Blood Disorders in the Elderly (New Book)

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Blood Disorders in the Elderly
by Lodovico Balducci, William Ershler, and Giovanni de Gaetano
(Hardcover - Jan 31, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Cambridge University Press):

The developed world has an increasingly aging population, with approximately 10% of the population aged over 65 years. As the incidence and prevalence of blood disorders increases with age, these conditions are a heavy burden on healthcare systems. Blood Disorders in the Elderly will provide hematologists, geriatricians and all clinicians involved in the care of patients with blood disorders with clear clinical advice on the diagnosis and management of these conditions. The introductory section reviews epidemiology of aging and anemia and provides a comprehensive approach to the management of cancer in the aging patient. This is followed by a full discussion of hemopoiesis and changes it undergoes in aging. The remaining sections cover the diagnosis and management of all major disorders: anemia, malignancy, coagulation and platelet disorders and hemophilia. A detailed chapter on antithrombotic therapies is also included.


About the Authors:

Lodovico Balducci is the Division Chief of the Senior Adult Oncology Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, and Professor of Oncology and Medicine.

William Ershler is Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging and Geriatric Medicine, Washington DC.

Giovanni de Gaetano is Director of the Research Laboratories at the Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy.

Key words:
New books, Blood Disorders, Elderly, Lodovico Balducci, William Ershler, Giovanni de Gaetano, Cambridge University Press, aging population, healthcare systems, hematology, geriatrics, epidemiology of aging, anemia, cancer, aging patients, hemopoiesis, diagnosis, management, malignancy, coagulation, platelet, disorders, hemophilia, antithrombotic therapies, Geriatric Medicine

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"Eternal Puppy: Groundbreaking Veterinary Advances to Enrich Your Senior Dog's Life" (New Book)

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Eternal Puppy: Keeping Your Dog Young Forever
by Janice Willard and Marty Becker (Paperback - Jan 30, 2008)


Publisher: Kennel Club Books

Key words:
New books, Eternal Puppy, Veterinary Advances, Senior Dogs, Janice Willard, Marty Becker, Kennel Club Books, dogs, veterinary, aging, ageing

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New Book -- Continence Care (Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses)

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Continence Care
(Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses)
by Florence Mitchell (Paperback - Jan 30, 2008)


Publisher: Blackwell Publishers

Key words:
New books, Continence Care, Clinical Skills, Nurses, Florence Mitchell, Blackwell Publishers, Nursing

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New Book -- "Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial"

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Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial
(Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)
by Nicole Hollander (Hardcover - Jan 22, 2008) - Large Print

From Publishers Weekly:

For the last quarter century, Hollander's comic strip Sylvia has dared to say publicly what most women only smirk about with their favorite girlfriends. Now Hollander's taking on the ultimate female nightmare ­ getting old. While men think they still look swell when they're older, aging is hard on women. In a series of hilarious sketches, Hollander takes on everything from late-life sex with vibrators to peculiar herbal remedies for menopausal symptoms, rounding it all off with a most astonishing afterlife fantasy, where she's reborn as Rex Stout. There's practical advice, too. A lot of problems stem from things we think we should be doing, but aren't, like having a fantastic love life. Hollander was 50 when she realized she was holding onto love affairs way past their sell-by date, ruining decades of her life. Now she reminds herself that she's already been married, even if it was 40 years back and only lasted four years. Brimming with bad attitude, Hollander is a real gift to women of a certain age.

Key words:
New books, Graceful Aging, Planet Denial, Nicole Hollander, Thorndike Press, getting old, aging, late-life sex, vibrators, herbal remedies, menopausal symptoms, menopause, practical advice

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"You, Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty" (New Book)

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Here is a new book for discussion here:

You, Staying Young:
The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty
(Thorndike Large Print Health, Home and Learning)
by Mehmet, M.D. Oz and Michael F., M.D. Roizen
(Hardcover - Jan 22, 2008) - Large Print

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Thorndike Press):

The body is the most fascinating machine ever created, and nobody talks about it in ways that are as illuminating and compelling as Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Most people think of the aging of our bodies the same way we think of the aging of our cars: the older we get, the more inevitable it is that we're going to break down. Most of us believe that at age 40 or so, we begin the slow and steady decline of our minds, our eyes, our ears, our joints, our arteries, our libido, and every other system that affects the quality of life (and how long we live it). But according to Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz, that's a mistake.

