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Taking care of a family member who is ill, disabled, or dying requires courage, strength, commitment, and love. Now Terry Hargrave, an expert in counseling and caregiving, offers you help with a devotional written with your specific needs in mind. The morning prayers and evening reflections in this book are short and to the point. Strength and Courage for Caregivers weaves together powerful stories, practical advice, and the restorative promises of Scripture, reminding caregivers that they're not alone in this important yet all too often unacknowledged and underappreciated work.

Through Dr. Samuel Harrington's own experience with the aging and deaths of his parents and of working with patients, he describes the terminal patterns of the six most common chronic diseases; how to recognize a terminal diagnosis even when the doctor is not clear about it; how to have the hard conversation about end-of-life wishes; how to minimize painful treatments; when to seek hospice care; and how to deal with dementia and other special issues.

There's an ever-growing body of evidence supporting the relatively simple principles that are behind healthy eating - yet the public seems to be more confused than ever. Never-ending promotions of fad diets get in the way of people making healthy choices. In this revised and updated edition of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, Dr. Willett uses eye-opening research to explain the relative importance of various food groups and supplements as well as how to choose foods with the best types of carbohydrates, fats, and protein.

In the past century, average life expectancies have nearly doubled, and today, for the first time in human history, many people have a realistic chance of living to 80 or beyond. As life expectancy increases, Americans need accurate, scientifically grounded information so that they can take full responsibility for their own latter years. In The Art and Science of Aging Well, Mark E. Williams, MD, discusses the remarkable advances that medical science has made in the field of aging and the steps that people may take to enhance their lives as they age.

Being able to communicate effectively and fend off potential medical mishaps is a must. The purpose of this audiobook is to (1) provide you with the tools you need to actively engage in your overall health care, (2) address your concerns in finding and receiving high quality care, and (3) educate you on both a basic and advanced level.

Many people, especially the inventors of modern technology, often assume that creating better technology is the key to giving people a better way of life. This assumption is true in some respects. However,what very few people seem to understand is that technology also serves to worsen the stress level of the people who are using it. The faster a gadget or a mechanism works, the bigger the pressure on the individual to do or accomplish more feats. This often leads people to feel more harried and less relaxed.

A guide to caring for aging and ailing family members, which offers expert advice, illuminating vignettes, and a compassionate approach to building constructive, mutually gratifying relationships. When it comes time to provide care for those who once cared for us, where can we turn? This book offers practical guidance for a broad range of caregiving situations when family caregivers assume their new role.

On the flight to their "babymoon" in Hawaii before their first child arrived, Allison Pataki's husband turned to her to ask if his eye looked strange, and then suddenly lost consciousness. After making an emergency landing, they discovered that Dave, a lifelong, healthy athlete and orthopedic surgery resident at Rush Medical School in Chicago, had suffered a rare, and often fatal, stroke. Dave was one of the lucky ones though, and he survived, but the man who woke up from his coma was not the same man Allison had fallen in love with at Yale.

In Tell Me the Planets, Ben Platts-Mills tells stories about his work with survivors of brain injury, offering a rare glimpse into the world as seen through their eyes: charismatic Danny, whose criminal past has left him paralysed down one side, but who now helps others worse off than himself; Sid, whose memory for the present lasts only moments; and Liah, who is caught in a battle with the care system threatening to make her homeless.

Inside Mario Robertson’s Medicare 2018-2020, you’ll discover how to get the benefits you deserve from this wide-ranging program. Whether you’re over 65 or have a covered disability, you (and 15 percent of the US population) need to access the full extent of your Medicare benefits. With this book, you can cut through all the outdated and confusing information out there - and find the help you need.

Regarded as one of the finest journalists of her generation, Mamie Baird Magnusson's whole life was a celebration of words - words that she fought to retain in the grip of a disease which is fast becoming the scourge of the 21st century. Married to writer and broadcaster Magnus Magnusson, they had five children of whom Sally is the eldest.

A simple yet profound shift, seeing people as people is an idea so simple you'll swear you've heard it a million times but so profound you'll never stop learning from it. Kimberly White discovered it in a chain of nursing homes whose leaders, nurses, and housekeepers saw their patients, not as tasks to be ticked off a to-do list, but as valuable human beings. White helps you to adopt this transformative shift with warm encouragement, insightful guidance, and powerfully moving, true accounts of extraordinary human goodness.

This audio bundle helps you quickly and easily lose weight. After years of making bodybuilders miserable, "If It Fits Your Macros" was born. IIFYM is a way to improve one's body composition by not relying completely on clean foods. Learn all about how you can benefit, and also discover the fundamentals of intermittent fasting and how it is one of the easiest way to lose weight while building lean muscle. Learn all the basics of food prepping, different foods that you can use to prep your meals in a lot of different ways, and how to prepare them the right and nutritious way.

At Death’s Door: End of Life Stories from the Bedside tells the powerful story of Sebastian Sepulveda’s experiences in working with patients at the end of their lives. Written from the perspective of a medical doctor from years of experience, this personal approach to the end of life explores the many options available to patients and their families and reveals how real people have come to those decisions, and how they play out.

Clients and Their Caregivers is a short listen of helpful tips for individuals with disabilities and their caregivers, family, and friends. It will enlighten and educate you on the demands of the working relationship between a caregiver and someone with a disability. Learn about the role family and friends play in creating an atmosphere which allows an individual with a disability to live a high quality life.

Go take a nap. No, this isn't a parent pushing a cranky toddler to lay down. This is something you will soon hear from your boss. Sleep deprivation costs US companies over $400 billion every year due to lost employee productivity and increased health costs. Author Franklin Lee offers a surprising answer to crises of worker productivity and rising health insurance costs: napping as an employee benefit.

In his first book, visionary social care leader Liam Palmer shares anecdotes and well-researched articles to challenge, inform, and, ultimately, raise standards in the care home sector. He applies his strategic thinking to a number of complex problems within care to unpick these dynamics and identify the drivers and forces at work.

Four generations live under one roof in Columbus, Ohio, and they've figured out how to make it work: dividing responsibilities and chores, re-designing some physical spaces for privacy, and reconfiguring others into common areas for all to gather and enjoy living together. This tale of heartache, heroism, and hope is one family's multi-generational social experiment, which encompasses kids in their teens, parents in their 40s, grandparents in their 70s, and a 90-plus year-old great-grandmother.

Everyone seems to be in a rush searching for ways to weight loss nowadays. A myriad of offers covering diets, health and food supplements, physical fitness programs, and various training workshops are flooding the entire health and fitness market. All these entail costs and effort on your part and mostly turn out to be not as effective as these marketers promised in their glamorous ads. However, there’s an ongoing solution that many are resorting to nowadays. Although it is not exempted from the opinions of cynics, it is a lot better than those options being offered in the market.

A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What's Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation's other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money.