Category: Aging, End of life, & Grieving

Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Hospice Foundation of America : August 2005

Seller ID: 82615

ISBN-13: 9781893349063

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press : March 2002

Seller ID: 74231

ISBN-13: 9780801867927

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care, Dr. Kathleen Foley and Dr. Herbert Hendin uncover why pleas for patient autonomy and compassion, often used in favor of legalizing euthanasia, do not advance or protect the rights of terminally ill patients. Incisive essays by authorities in the fields of medicine, law, and bioethics draw on studies done in the Netherlands, Oregon, and Australia by the editors and contributors that show the dangers that legalization of assisted suicide would pose to the most vulnerable patients. Thoughtful and persuasive, this book urges ...
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When I am an old woman I shall wear purple: An anthology of short stories and poetry

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Papier-Mache? Press : January 1987

Seller ID: 70897

ISBN-13: 9780918949028

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism

By: Applewhite, Ashton

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Networked Books : March 2016

Seller ID: 77067

ISBN-13: 9780996934701

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

From childhood on, we're barraged by messages that it's sad to be old. That wrinkles are embarrassing, and old people useless. Author and activist Ashton Applewhite believed them too--until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces Applewhite's journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. The book explains the roots of ageism--in history and in our own age denial--and how it divides and debases, examines how ageist myths and stereotypes ...
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Your Retirement, Your Way: Why It Takes More Than Money to Live Your Dream

By: Bernstein, Alan,Trauth, John

Price: $4.00

Publisher: McGraw Hill : October 2006

Seller ID: 72364

ISBN-13: 9780071467872

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Retire on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future

By: Brock, Fred

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Times Books : February 2004

Seller ID: 72368

ISBN-13: 9780805073744

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

From the "New York Times" retirement expert, an authoritative resource for successfully assessing and tackling the real costs and challenges of retirement Only a few years ago, the question on many Americans' minds wasn't "how will I retire" but "when." Now, with 401(k)s and IRAs at a fraction of their previous value and health-care costs soaring, it's time for a definitive guide book that walks you through the fundamentals of retirement. With his biweekly "Seniority" column in "The New York Times," Fred Brock has earned a reputation for providing frank and pragmatic advice on the changing la...
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Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance

By: Buford, Bob P.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Zondervan : December 2008

Seller ID: 74226

ISBN-13: 9780310284246

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Are you ready to move into the second half of your life? Bob Buford believes the second half of your life can be better than the first. Much better. But first, you need time to figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life. In Halftime, Buford focuses on this important time of transition--the time when, as he says, a person moves beyond the first half of the game of life. It's halftime, a time of revitalization and for catching a new vision for living the second half, the half where life can be lived at its most rewarding. As Buford explains, "My passion is to multiply all that God...
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Advanced Love

By: Cohen, Ari Seth

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Abrams : December 2018

Seller ID: 74228

ISBN-13: 9781419733390

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

From the creator of the popular blog Advanced Style, photographer Ari Seth Cohen's Advanced Love collects affectionate portraits of subjects who prove that love is bound by neither the constraints of age or time. The book includes 40 profiles of inspiring couples from around the world, and more than 200 photos. The profiles explore themes of love and companionship through firsthand insight from the subjects; they share their stories of falling in love, what they have learned after decades of partnership, and valuable relationship advice. Advanced Love is a touching look at the often-ignored pa...
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Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond

By: Crowley, Chris,Lodge, Henry S.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company : January 2005

Seller ID: 69058

ISBN: 019628134233

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Until You're 80 and Beyond

By: Crowley, Chris,Lodge, Henry S.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company : September 2007

Seller ID: 92940

ISBN-13: 9780761147732

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Turn back your biological clock. A breakthrough book for men--as much fun to read as it is persuasive--Younger Next Year draws on the very latest science of aging to show how men 50 or older can become functionally younger every year for the next five to ten years, and continue to live like fifty-year-olds until well into their eighties. To enjoy life and be stronger, healthier, and more alert. To stave off 70% of the normal decay associated with aging (weakness, sore joints, apathy), and to eliminate over 50% of all illness and potential injuries. This is the real thing, a program that will w...
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Lastingness: The Art of Old Age

By: Delbanco, Nicholas

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing : January 2011

Seller ID: 28482

ISBN-13: 9780446199643

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

America grows older yet stays focused on its young. Whatever hill we try to climb, we're "over" it by fifty and should that hill involve entertainment or athletics we're finished long before. But if younger is better, it doesn't appear that youngest is best: we want our teachers, doctors, generals, and presidents to have reached a certain age. In context after context and contest after contest, we're more than a little conflicted about elders of the tribe; when is it right to honor them, and when to say "step aside"? In Lastingness, Nicholas Delbanco, one of America's most celebrated men of l...
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It Ain't Over Til It's Over