Aging isn't a decline in our systems. It's actually very purposeful. The very systems and biological processes that age us are designed to help us when we're a little bit younger. So what's our role as part of the aging population? To learn how those systems work so we can reprogram them to work the way they did when we were younger. Your goal should be: die young at any age. That means you live a high quality of life (with everything from working joints to working genitals) until the day you die.

At the core of this landmark book are the Major Agers--14 biological processes that control your rate of aging. Some you've heard of, some you haven't, and some you never knew contributed to the aging process. Some speed decline, others inhibit your repair mechanisms. These Major Agers are everything from short telomeres and inefficient mitochondria to stem cells and wacky hormones. The doctors explain the principles of longevity and many of the causes of aging and how to fight the effects. The climax of the book is a 14-day plan to help you along your path to staying young. The doctors want you to be able to integrate important processes into your daily life in order to make staying young routine, but first you'll need to measure your real age and health right now. Staying young encompasses your emotions and mental health as well as your exercise habits, eating habits, personal hygiene, and genes, among other things.

Wouldn't you like to know how to prevent your body from aging badly? The original YOU book showed how bodies work in general, and YOU: On a Diet explained how bodies lose weight and stay fit. Now in YOU: Staying Young, Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz illuminate the mysterious mechanisms with a lively metaphor -- the modern city. What differentiates a vibrant and thriving city that ages gracefully from one that is worn down and rusted out? Despite genetic differences, which are like the geography upon which the city is built, cities age differently because of the way residents treat their education system (stem cells), power plants (mitochondria), electrical grids (brains), transportation routes (blood vessels), and landfills (fat). You -- as mayor, resident, and street cleaner -- have the power to balance your biological budget to ensure a life that's both long and strong. Thankfully, just as cities can invest in renewal and improving their repair processes, so can you.

YOU: Staying Young is filled with signature YOU Tools, including YOU Tests, YOU Tips, and visual and verbal metaphors to bring the science to life.

Key words:
New books, Staying Young, Extending Your Warranty, Mehmet Oz, Michael Roizen, Thorndike Press, aging, telomeres, mitochondria, stem cells, hormones, mental health, exercise habits, eating habits, personal hygiene, genes


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The Healthy Seniors Cookbook: Ideal Meals and Menus for People Over Sixty (Or Any Age) -- New Book

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The Healthy Seniors Cookbook:
Ideal Meals and Menus for People Over Sixty (Or Any Age)
by Marilyn McFarlane and Carol Baird (Paperback - Jan 15, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Hatala Geroproducts):

Enjoying great food doesn't stop during your senior years! Coming up with a tasty, nutritious meal is now easier than ever with The Healthy Seniors Cookbook. Whether cooking for yourself, your spouse, or visiting grandchildren, this book features an easy-to-read, easy-to-use format that provides flavorful meals and simple, fast cooking methods. The book includes:
-- Over 190 delicious recipes for cooking everything from soups and main courses to desserts.
-- Helpful hints on shopping, cooking, and fitness to make your dining experience more enjoyable.
-- A six-week plan of menus offering variety every day of the week.
-- A wide selection of low sodium and low cholesterol recipes.
-- Specific recipes that are fun to prepare and share with grandchildren.
-- Recipes that have been reviewed by specialists in geriatric nutrition.
-- Light or hearty menu alternatives.
-- Favorite dishes contributed by a number of senior chefs.

Key words:
New books, Healthy Seniors Cookbook, People Over Sixty, Marilyn McFarlane, Carol Baird, Hatala Geroproducts, Ideal Meals, Menus, seniors, low sodium, low cholesterol, geriatric nutrition, geriatrics, gerontology

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Senior Days: Insightful Tales and No-Nonsense Help from the Frontlines of Eldercare (New Book)

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Senior Days:
Insightful Tales and No-Nonsense Help from the Frontlines of Eldercare
by Colleen Nicol (Paperback - Jan 15, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Long Lake Press, LLC):

Colleen Nicol's experiences as an in-home caregiver are often humorous, always poignant and sometimes sad. In the flick of a sentence, these tales jump from moments of high drama to sparks of laugh-out-loud hilarity. You'll meet the 94-year-old gigolo, the blind lady who could suddenly see, and the woman who couldn't stop shopping. Nicol's book goes well beyond the stories. It s filled with caregiving tips, expert advice and important resources. An indispensable guide for caregivers.


