The role of the family caregiver is very rewarding, but being a caregiver can also be physically and emotionally exhausting. Caregivers often feel overwhelmed by their work and the demands of those receiving their care, and these demands touch every aspect of their lives. Still, despite the challenges, millions of family caregivers provide care to many of the 36 million seniors living in the United States. AARP counts 65.7 million caregivers in America today—almost one-third of the adult U...

A USA Today BESTSELLER!"Informative. Complete. And practical. This book will guide family caregivers through the surprisingly complex world of senior care."—MEHMET OZ, M.D., New York Times bestselling coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual: The Complete All-in-One Care GuideChoosing the best care for your aging parents and other seniors in your life is not only complex, with multiple options available, it's al...

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At last, a book that explains in practical terms the concept of calorie restriction (CR) -- a life-extending eating strategy with "profound and sustained beneficial effects," according to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The concept is simple and flexible: eat fewer calories and choose foods carefully. Longtime CR practitioners and experts Brian M. Delaney and Lisa Walford clearly explain all the relevant health and nutrition guidelines and provide the tools you n...

A practical guide to bridging the generation gap.In How to Say It to Seniors, geriatric psychology expert David Solie offers help in removing the typical communication blocks many experience with the elderly. By sharing his insights into the later stages of life, Solie helps in understanding the unique perspective of seniors, and provides the tools to relate to them.

In this irreverent guide, a bestselling comedy writer and noted psychotherapist teach parents how to handle their grown kids.There are many books out there to teach you how to handle your children after they graduate from diapers, but none tells you how to proceed once they graduate from high school. As new patterns emerge in the lives of young adults, parents find that their grown children have bigger problems than they did just a few years ago.How to ...

Discover the essential guide for today's modern grandparents, filled with practical advice and heartfelt insightsGrandparents today are healthier, more active, and more youthful and young at heart than their predecessors. Dr. Georgia Witkin, senior editor of Grandparents.com, draws on her experience as a psychiatry professor, therapist, and grandparent to help readers be the best grandparent they can be.They'll learn:How to connect with their ...

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...

Prevent Hair Loss on-time before it's too late!Get rid of balding crowning glory once and for all!Do you wish you have a different genes and not inherit a receding hairline?"This is truly wonderful; it answered what a lot of people worry about!" – A. WebsterThere are a lot of things that can be attributed to hair loss. And there are also a lot of ways to prevent them too. This book provides you those ways. And it gives you the assurance that you can delay yo...

Have you heard the words, I never dared to treat my parents the way kids do today? If you are a baby boomer or the parent of a tween, teen, or adult child, not only have you heard those words, you may have uttered them yourself. If, in this new age of childparent relations, youve ever felt like a helpless puppy or kitten inside a box marked Free to Good Home,if, in spite of all your love and the care with which you embraced parenting, your child has grown into an entitled and thoughtless p...

An AARP book for caregivers combining day-to-day advice and uplifting guidance in a daily meditations format.Family care giving has its challenges: emotional overload, time constraints, anxiety, burnout, missed work, adult sibling conflicts, and marital issues. AARP Meditations for Caregivers blends emotional and spiritual motivation to minimize the strains while helping caregivers view their work as a mission from the heart. Chapters are organized by theme...

This tool contains seven chapters that are not directly linked to one another. Each chapter addresses a common health problem that should be detected and treated as early as possible and that is easy for people to assess themselves with no special medical knowledge. For each topic covered in the tool, there is a test or short questionnaire to complete. Depending on the results, we recommend that you talk to your doctor, who will reassure you or decide on further testing and, as appropriate...