naïve, older woman to watch her parents age out of life, to think about the epiphanies they enable her to have, and to reflect on the lives of "elders" she didn't appreciate until she'd worn through some years herself. The elders, whose stories Seidel reconstructs were quintessentially American-meaning complex, subtle and challenging-whether...
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