About the Author:

Colleen Nicol has packed a lot of living into her 59 years. She's been a waitress, receptionist, retail clerk, real estate sales agent, entrepreneur, volunteer and, most recently, an in-home senior care companion. For the past 13 years, she has been employed by a highly regarded provider of non-medical care, assistance and companionship to the elderly. Nicol was the company's Alzheimer's Caregiver of the year in 1997. Her formal education includes work toward an associate of arts degree from Honolulu Community College. She and her co-author husband, Brian have been married for 39 years and have two sons. Brain Nicol's writing, editing and publishing career spans more than 30 years, most of them in Hawaii, Oregon and Nebraska. He was editor of Honolulu Magazine from 1982 until 1990. For a little more than two years, he was editorial director of Aster Publishing Corporation in Eugene, Oregon. Most recently, he was CEO of Home & Away Publishing, a AAA-owned media company. In his spare time, he writes screenplays.

Key words:
New books, Senior Days, Eldercare, Colleen Nicol, Long Lake Press, caregiving, senior care, elderly, Alzheimer's Caregiver

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Healthy Aging For Dummies (New Book)

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Healthy Aging For Dummies (Health & Fitness)
by Brent Agin and Sharon, RN Perkins (Paperback - Jan 10, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher ("For Dummies"):

Look to this book for advice, techniques, and strategies to help people stay vigorous and healthy as they grow older.

People are becoming increasingly knowledgeable about managing their health as they age. Healthy Aging For Dummies explains how people can embark on a healthy lifestyle that will enable them to feel young, both mentally and physically, even as they’re getting older. It covers tips and advice on choosing the ideal physician; starting an exercise program; learning to meditate; taking the right vitamins and herbs; dealing with or preventing heart disease, cancer, and dementia; replacing negative thinking with positive thinking; and building memory and learning skills.


From the Back Cover:

Set pro-aging goals, take action, and get on the road to lifelong wellness!

Find the secrets for keeping your body fit and your mind sharp

Just because you're getting older doesn't mean you have to feel older. This essential guide is packed with proven strategies to slow down the aging process, from good nutrition and exercise to skin care, stress reduction, and mental exercises. It's your complete prescription for looking and feeling younger and enjoying a higher quality of life.

Discover how to:

-- Identify your health risks

-- Get a good night's sleep and understand the importance of it

-- Keep your whole body healthy and strong

-- Be proactive in disease prevention

-- Maintain vitality as you age

Key words:
New books, Healthy Aging, For Dummies, Brent Agin, Sharon Perkins, exercise, vitamins, herbs, heart disease, cancer, dementia, memory, health risks, sleep, disease prevention

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Inheritance in Contemporary America: The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations (New Book)

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Inheritance in Contemporary America:
The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations
by Jacqueline L. Angel (Hardcover - Jan 4, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher
(The Johns Hopkins University Press):

With the baby boom generation on the cusp of retirement, life expectancies on the rise, and the nation's cultural makeup in flux, the United States is faced with social and policy quandaries that demand attention. How are elders to balance the competing claims of helping family members during their lifetime, saving for old age, and planning estates? What roles should the state, family, and individuals play in supporting people during later life? Are new familial gift-giving trends sustainable, and, if so, what effects might they have on future generations?

Inheritance in Contemporary America tackles the complex legal, policy, and emotional issues that surround bequests and inheritances in an era of increasing longevity, broadening ethnicity, and unraveling social safety nets. Through empirical analyses, case studies, interviews, and anecdotes, Jacqueline L. Angel explains the historical nature of familial giving and how it is changing as the nation's demographics shift. She explores the legal, personal, and policy complexities involved in passing wealth down through generations and provides a cross-disciplinary context for exploring the indelible effects that newly unfolding inheritance practices will have on various societal cohorts and the nation in general.

From nuclear and extended families to the state and nongovernmental bodies, Angel's engaging study explores how attitudes toward giving are evolving and confronts in stark terms the legacy that these shifts in attitude will leave. This book will be a vital tool for scholars and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and public policy.

