Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilien...
Rachel CowanIn Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit, Rabbi RachelCowan and Dr. Linda Thal give us the tools we need tonavigate the challenges of aging as we find joy and meaningin our lives. With the same warmth, humor, and wisdom th...
Struggling with the loss of his beloved wife, Irene, after a long period of deterioration, Prate Marshbanks experiences unexpected new bonds with his widowed son and grandson. By the award-winning author of In the Family Way. Reprint....
The Last Things We Talk About: Your G...
Elizabeth T. BoatwrightThe Last Things We Talk About gives readers and their loved ones the opportunity as death approaches to affirm, celebrate, and remember the people and experiences they cherish in life. The author guides readers step-by-step throu...
"A Life Without Regrets is the perfect ending to a perfect series." ~Dauntless Novels "This is a book I will think about for a long time." ~Bookbubbe "Not just for women's fiction fans, but for...
What's the Deal with Retirement Commu...
Brad BreedingTHIS IS THE NEWLY REVISED SECOND EDITION TO THE BEST SELLING BOOK ON RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES Are you or a loved on considering a retirement community, but are confused about the various alternatives? Perhaps you would prefer to age at ...
Voices of Aging: Adult Children and A...
Missy BuchannanNationally recognized older adult advocate Missy Buchanan offers a compassionate look at the concerns of two generations adult children and their parents as they struggle with the fears and frustrations of aging. Buchanan invites read...
The New Retirement Basics: The Quick ...
Dr Donna DavisDonna Davis does it again. She brings you the most current information in a concise, easy-to-understand manner. In just 56 pages, a 1-hour read, Dr. Davis gives a complete overview of the basics of Social Security and Medicare 2016. T...
Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Liv...
Jo Ann JenkinsA National Bestseller!"Jo Ann Jenkins's Disrupt Aging is spot-on: every single year is a gift. By confronting the most common stereotypes about aging, this book will help us all live each year to the fullest." -Sheryl Sandberg, COO, F...
Necessary Conversations: Between adul...
Gerald W. KaufmanIn this timely book, family counselors Gerald and Marlene Kaufman urge adult children and their parents to have direct conversations about the decisions that lie ahead as parents age. A thoughtful and useful guide to...
Adventures with Alzheimer's is a glimpse into the life of a daughter caring for her mother with Alzheimer's disease. You will laugh, cry, and even shake your head at times throughout their journey. If you are, or know someone, in a si...
Why Don't You Want My Stuff?A Boomer’s guide to downsizing, their Millennial kid's psyche and just things that are so…An easy to understand (maybe even fun) guide through the secondary market of online retailing, auctions and esta...
Geezer Stories: The Care and Feeding ...
Laura MansfieldGrowing Old is Not for the Faint of Heart.We are the Taffy Generation, pulled into two different directions. As we live longer and have children later, we find our parents becoming frail and helpless, just as our children are becoming...
In Later Years: Finding Meaning and S...
Bruce T. MarshallA Unitarian Universalist minister and chaplain at a large senior residence community leads us on a journey through the stories and experiences of elders, offering insights into navigating this unique stage of life.Drawing on scores of...
Should We Live Forever?: The Ethical ...
Gilbert MeilaenderIn Should We Live Forever? Christian ethicist Gilbert Meilaender puzzles over the implications of the medical advances that have lengthened the human life span, wrestling with what this quest for living longer means for our conception...
Life After the Diagnosis: Expert Advi...
Steven PantilatFor a time of growing concern about living well with serious illness and getting the best possible end-of-life care, Life After the Diagnosis delivers a compassionate and sensitive guide for patients, families, and caregivers.In Life ...
When My Time Comes: Conversations Abo...
Diane RehmCOMING SOON TO PBS InWhen My Times Comes, Diane Rehm—renowned radio host and one of the most trusted voices in the nation—candidly and compassionately addresses the hotly contested right-to-die movement, of which she is...
Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on ...
Gerda SaundersNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY NPR"For anyone facing dementia, [Saunders'] words are truly enlightening.... Inspiring lessons about living and thriving with dementia."---Maria Shriver, NBC's Today ShowA "courageous and si...
Fairydust to Daffodils: A Memoir: A C...
Patricia SteeleThis is a memoir that begins in 1978 and jumps back to the 1960s before coming back to the present again. It is the story of a child born with cystic fibrosis, the beginning and life of a child who was raised to live and be happy, not...
A Dignified Life, Revised and Expande...
David TroxelMore than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that as many as 66 million people around the world will be faced with this life-altering dis...
The Aging of Aquarius: Igniting Passi...
Helen WilkesLive your passion and purpose and change the world as an empowered elder.Your career has wound down, the kids have moved, and your schedule is clear...for the next 30 years.In your youth, you cared about people and planet earth, and y...
A year-long journey by the renowned psychiatrist and his writer wife after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret. Internationally acclaimed psychiatrist and author Irvin Yalom devoted his car...