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Sociologie, Mort et deuil, Essais et documents généraux, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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Social critic and author of The Age of American Unreason (DB 66150) paints a pessimistic, yet realistic, overview of old…
age. Combines social, economic, and historical analyses as well as personal experience to portray the issues--with special attention to Alzheimer's disease--that aging baby boomers will encounter. 2011
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Animaux et faune, Psychologie, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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Writer recounts visiting a nursing home with her therapy dog, Hannah, a Labrador retriever. Describes effects of Hannah's presence, which…
soothed residents and elicited personal accounts of life, love, and growing older. Interweaves patients' experiences with those of author's family and meditations on aging. River Teeth Literary NF Prize. 2005
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Sociologie, Finances personnelles et investissements, Référence, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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Clinical psychologists' guide to postretirement living emphasizes staying in one's home. They offer advice on financial planning, universal home design,…
transportation issues, health care, and accessibility of services, and provide checklists and worksheets. 2013
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Anthologies, Littérature (biographies), Vieillissement (sociologie)
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A collection of essays on women and aging from Canadian legend Sharon Butala "What I didn't have a clue about…
was that I was soon to be old, or what being old would mean to my dreams and desires. While dreading old age with every fibre, I was at the same time in full denial that it would ever happen to me, and so, was shocked down to the soles of my feet when it did." In this incisive collection, Sharon Butala reflects on the ways her life has changed as she's grown old. She knows that society fails the elderly massively, and so she tackles ageism and loneliness, friendship and companionship. She writes with pointed wit and acerbic humour about dinner parties and health challenges and forgetfulness and complicated family relationships and the pandemic -- and lettuce. And she tells her story with the tremendous skill and beauty of a writer who has masterfully honed her craft over the course of her storied four-decade career. Butala gives us a book to be cherished -- an elegant and expansive look at the complexities and desires of aging and the aged, standing in stark contrast to the stereotyped, simplistic portrayals of the elderly in our culture. This Strange Visible Air is a true gift.
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Psychologie, Santé et médecine, Forme physique , Santé et vieillissement, Vieillissement (sociologie), Épanouissement personnel
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Psychiatrists explain mood disorders and other causes of depression and stress in the older population. They discuss ways to cope…
with memory loss, disability, pain, sleep disorders, and grief. Use case studies to exemplify successful maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. 2012
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Informatique et Internet , Santé et vieillissement, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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Computer instructor presents concepts and techniques for computer novices. Covers subjects such as purchasing a computer, establishing Internet access, and…
working with iPads and mobile devices. Also offers tips on online banking, shopping, and using social media. 2011
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Biographies, Famille et relations familiales , Sociologie, LGBTQ+ (biographies), Littérature (biographies), Vieillissement (sociologie), Médecine, Parental (rôle)
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Hodgman, in between New York City editing jobs, describes returning to Paris, Missouri, to act as his widowed mother's caretaker.…
He delves into their shared perfectionist loner personalities--now colored by prickly ninety-one-year-old Betty's memory problems and failing health, and her only child's drug past and homosexuality. Some strong language. 2015
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Santé et médecine, Vieillissement (sociologie), Mort et deuil, Philosophie, Médecine
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Surgeon and author of Complications (DB 56061) and The Checklist Manifesto (DB 70422) examines the state of end-of-life care in…
the twenty-first century. Discusses medical advances which have extended life expectancy, limited training of physicians to discuss mortality with patients and family members, and ways to be honest. Bestseller. 2014
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Affaires et économie, Essais et documents généraux, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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Economist examines the impact of changing demographics on the financial landscape over the next three decades, specifically in regard to…
the aging of the Baby Boomer population. Argues that, while there will be challenges, they are not as dire as many are predicting. 2014
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Sociologie, Santé et vieillissement, Épanouissement personnel, Famille et relations familiales , Essais et documents généraux, Religion, Mort et deuil, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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A spiritual teacher offers advice on living with mindfulness, focusing on the path from aging to dying and beyond. He…
shares stories from his own life and provides meditations for dealing with the ups and downs of aging. 2000
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Arts et divertissement, Humour, Acteurs (biographies), Vieillissement (sociologie)
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Sixty-five-year-old comedian and actor Billy Crystal (born 1948) looks back at his accomplishments. Highlights his happy Long Island childhood, career…
success, and family life. Ponders the realities and humor of aging. Strong language. Bestseller. 2013
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Santé et médecine, Famille et relations familiales , Vieillissement (sociologie), Médecine
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Immediate family members, friends, and neighbors of those with Alzheimer's undergo tremendous psychological and emotional change as they witness the…
disease progress. Santulli and Blandin chart this journey, the process of adaptation and acceptance, and provide insight on how to understand and cope with personal stress. 2015
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Acteurs (biographies), Arts et divertissement, Santé et médecine, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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Approaching his ninetieth birthday, the entertainer shares upbeat stories and advice about life and aging, with a focus on keeping…