Key words:
New books, Inheritance, America, Giving across Generations, Jacqueline Angel, Johns Hopkins University, baby boom generation, retirement, life expectancy, gerontology, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, public policy.

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New Book on Human Aging

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Human Aging (2nd Edition) (MyDevelopmentKit Series)
by Paul W. Foos and M. Cherie Clark (Hardcover - Jan 1, 2008)

From the Back Cover:

Human Aging, Second Edition, offers a readable and friendly presentation of the important methods, findings, and theories of human aging, while actively involving the reader in meaningful exercises and critical thinking.

Students are repeatedly challenged to apply information in the text to the older adults in their own lives, with suggestions for enhancing the lives of their older relatives. These include guidelines for discussions regarding social, emotional, and environmental changes as well encouraging intellectual and social interaction.

New to this Edition:

The Companion Website now features “Audio Senior Views”, audio interviews with a diverse group of adults that reinforce the main topics in each chapter, while infusing the material with the human element that is often lacking in textbooks.

New and updated chapter on Research Methods and Issues stresses issues of critical thinking in the classroom.

Social Policy boxes bring students into a discussion of current issues that affect a growing older population, as well as their future experience of human aging.

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 2 edition (January 1, 2008)

Key words:
New books, Human Aging, Paul Foos, M. Cherie Clark, Allyn and Bacon, ageing, gerontology

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The End-of-life Handbook: A Compassionate Guide to Connecting With and Caring for a Dying Loved One

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The End-of-life Handbook:
A Compassionate Guide to Connecting With and Caring for a Dying Loved One
by David B. Feldman, Stephen Andrew Lasher Jr., and Ira Byock
(Paperback - Jan 3, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (New Harbinger Publications):

This book addresses both the emotional and psychological issues associated with death and dying and the practical and medical realities typically dealt with at this time--unusual among titles in this subject area.

The authors, a psychologist and medical doctor, are passionate advocates for quality end-of-life care. Author Feldman's background in positive psychology brings an emphasis on hope, inspiration, meaning, and human connection at the end of life to the book.

As medical technology progresses and life expectancies edge upward, families are being faced with ever-more-complicated choices as loved ones approach their final hours. This book offers readers much-needed guidance and support for making these often difficult decisions.


About the Authors:

David B. Feldman, Ph.D, is assistant professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas and completed a fellowship in palliative care at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, where he worked with countless patients and families confronting serious medical illness. His research and writings have addressed such topics as hope, meaning, and growth in the face of life's difficult circumstances.

Steven Andrew Lasher, Jr., MD, is currently director of Palliative Medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, CA. He also serves as the San Francisco medical director of Sutter Visiting Nurses Association Hospice and Home Care as well as the Medical Director of Coming Home Hospice. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, CA, as well as fellowship training in Palliative Medicine at Stanford/Palo Alto Veteran's Hospital.

Key words:
New books, End-of-life Handbook, Dying, David Feldman, Stephen Andrew Lasher, Ira Byock, New Harbinger Publications, death, end-of-life care, palliative care, Palliative Medicine, Nurses, Hospice, emotional issues, psychological issues

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Changing Course: Navigating Life after Fifty -- New book

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Changing Course: Navigating Life after Fifty
by William A. Sadler, Ph.D. and James H. Krefft, Ph.D.
(Perfect Paperback - Jan 2, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher
(The Center for Third Age Leadership Press):

Changing Course is a how-to book for people who want to change the aging game. It is a practical book that provides a new way to think about and experience life after fifty. Changing Course demonstrates that people over fifty can redefine aging and retirement by building a different kind of portfolio, a Third Age Life Portfolio.

When it comes to aging, the future is not what it used to be. An array of new possibilities for people over fifty provides options previous generations simply did not have.

Historically, D words have defined becoming older: difficulty, disengagement, decline, degeneration, and disease. But recent research has been showing how people can set new directions with R words: renewal, reinvention, regeneration, rejuvenation, and redirection.

In Changing Course: Navigating Life After Fifty, William A. Sadler and James H. Krefft present path-breaking discoveries from over twenty years research. With life stories and lessons, they show readers how they too can take charge of their lives to redefine both aging and retirement.

This researched-based book follows the pioneering work of Bill Sadler: The Third Age: Six Principles of Growth and Renewal After Forty (Perseus, 2001).