By: Diehl, William E.,Diehl, Judith Ruhe

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub : February 2003

Seller ID: 72545

ISBN-13: 9780806644486

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A guide for Christians who are approaching retirement or have already retired. Drawing on their experience in business, ministry, church leadership, social causes, parenting, and homemaking, the authors offer advice on the full range of issues we all must face as we age.
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Fifty to Forever

By: Downs, Hugh

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc : January 1994

Seller ID: 74668

ISBN-13: 9780840777867

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions: Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young

By: Duke, James A.,Castleman, Michael

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Rodale Books : May 2001

Seller ID: 76562

ISBN-13: 9781579541989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

On one recent Fourth of July, Peggy and I skipped the manmade fireworks. Instead, we pulled a few lawn chairs past our gazebo into the Garden of Youth to watch nature's own pyrotechnics, the cosmic dance of the evening primrose blossoms and the hawk moths.... We felt calm and peaceful. We felt alive. Rejuvenated. Young.--From chapter 1For Dr. Jim Duke, even gazing at the blossoms of his favorite herb can be an anti-aging activity. His passion for medicinal plants is understandable: They help him feel and look younger than his 72 years.Dr. Duke is convinced that almost all plants contain compou...
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Prime Time: Love, health, sex, fitness, friendship, spirit--making the most of all of your life

By: Fonda, Jane

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Random House : August 2011

Seller ID: 77501

ISBN-13: 9781400066971

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In this inspiring and candid book, Jane Fonda, #1 bestselling author, actress, and workout pioneer, gives us a blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it. Covering sex, love, food, fitness, self-understanding, spiritual and social growth, and your brain. In "Prime Time, " she offers a vision for successful living and maturing, A to Z. Highlighting new research and stories from her own life and from the lives of others, Jane Fonda explores how the critical years from 45 and 50, and especially from 60 and beyond, can be times when we truly become ...
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Facing Death and the Life After

By: Graham, Billy

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Grason : December 1987

Seller ID: 60650

ISBN-13: 9780849904745

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger!

By: Greene, Bob

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company : April 2011

Seller ID: 19985

ISBN-13: 9780316133784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

It's time to turn back the clock In 20 Years Younger, Bob Greene offers readers a practical, science-based plan for looking and feeling their best as they age. The cutting-edge program details easy and effective steps we can all take to rebuild the foundation of youth and enjoy better health, improved energy, and a positive outlook on life. The four cornerstones of the program are: an exercise regimen for fighting muscle and bone loss, a longevity-focused diet, sleep rejuvenation, and wrinkle-fighting skin care. Woven throughout the text is practical advice on changing appearances, controllin...
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The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty

By: Heilbrun, Carolyn G.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books : April 1998

Seller ID: 43279

ISBN-13: 9780345422958

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

From the author of Writing a Woman's Life comes an inspirational reflection on aging and the gift of life in your 70s and beyond. When she was young, distinguished author and critic Carolyn Heilbrun solemnly vowed to end her life when she turned seventy. But on the advent of that fateful birthday, she realized that her golden years had been full of unforeseen pleasures. Now, the astute and ever-insightful Heilbrun muses on the emotional and intellectual insights that brought her to choose each day for now, to live. There are reflections on her new house and her sturdy, comfortable marriage; s...
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The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

By: Houle M.S., Marcy Cottrell,Eckstrom M.D. M.P.H., Elizabeth,Hansen former CEO of American Geriatrics Society past president of AARP, Jennie Chin

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing : July 2015

Seller ID: 81881

ISBN-13: 9781493010035

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In a powerful blending of memoir and practical strategies from a medical doctor's perspective, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents - and ourselves - from the Perils of Modern Healthcare reveals the hidden side of modern healthcare practices for aging Americans. This ground-breaking book, co-written by award-winning author Marcy Houle and nationally-recognized geriatrician and public health advocate, Elizabeth Eckstrom MD MPH, sheds new light on aging by showing it from twin perspectives: the story of a daughter desperately seeking help for the parents she loves, and a geriatrician who offer...
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Keeping Young & Living Longer

By: Hrachovec, Josef P.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: $6.95, The Maple Press Company : 1972

Seller ID: 68867

ISBN: 281DES1003343

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The End of Memory: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer's