a positive attitude. He stresses that he tries to live life to the fullest and never worries about what is "age appropriate."2015
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Sciences et médecine (biographies), Santé et vieillissement, Journaux personnels et mémoires, Personnes aveugles ou ayant une vision partielle (biographies)
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From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes a wise and moving memoir about aging, affliction, and…
optimism after partially losing his eyesight. One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight, a rare stroke had cut off blood to one of his optic nerves, rendering him functionally blind in that eye—forever. And he soon learned from doctors that the same disorder could ravage his left eye, too. He could lose his sight altogether. In The Beauty of Dusk , Bruni hauntingly recounts his adjustment to this daunting reality, a medical and spiritual odyssey that involved not only reappraising his own priorities but also reaching out to, and gathering wisdom from, longtime friends and new acquaintances who had navigated their own traumas and afflictions. The result is a poignant, probing, and ultimately uplifting examination of the limits that all of us inevitably encounter, the lenses through which we choose to evaluate them and the tools we have for perseverance. Bruni's world blurred in one sense, as he experienced his first real inklings that the day isn't forever and that light inexorably fades, but sharpened in another. Confronting unexpected hardship, he felt more blessed than ever before. There was vision lost. There was also vision found
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Psychologie, Santé et médecine, Essais et documents généraux, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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A Seattle mental health counselor compels attention to and sympathy for those who must rely on caregivers for their needs.…
From incapacitated men and women we learn of the humiliations caused by the loss of autonomy, of the frustrations at not being able to manage on one's own. Accounts from widely different sorts of patients and those who begrudgingly or willingly see to their care provide graphic lessons in sensitivity
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Psychologie, Acteurs (biographies), Déficiences, Personnes aveugles ou ayant une vision partielle (biographies)
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Growing up, Mickey Rowe was told that he couldn't enter the mainstream world. He was iced out by classmates and…
colleagues, infantilized by well-meaning theatre directors, barred from even earning a minimum wage. Why? Because he is autistic. Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage is Mickey Rowe's inspiring story. As an autistic and legally blind person, it was always made clear to Mickey the many things he was apparently incapable of doing. But Mickey did them all anyway—and he succeeded because of, not in spite of, his autism. He became the first autistic actor to play the lead role in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, landed the title role in the play Amadeus, cocreated the theatre/philanthropy company Arts on the Waterfront, and founded the National Disability Theatre. Mickey faced untold obstacles along the way, but his story ends in triumph. Many people feel they are locked out of the world of autism—that it's impossible to even begin to understand. In Fearlessly Different, Mickey guides readers to that world while also helping those with autism to feel seen and understood. And he shows all people—autistic and nonautistic alike—that the things that make us different are often our biggest strengths
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Maisons et jardins , Nature, Femmes (biographies), Littérature (biographies), Journaux personnels et mémoires, Biographies, Sciences et technologies, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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This memoir begins when the author loses her husband of 40 years to cancer and 2 weeks later finds herself…
skipping down the street--much to her alarm. With humor and wit, she explains how she stopped worrying about why she was smiling and went on worrying, instead, and as she always has, about the possibility that the world around her was headed off a cliff. But hers is not a message of gloom. Rather it is an affirmation of a life's work--and work in general. Author of "This Organic Life" and "The Feeding Web."
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Psychologie, Motivation et vie familiale, Santé et vieillissement, Vieillissement (sociologie)
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In this updated version of his popular 1995 book, rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi shares his wisdom and experience with readers on…
finding a way to turn aging into the most meaningful and joyous time of life. He shows readers how to create an aging process for themselves that is full of adventure, passion, mystery, and fulfillment, rather than anxiety. Using scientific research--both neurological and psychological-- Reb Zalman offers techniques that will expand horizons beyond the narrow view of "the present" into a grand and enduring eternity
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Famille et relations familiales , Sociologie, Femmes (biographies), Épanouissement personnel, Vieillissement (sociologie), Psychologie, Essais et documents généraux
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Fascinating--often poignant--stories about important junctures in the lives of 41 remarkable older women now in a New Mexico life-care retirement community. Unrated
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Famille et relations familiales , Vieillissement (sociologie)
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While Being Mortal (Atul Gawande) helped us understand disease and death, and Successful Aging (Daniel J. Levitin) showed us older…
years can be a time of joy and resilience, Happily Ever Older reveals how the right living arrangements can create a vibrancy that defies age or ability. Reporter Moira Welsh has spent years investigating retirement homes and long-term care facilities and wants to tell the dangerous stories. Not the accounts of falls or bedsores or overmedication, but of seniors living with purpose and energy and love. Stories that could change the status quo. Welsh takes readers across North America and into Europe on a whirlwind tour of facilities with novel approaches to community living, including a day program in a fake town out of the 1950s, a residence where seniors school their student roommates in beer pong, and an aging-in-place community in a forest where everyone seems to have a pet or a garden or both. The COVID-19 pandemic cruelly showed us that social isolation is debilitating, and Welsh tells stories of elders living with friendship, new and old, in their later years. Happily Ever Older is a warm, inspiring blueprint for change, proof that instead of warehousing seniors, we can create a future with strong social connections and a reason to go on living