Research has shown that people with a positive self-identity live an average of seven years longer than those with a negative self-image. People over fifty can reinvent themselves in a positive way by enlarging their life portfolios and embarking on Third Age Careers. People can thus recast retirement as an age of renewal and growth, not deterioration and decline.

Changing Course illustrates the principles for second growth and provides how-to lessons readers can use to change course. Readers can learn how to:

- Make life after fifty the most fulfilling years yet;

- Replace negative stereotypes of aging with positive images;

- Create a positive third age identity that leads to the person you want to become; and,

- Redefine success in terms of what you find personally fulfilling.

Changing Course is not a financial-planning title. Rather, the book addresses people who want to leave their brand on everything they've touched. Many financial-planning guides, especially those pitched to Baby Boomers, miss the point: people are by and large not mainly interested in figuring out how much money they need to retire. They want to figure out how to continue to do their own thing.

What good is it to know to the penny what financial resources you will need to retire if you have not thought through how you are going to spend your life after fifty?

Changing Course is a self-help book for people who want to create a different, better second half of life. Based on twenty years of research tracking innovative individuals, the book provides a positive scenario of new opportunities, as well as challenges that emerge at this time of life.

As part of an emerging international movement that is redefining aging, Changing Course focuses on the Third Age, a long middle period resulting from a longevity revolution that has added an average of thirty years to the life course.

The book shows how people can continue to experience second growth, renewal, and fulfillment into their sixties and seventies. Many books on the second half of life focus only on vital aging in the fourth age (late seventies and beyond).

The bottom-line message of Changing Course: Instead of winding down after fifty, here is how you can change course.


About the Authors:

William A. Sadler, Ph.D., has been a professor, senior administrator, author, consultant, community leader, and popular speaker. In a long academic career since receiving his doctorate from Harvard, Bill has authored five books. His last, The Third Age: Six Principles of Growth and Renewal after Forty, led to the formation of The Center for Third Age Leadership, an organization that focuses on maximizing the talents and contributions of people over fifty. Translated into several languages, in 2006 The Third Age was featured as book of the week by the Korean Broadcast System. For nearly twenty years Bill has been professor of sociology and business at Holy Names University, where he still teaches MBA leadership courses. He and his wife Sallie reside half the year in Oakland, CA and the other half on the Maine coast.

James H. Krefft, Ph.D., is president of The Center for Third Age Leadership. He works as a writer, consultant, and executive coach. In his second age Jim plied careers as a university instructor, Army officer, technical editor, Human Resources executive, and management consultant. The eldest of ten and a native of New Orleans, he charged into his third age at forty-two when he left a major corporation. In addition to coauthoring Changing Course, he has written or collaborated on two other books and a screenplay since turning fifty-five, including, along with Stephen M. Dent, Powerhouse Partners: A Blueprint for Building Organizational Culture for Breakaway Results. Jim has a BA in philosophy and an MA and doctorate in English literature. He and his wife Lynn and their two children Michelle and Jim live in Colorado.

Key words:
New books, Retirement, Changing Course, Life after Fifty, William Sadler, James Krefft, Center for Third Age Leadership, aging game, Third Age

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Have the Time of Your Life in Retirement: The Help-Yourself Guide for a Fun, Fulfilling Retirement

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Have the Time of Your Life in Retirement:
The Help-Yourself Guide for a Fun, Fulfilling Retirement
by Dave Brazier (Paperback - Jan 2, 2008)


Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises

Key words:
New books, Retirement, Dave Brazier, Tate Publishing and Enterprises, Help-Yourself Guide

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Pet Loss and Human Bereavement -- New Book

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Pet Loss and Human Bereavement
by William Kay, Herbert Nieburg, Austin Kutscher, and Ross Grey
(Paperback - Jan 2, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Wiley-Blackwell):

Describes the grieving process that occurs when people lose pets and suggests ways of helping individuals to cope.

From the Back Cover
Pet Loss and Human Bereavement deals with the human/companion animal relationship and what happens when that bond is broken. The contributors to the book acknowledge the significance o the relationship and the grief involved when a pet dies or is terminally ill. The contributors' approach covers multidisciplinary care that can be given by veterinarians, psychiatrists, social workers, philosopher-ethicists, and others.

