Ageing Books

A chapter in your life is drawing to a close. Decades of identifying with professional and familial roles no longer reflect or describe who you are. You have begun to experience losses ranging from physical changes to the deaths of loved ones. The Golden...

Throughout her forty-five years as a registered nurse,author Karen Eddings has seen up close how our traditional health care system has changed into a sick care system. Her mission, as well as that of many other advocates for reform discussed in...

This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched groups of older people and sets out future research agendas.

Qìigrave;gōng Small Circulation meditation has been known for centuries to not only promote health and longevity but also to open a path toward spiritual enlightenment. Small Circulation meditation is the practice of circulating energy...

Build a strong foundation for health, longevity, and spiritual enlightenment with the ancient art of Qìigrave;gōng Embryonic Breathing (Internal Elixir). Chinese Qìgōng can be categorized into External Elixir (Wai Dan) and...

Pru has been married to Guy for a quarter of a century. She hasn't had sex for ten years. 'Why the hell do I live my life this way?' she says to herself. 'I mean - really!' Change comes from out of the blue when odd old Uncle Bertie dies in Samoa and...

In a society that worships youth and relegates its seniors to second-class citizen status, many elderly women end up ignored, mourning their lost youth. It doesn't have to be that way, says Dr. Ruth Harriet Jacobs, "Remarkable Aging Smart Person" and...

Why not live at 60 feeling like you did at 35? In The RealAge(R) Makeover, Dr. Roizen makes sense of recent critical medical findings, including 129 factors that affect the rate of aging, and offers 74 steps that will reduce or even prevent 80% of the...

The words of Bronx Rhapsody move to the beat of Maria Meli’s heart and the wrenching of her core. In her poems, one senses her relief and ecstasy for having been able to let go. This second-generation Sicilian American takes us on a long journey,...

Striving children, aging parents, job pressures, financial anxieties, physical ailments, generalized hope and dread--a memoir of middle age that is both literary and confessional What is the most baffling period in our lives? Not childhood, not old age,...

"There is extraordinary quality of spirit that leads one to aspire to conquering rather than surviving. I hope you discover that spirit in yourself." -- Dr. LauraThe #1 national bestselling author and popular syndicated radio host shows men and women...

Ageing, Narrative and Identity: New Qualitative Social Research outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project (FCMAP), led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. In investigating how older people...

In Our Mothers, Ourselves, Cloud and Townsend show how understanding how our mothers have profoundly influenced our lives can set us on a path toward wholeness and growth.

Having a difficult time adulting in your early twenties? Are you feeling that no one has prepared you for adulthood? Are you overwhelmed by the feeling you have to do everything "the right way" in your twenties? Are you feeling like you're stuck in...

Grandfather, I Want to Hear Your Story is the perfect place for your Grandfather to tell his life story while also creating a cherished legacy.Imagine reading your Grand Dad's words as he shares his journey. ...

It is with great pride that the Psychologists in Long Term Care (PLTC) have sponsored The Professional Educational Long-Term Care Training Manual, and now its second iteration, Geropsychology and Long Term Care: A ...

This timely and much-needed book addresses the demographic trends affecting the Latinos in the United States, Mexico and Latin America, looking at the health concerns and of this growing population, as it ages. Further examination of this previously...

If you're one of the millions of adults struggling with the grief and complex considerations of living in an empty nest, author and motivational speaker Jim Burns's much-anticipated Finding Joy in the Empty Nest will remind you that--with some practical...

A deep and thoughtful look at what it means to age, how to do it well and why we care at all

The doctor said, "Don't try it -you could die on the operating table." A scary thought, but the alternative was worse

In Dr. Athey's work over the past decade, it has become clear to him that the values of the Baby Boomer generation pose unique challenges as they transition through midlife. These challenges are reflected in a growing need for meaning, spirituality,...

Interviews with active people aged 80 to 103. They are world travelers, and have seen tremendous changes in the past eighty to one hundred years. They talk about the world as it was, and as they see it today. The seniors in

Give Your Grandmother the Gift of Love, Memories, and Legacy.Grandmother, I Want to Hear Your Story is the perfect place for your Grandmother to tell her life story while also creating a cherished legacy.Imagine reading your...

Practical advice on how to thrive in the second half of your life, based on scientific studies. The sixth book in the bestselling 100 Simple Secrets series. What do people who relish the second half of their lives do differently than those who dread...

It's an essay-style short book, co-authored by Heyyoung Kim, the co-founder of skincare brand, Respekt and a skincare doctor in Korea, Dr. Robert Kim, MD. It tells about the history of how she and the Respekt brand came to bring the WellBeauty vision,...

Ageing, Cancer and the Genome. Genetics of Ageing and Multifactorial Diseases; P.E. Slagboom, D.L. Knook. Ageing and Cancer: A Struggle of Tendencies; A. Derventzi, et al. Maintaining the Stability of the Genome; A. Bürkle. Nuclear-Mitochondrial...

Lifelong Learning and Retirement: Meaning and Late Life Learning (H.R. Moody). The Third Age and the Disappearance of Old Age (P. Laslett). Life after Work: Lines, Boundaries, and Spaces (T. Schuller). Health and Quality of Life: The New Public Health...

This collection critically examines twenty-first century representations of ageing, focusing on various media images and discourses as well as individuals' own experiences and self-presentations of ageing, drawing on innovative new empirical data.

In Memoriam Acknowledgements PART I: THE CONTEXT Why Revisit 'The Last Refuge'? Changing Contexts of Care The Study Design and Methods PART II: REVISITING 'THE LAST REFUGE' Survivors and Non-survivors Residents and Staff The Living Environment Daily...

Ellen Cantarow once said, "Making the decision to have a child-it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." And, boy, is it ever. You know if your phone or wallet were to grow legs and begin walking...