I was sick a lot as a child, even to the point of being confined to bed because I could not function~This was not enjoyable and I was quite familiar with it. When I was 15, I weighed 100 pounds and was the smallest person on the football team. I could no longer compete with the strength and size of the guys my age because working out too hard always made me sick*At the age of 17, I awakened to powerful insights into health and began a life long passion for thrival*W...

A hospice chaplain's lessons on the meaning of life, from those who are leaving itWhat are the top regrets of the dying? That's what Kerry Egan, a hospice chaplain, learned as she listened to her patients on their deathbeds, witnessing what she calls the "spiritual work of dying" - the work of finding or making meaning of one's life, the experiences it contained and the people who have touched it. In this book she recalls the stories she heard - stories of hope and...

This novel from the New York Times –bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook follows a Vietnam vet pursuing his nemesis from the war.After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating the name of a Native American soldier whom he...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Older & Wiser focuses on the wonders of getting older. It holds the best 101 stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library for today’s young seniors!You cross the magic sixty-year mark and still feel young at heart, despite a few new wrinkles. With many stories about dynamic older singles and couples finding new careers, new sports, new love, and new meaning in their lives, this book will inspire and amuse readers. Printed in ...

Although it is something that affects all of us, directly or indirectly, ageing can all too often be perceived negatively. Ageing and Caring is an essential, positive guide for older people, their carers and their families. It seeks to outline not only the challenges that can arise from ageing but also how active and rewarding life can continue to be in old age.From practical advice on remaining active in retirement, to guidance on coping with a loss of independence, Ageing and Car...

Wilber is old.WIlber is bored.And Wilber has a plan to regain control of his life.

Just as Emma and her husband, Peter, began settling in to what should have been the golden years of their retirement, everything fell apart. Peter decided to suddenly leave their marriage of forty-one years, turning Emma’s world upside-down.Hurt and confused, Emma found herself living alone for the first time in her life, at sixty-five years of age. She abruptly had significant choices to make, new skills to learn, and countless tears to shed. In a relatively short time she and Pe...

I am writing this book to help give awareness to others that are living with or caring for someone, with dementia. I have been caring for my dad with dementia, now, for just over 1 year. Since his diagnosis, I have done a lot of research about dementia and have found some great help in caring for him. When we found out about my dad it was a bit of a shock, but realizing that by the symptoms he was showing, it helped us to understand him and what he was going through better. I have decided ...

At eighty, Rhetta Sweeney was living with her sister, doing what was expected of a woman her age. But on a chilly fall afternoon after taking her sister to a tag sale, a tragic event changed her entire life.Her past, present and future collide in the flash of a second.Rhetta was not always eighty, and her heart, while slumbering for many years, would prove that love is eternal, forgiving and patient.This tale makes us all rethink the narrative of our own lives and w...

Over the next three decades, the number of Americans over fifty will double, swelling to more than a quarter of the population. Already we are living thirty years longer than a century ago, with further gains expected in the coming years. The end result is a new stage of life, one as long or longer than childhood or middle age in duration, and one spent in unprecedented good health. Yet, as individuals, and as a society, we've shown little imagination or wisdom in using this great gift of ...

Finding care for a loved one can be overwhelming. This book offers you a comprehensive, step-by-step guideto determining what option best meets your need and what to expect once you make your choice. It not onlydiscusses assisted living, but also other care options that can help supplement care in the assisted living setting. Ifyou're caring for a loved one you need this book!About the AuthorTammyBurnsIt is an unusual woman with an unusual passion for people ...

More than ever, the aging process is recognized as carrying a special set of emotional challenges–especially when acute or chronic medical conditions are involved. In this light, Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness presents a fresh, contemporary application of psychodynamic theory, addressing the complex issues surrounding declining health. Informed by the spectrum of psychodynamic thought from self, relational, and classical theories, this forward looking volume offer...