Topics include guidance for dealing with owners of terminally ill or recently deceased animals; the rights of animals to humane treatment; and the right of owners to find acceptance of their bereavement, respect for their emotional ties to their pets, and positive resolution of their grief.

Key words:
New books, Pet Loss, Human Bereavement, Wiley-Blackwell, William Kay, Herbert Nieburg, Austin Kutscher, Ross Grey, grieving, pets, grief, veterinarians, psychiatrists, social workers, animals


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The Relief of Imperfection: For Women Who Try Too Hard to Make It All Just Right

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The Relief of Imperfection:
For Women Who Try Too Hard to Make It All Just Right
by Joan C. Webb (Paperback - Jan 2, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Regal Books):

Dear Lord, I pray that all limitations, weaknesses, defects, pain, hurt, mistakes, embarrassment, and imperfection in my personal and public life, relationships and circumstances be eliminated. This book is for any woman who has ever prayed this prayer or for the one who has even thought it. Joan Webb, a self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, knows how hard it is for determined and caring women to step into the relief of imperfection. And yet, this is exactly what God wants for us.

The Relief of Imperfection encourages the reader to believe the truth about God, others, herself and her reality, thus eventually releasing her from the pursuit of perfection to relax in the relief of imperfection. Webb provides real-life stories, including how Jesus lived in the midst of imperfect surroundings, to show that it is OK with God to cease trying to appear perfect and have all the right answers all the time. Readers will find permission to stop pretending and start enjoying authentic, intimate relationships with others, with themselves and with God.

About the Author
JOAN C. WEBB is a recovering workaholic and perfectionist who communicates a message of freedom and renewal. A former pastor s wife, Joan is a personal life coach and teacher, helping others to become who God has gifted them to be. She speaks nationally and internationally and has appeared on Christian radio and television. Joan is the author or coauthor of magazine articles, curriculum and eight books, including Meditations for Christians Who Try to Be Perfect.

Key words:
New books, The Relief of Imperfection, Joan Webb, Regal Books, Lord, perfectionism, imperfection, God, Jesus, Christians, Christianity

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The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife -- New Book

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The Age of Miracles:
Embracing the New Midlife
by Marianne Williamson (Hardcover - Jan 1, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Hay House):

The need for change as we get older­an emotional pressure for one phase of our lives to transition into another­is a human phenomenon, neither male nor female. There simply comes a time in our lives­not fundamentally different from the way puberty separates childhood from adulthood­when it’s time for one part of ourselves to die and for something new to be born.

The purpose of this book by best-selling author and lecturer Marianne Williamson is to psychologically and spiritually reframe this transition so that it leads to a wonderful sense of joy and awakening.

In our ability to rethink our lives lies our greatest power to change them. What we have called “middle age” need not be seen as a turning point toward death. It can be viewed as a magical turning point toward life as we’ve never known it, if we allow ourselves the power of an independent imagination­thought-forms that don’t flow in a perfunctory manner from ancient assumptions merely handed down to us, but rather flower into new archetypal images of a humanity just getting started at 45 or 50.

What we’ve learned by that time, from both our failures as well as our successes, tends to have humbled us into purity. When we were young, we had energy but we were clueless about what to do with it. Today, we have less energy, perhaps, but we have far more understanding of what each breath of life is for. And now at last, we have a destiny to fulfill­not a destiny of a life that’s simply over, but rather a destiny of a life that is finally truly lived.

Midlife is not a crisis; it’s a time of rebirth. It’s not a time to accept your death; it’s a time to accept your life­and to finally, truly live it, as you and you alone know deep in your heart it was meant to be lived.

About the Author
Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author who has gained national prominence through her popular lectures based on A Course in Miracles. She is the author of several bestsellers.

Key words:
New books, aging, ageing, longevity, gerontology, gerontological, geriatrics, geriatric, senescence, anti-aging, anti-ageing, rejuvenation, life-extension, immortality, The Age of Miracles, Midlife, Marianne Williamson, Hay House, middle age

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The Caregiver: A Life With Alzheimer's -- New Book

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The Caregiver: A Life With Alzheimer's
(The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)
by Aaron Alterra and Arthur Kleinman (Paperback - Jan 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher ( ILR Press):

Aaron and Stella Alterra had been married for more than sixty years when Aaron began to notice puzzling lapses in his wife's memory. Innocuous at first, they became more severe and more alarming. After a series of appointments and tests, the Alterras were informed that Stella was one of the more than 4.5 million Americans with Alzheimer's disease. Combining medical research on the disease and often-painful anecdotes of memory loss, deteriorating motor functions, personality shifts, support-group and daycare experiences, and drug trials, Alterra chronicles his transformation from husband to caregiver after his wife's diagnosis. More than a chronology of one family's experience of Alzheimer's disease, The Caregiver is an intelligent, beautifully reflective testimony to how family members turned caregivers become the ultimate advocates for their loved ones in the face of a disease with no cure.

