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Are you tired of dealing with chronic pain, persistent skin issues, or the relentless effects of aging? Do you feel overwhelmed by endless health advice that never seems to work? Have you tried countless treatments with no lasting relief or rejuvenation? Discover how red light therapy can revolutionize your health and wellness journey. This audiobook provides you with practical and scientifically-backed techniques to harness the healing power of red light for pain relief, skin rejuvenation, anti-aging, weight management, and mental clarity.

Your loved one’s Dementia impairs her ability to think, reason, and remember. Patients no longer recognize reality and often engage in difficult, irrational, and sometimes dangerous behavior.

The late film icon and screen legend Kirk Douglas was married to Anne Buydens for more than six decades. Here they both look back on a lifetime filled with drama both on and off the screen. Sharing priceless correspondence with each other as well as the celebrities and world leaders they called friends, Kirk and Anne is a candid portrayal of the pleasures and pitfalls of a Hollywood life lived in the public eye. Compiled from Anne's private archive of letters and photographs, this is an intimate glimpse into the Douglases' courtship and marriage.

Criadora do canal O bom do Alzheimer, com mais de 1 milhão de inscritos em suas redes sociais, Claudia Alves conta como a doença transformou a relação com sua mãe, Francisca, e trouxe à tona uma nova forma de amar. Este audiolivro é um guia para quem busca transformar a convivência com seus entes queridos, trazendo não só orientações úteis, mas também inspiradoras reflexões sobre como criar momentos de alegria e grande beleza. É também um convite para enxergar o Alzheimer de uma nova maneira e descobrir que, mesmo nas dificuldades, há espaço para amor, aprendizado e superação.

Dementia caregivers cope with repetitive questions, mood swings, lost personal space, and live with exhaustion, frustration, and anger. You may not know how to prepare. Dementia Home Care will help you maintain your humor and your emotional connection with your loved one longer.

Comprendre à quoi vous attendre peut vous permettre de gérer cette transition avec confiance et grâce. Alors que vous vous trouvez à ce carrefour passionnant de votre vie, le chemin à parcourir est rempli d’opportunités de croissance, de découverte de soi et d’autonomisation. La ménopause n’est pas seulement une fin ; marque le début d’un nouveau chapitre dynamique. Avec le bon état d’esprit et les bons outils, vous pouvez adopter ces changements et les transformer en un puissant tremplin pour votre avenir.

Revitalize connections through engaging memory care activities, fostering joy and clarity, even if you're balancing the challenges of caregiving.

In Open to Love, two therapists share their personal and professional stories of love and romance in the later years. Inspirational, and most of all, relatable, Gloria Horsley and Frank Powers show listeners how to face their fears about dating, identify what they want in a partner, and learn how to find love in the golden years.

Life changes dramatically for the entire family when the decision is made to move a person who has dementia from home to community care. Rachael Wonderlin - a gerontologist, dementia care expert, and popular dementia care blogger - helps caregivers cope with the difficult behaviors, emotions, and anxieties that both they and their loved one may experience.

Amal Awad's life changed when her father was diagnosed with kidney failure. It was a shock to see the impact it had on him, both physically and mentally, and the way the side effects trickled onto those around him. Work had always made him feel whole, and retirement was a challenge. On a mission to help her father and support her mother, Amal began spending every Friday with her parents. She saw the gaps in discussion around ageing and sickness....

In the critically acclaimed Leisureville, Andrew Blechman delves into life in the senior utopia, offering a hilarious firsthand report on everything from ersatz nostalgia to the residents' surprisingly active sex lives. But this is more than just a romp through a retirement paradise; Blechman traces the history of the age-segregated retirement phenomenon, and travels to Arizona to show what has happened to the pioneering developments after decades of segregation.

At age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she’s always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college and a son in preschool. But life’s happy endings don’t always last. If it’s not one thing, after all, it’s your mother. Her name is Eve. Her epic temper tantrums have already gotten her banned from three cab companies in Portland. And she’s here to announce that she’s dying.

In this powerful, poignant memoir Sam triangulates her own experience with the stories of two other carers, one she admires and one, on some days, she fears she might become: Leonard Woolf, husband to Virginia and F Scott Fitzgerald, husband to Zelda, and a man whose personality made him ill-equipped – in a great many ways – to be a carer for his troubled wife. A mesmerising blend of literary biography and memoir The Fragments of My Father is a compelling and moving account of what it means to be a carer.

Chair yoga eliminates the barriers often associated with traditional exercise routines. With no need for complicated equipment or large spaces, listeners can easily integrate these exercises into their daily lives, whether at home, in the office, or even while traveling.

As tens of millions of Americans are living longer lives, longevity is creating challenges that cut across race, class, and gender. Caregivers help older relatives for “free,” but with high costs to themselves. The institutions built to protect older people—like nursing homes and guardianship—too often harm them instead. And epidemics of isolation and loneliness make older people vulnerable to all sorts of harm. In The Measure of Our Age, elder justice expert and MacArthur “genius” grant recipient M.T. Connolly investigates the systems we count on to protect us as we age.

Take care of yourself as you care for others with this accessible, easy-to-follow self-care guide to relax and rejuvenate.

Caregiving for those who suffer from Parkinson's disease comes with many challenges, from how to deal with guilt and loneliness to avoiding burnout and figuring out what to expect from an unpredictable disease. When giving care, too often caregivers neglect their own well-being. Everything You Need to Know About Caregiving for Parkinson's Disease is not just about caring for your loved one, but also about taking care of yourself.

Ken Druck defines the playing field of daunting challenges and fertile opportunities that exist between aging parents and their adult children. Listeners will find out how to create a custom master plan for their family, with a host of best practices to guide them.

Dementia is a cruel disease, and neither this book nor any other make it all better. What this book aims to do, however, is show you that you can live with dementia and that there is life after a diagnosis. While dementia will steal a lot of the elements of your life, it can still leave you with much to be grateful for. Its progress can be delayed. And, ultimately, you and your loved ones can learn how to cope with it.

Individuals approaching the end of life, and their loved ones, face many challenges - but as hospice nurse Karen Whitley Bell reassures us, this difficult time also offers an opportunity to explore and rediscover a richer meaning in life. Drawing on her years of experience, Bell has created a comprehensive, insightful guide to every aspect of hospice care and the final stages of life. For people in hospice care, as well as their friends and families, this is an indispensable reference, a trustworthy source of comfort and spiritual healing.