By: Ingram, Jay

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books : September 2015

Seller ID: 52615

ISBN-13: 9781250076489

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

It is a wicked disease that robs its victims of their memories, their ability to think clearly, and ultimately their lives. For centuries, those afflicted by Alzheimer's disease have suffered its debilitating effects while family members sit by, watching their loved ones disappear a little more each day until the person they used to know is gone forever. The disease was first described by German psychologist and neurologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906. One hundred years and a great deal of scientific effort later, much more is known about Alzheimer's, but it still affects millions around the world...
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Helping Children Cope With Separation and Loss

By: Jewett, Claudia L.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Harvard University Press : May 1984

Seller ID: 72807

ISBN-13: 9780916782535

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Midwife for Souls: Spiritual Care for the Dying

By: Kalina, Kathy

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Pauline Books & Media : January 2007

Seller ID: 62686

ISBN-13: 9780819848567

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This best-selling, classic work on the spirituality of caring for the dying is now expanded with moving stories and lessons gleaned from the author's experience as a hospice nurse. Caregivers, friends, and family members are provided with valuable insights into the power of the Catholic faith and prayer in ministering to a dying person. Poetic, practical, and credible, this book is an invaluable guide for anyone who accompanies others during their final pilgrimage here on earth--and helps in their birthing to eternal life.
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The Good Widow: A Memoir of Living with Loss

By: Katz, Jennifer

Price: $5.00

Publisher: She Writes Press : August 2021

Seller ID: 90360

ISBN-13: 9781647421496

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

What do we do when life ends? How do we honor the past while moving into an unimaginable, uncertain future? This tender, bracingly honest memoir explores how Jenny, a young widow, navigates the sudden loss of Tris, her beloved spouse of eighteen years. With Tris gone, Jenny suddenly finds herself a single mom to a teen daughter and adult stepson. The newly splintered family finds ways to celebrate "milestone firsts" --including birthdays and other holidays that, without Tris, now feel hollow and bittersweet. Jenny finds herself drawn to new people, including other widows and psychic mediums, a...
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Living With John: Caring for a Loved One With Alzheimer's Disease

By: Kidd-Madison, Nellie

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Wellness Inst : May 2000

Seller ID: 74238

ISBN-13: 9781587410611

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness

By: Lynn, Joanne,Harrold, Joan

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : February 1999

Seller ID: 28486

ISBN-13: 9780195116625

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Modern medical technology has changed not only the way we live but also the way we die. Until two generations ago, people usually died suddenly, after an accident or serious illness. Now, most of us may expect our dying to take longer, to require more care, and to demand more forethought than ever before. Handbook for Mortals is warmly addressed to all those who wish to approach the final years of life with greater awareness of what to expect and greater confidence about how to make the end of our lives a time of growth, comfort, and meaningful reflection. Written by Dr. Joanne Lynn and a team...
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The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life (3rd Edition)

By: Mace MA, Nancy L.,Rabins MD MPH, Peter V.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style : November 2006

Seller ID: 78422

ISBN-13: 9780446618762

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Social Security, Medicare and Government Pensions: Get the Most Out of Your Retirement and Medical Benefits (Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions)

By: Matthews Attorney, Joseph

Price: $4.00

Publisher: NOLO : February 2019

Seller ID: 71067

ISBN-13: 9781413325874

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Your complete guide to Social Security retirement and medical benefits. The rules for claiming Social Security benefits have changed. Find out if you can still choose between your own benefits and spousal benefits. Learn this and more with Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions--completely updated for 2019. Social Security benefits. Figure out how to get retirement, disability, dependents and survivors benefits, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Decide whether it's best to claim benefits early, at full retirement age, or not until you turn 70--and how to time your claims so you...
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Growing Bolder: Defy the Cult of Youth, Live with Passion and Purpose

By: Middleton, Marc

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Growing Bolder Publishing : February 2019

Seller ID: 76558

ISBN-13: 9780984930012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders

By: Pipher, Mary

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Riverhead Books : March 1999

Seller ID: 28480

ISBN-13: 9781573221290

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia, the phenomenal bestseller about the experiences of adolescent girls today, changed forever how we understand their world, and ours. Now, Mary Pipher turns to an equally troubled passage -- the journey into old age. This is a book about our parents and grandparents, because they don't grow old in a vacuum. The process can be just as painful for us -- daughters and sons, granddaughters and grandsons -- as for them. The gradual turning of life's tide can take us by surprise, as we find ourselves unprepared to begin caring for those who have always cared for us.Writ...
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Category: Aging, End of life, & Grieving