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"A touchingly exact and superbly composed account written by a real writer. This is the best and most expert book on Alzheimer's that I have read and it should be closely studied by every caregiver."--John Bayley, author of Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch

"The Caregiver is one of the few examples of the lived experience of Alzheimer's disease from the perspective of a loving, reflective, and articulate husband. Aaron Alterra paints a beautiful and honest picture of how Alzheimer's disease changed one family's world, a literate world full of life, music, art, and words. His story will touch physicians, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, psychologists, and healers of all sorts who struggle to assist families in their journey with this disease."--Patricia G. Archbold, Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholars Program, American Academy of Nursing

About the Authors
Aaron Alterra is a pseudonym for E. S. Goldman, an award-winning fiction writer who publishes frequently in the Atlantic; he has published a novel and two volumes of short stories and lives on Cape Cod. Arthur Kleinman is Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Medical Anthropology, Professor of Psychiatry, and Curator of Medical Anthropology in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. His books include Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture and The Illness Narratives.

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Sunbelt Retirement: The Complete State-By-State Guide to Retiring in the South and West of the United States

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Sunbelt Retirement:
The Complete State-By-State Guide to Retiring in the South and West of the United States
by Peter A. Dickinson (Hardcover - Jan 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Regnery Publishing):

Peter Dickinson's Sunbelt Retirement is the one book you need to plan your retirement. You've worked hard and deserve your own personal Eden; Sunbelt Retirement will lead you to that one perfect spot.

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New books, aging, ageing, longevity, gerontology, gerontological, geriatrics, geriatric, senescence, anti-aging, anti-ageing, rejuvenation, life-extension, immortality, Sunbelt Retirement, Retirement, Peter Dickinson, United States, South of the United States, West of the United States

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New Textbook of Men's Health and Aging

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Textbook of Men's Health and Aging, Second Edition
by Bruno Lunenfeld, Louis J.G. Gooren, Alvaro Morales, and John E. Morley (Hardcover - Dec 26, 2007)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Informa Healthcare) :

The First Edition did much to establish and define the scope of the emerging subspecialty of aging men's health. The central mission of the new edition is to unpick normal physiologic aging in men from pathologic processes. We plan to eschew any material that is routinely available in the standard textbooks of medicine and geriatrics and maintain a unique male perspective. Wherever possible, the book will record consensus on diagnostic criteria, emphasize evidence-based medicine, and highlight translational science, i.e. the demonstration of how knowledge of the molecular and physiological processes can inform and lead clinical practice. There will be increased advice on treatment options. There will be two new sections: Basic Sciences and Sexual Dysfunction.

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New books, aging, ageing, longevity, gerontology, gerontological, geriatrics, geriatric, senescence, anti-aging, anti-ageing, rejuvenation, life-extension, immortality,Men's Health, Men's Aging, Sexual Dysfunction, Bruno Lunenfeld, Louis Gooren, Alvaro Morales, John Morley

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Elderly Care Medicine (Lecture Notes) -- New Book

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Lecture Notes: Elderly Care Medicine (Lecture Notes)
by Claire Nicholl, Jane Wilson, and Stephen Webster
(Paperback - Dec 19, 2007)

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Book Description

Lecture Notes: Elderly Care Medicine is a textbook which discusses the physiological changes of ageing and how this affects the presentation and treatment of disease in the elderly patient. This handbook, now in its seventh edition, can be used as a core text, a revision aid and a quick reference guide for medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals.

Extensively revised and updated to reflect recent advances in knowledge and developments in management, Lecture Notes: Elderly Care Medicine now features:
-- new information on health and social care for the elderly
-- useful appendices covering questionnaires and examination criteria for use on the wards
-- key point boxes and mnemonics to aid learning and revision.

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