A Practical Guide to Later Life Planning, Care, and Wellbeing
A toolbox of critical resources that assists families and eldercare professionals with the navigation of aging loved ones based on the author's Six Pillars of Aging Wellbeing.
A clear, practical guide to the ageing process for trans and/or non-binary individuals and the professionals supporting them. This book covers key issues including health and social care, planning for old age, wills and inheritance, as well as communication issues with family and professionals.
While we may expect to live longer, many wonder if their brains will keep up with their bodies. This book looks at typical functions and declines of an aging brain, the signs and symptoms of problems, the available treatments, the financial responsibilities, and the factors that determine what kinds of care people might need as they age.
Bo Hejlskov Elv+¬n is a Clinical Psychologist based in Sweden. He is an independent consultant and lecturer on autism and challenging behaviour, and an accredited Studio III trainer. In 2009, he was awarded the Puzzle Piece of the Year prize by the Swedish Autism Society for his lecturing and counselling on challenging behaviour.
Based on extensive clinical research, this book sheds new light onto how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can be used with older adults as an effective complementary intervention, identifying specific ways in which MBSR programmes can be adapted and fine-tuned to meet the needs of this group. Presenting robust new evidence to support the ......
The perfect primer on the psychology of ageing, this accessible and concise book explains the most important psychological phases of this life process. Beginning with explanations of ageing, life expectancy and demographics, it goes on to discuss the parts of ageing that have the most impact on people's lives. From changes in intelligence and ......
Anni Bowden has a Diploma in Occupational Therapy from Salford University in Manchester, UK and worked for many years as an occupational therapist, helping a wide range of people whose humour and dignity have been an inspiration to her. She spent her working life in the beautiful High Peak of Derbyshire where she still lives.
Families often wrestle with the decision to move a person with dementia into a care home. The decision can be highly charged and emotional, involving feelings of loss, sadness and guilt. Moreover, developing a good relationship between the family and the care home is not an easy matter.In this accessible guide the authors take person-centred ......
More than ever, people are living longer, and adult children are thrust into the role of parent to their own parents. This work provides new tools and positivity for the 75 million Americans struggling with how to respond to the practical and emotional challenges of suddenly being in charge of aging or ailing parents.
"]Offers insight, encouragement, and hope to older adults getting back on the dating scene ]Includes the author's own experiences as well as those of other gray love seekers and finders ]Features sidebars that list insider tips gleaned from experts the author interviewed ]Covers both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships"--
Taking inspiration from the Spanish word for retirement-jubilacion- veteran minister Bruce Epperly challenges and empowers clergy to see retirement as a celebration of new possibilities and not an inexorable diminishment towards irrelevance
Many grandparents experience a surge of joy with the birth or adoption of a grandchild. For years afterward, time together is eagerly coveted, pictures are treasured and displayed, and multiple gifts along with various kinds of support are gladly provided. Richard Olson, a retired minister, professor of theology, and grandparent many times over, ......
This book is about grandparenting as a Christian vocation for the afternoon and evening of life. The author presents the unconditional love of a grandparent as indicative of a vocation, a calling from God. He explores the vocation of grandparent in all of its multiple dimensions of being and doing, including play and joy and laughter.
The path to old age can be fraught with health issues, family woes, and disability. But it doesn't need to be this way. Eric Larson challenges readers to embrace the future with resilience, engagement, and mindfulness. With specific guidance and personal anecdotes, this work is sure to be a favorite among readers of middle age and beyond.
The Unexpected Journey of Caring is a practical guide to finding personal meaning in the 21st century care experience. Readers are invited to actively reclaim and remake how they think of themselves, their care situation, and their capacities to provide care for their loved one and themselves.
Using checklists, questions, and practical tips, Harriet Edleson walks readers through 12 steps to planning and preparation for retirement that work with any budget and focus on the resources at hand. Not ever retiree will have an enormous nest egg, but every retiree would like to be comfortable, secure, and happy.
Uniquely bridging a gap in the gerontology literature between the biological and psychosocial aspects of aging, the second edition of this interdisciplinary text provides key updates on an abundance of cutting edge research, expands information on diversity issues in aging, and examines in greater depth the physiology of aging, theories of ......
Rather than focus exclusively on preparing for retirement, this book offers the firsthand accounts of women of retirement age, the real obstacles and changes they face, and how they successfully navigate their retirement years.