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Career Paths in the Field of Aging by David A. Peterson
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 1987 Professional gerontology is a rapidly growing and constantly changing field. It focuses primarily on applying what is known about growing old in relevant and helpful ways to mitigate or prevent common problems of aging and to enhance...
this small window: true stories from well-aged people by Melody Goetz
FROM THE PUBLISHER: For over a decade, Melody Goetz has worked with people nearly twice her age in two retirement communities. Amid her work in senior management, their vivid lives and stories began to imprint themselves on her own life. She thought, "I am a writer;...
The Christian Guide to Parent Care by Riekse and Holstege
FROM THE PUBLISHER: A practical resource for helping our aging parents meet their changing needs -- physical, emotional, spiritual.FROM THE PGC TEAM: This book is AVAILABLE to borrow at the PGC Library. The PGC Library is in the Pruett Gerontology Center,...
The Aging Networks: A Guide to Programs and Services, Seventh Edition
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 2011. Revised and updated to include the most current information concerning later-life care, this seventh edition provides students and practitioners with a detailed overview of federal, state, and local programs and services for...
Aging Memory: Make Your Aging Memory Sharp as a Tack by John Leslie
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Sometimes we forget things or events, and as we age, that happening becomes a major concern. This book dispels the myth that there is an end to learning and recollection. It stresses a proven fact that acquiring knowledge and remembering it...
Share My Lonesome Valley by Doug Manning
FROM THE PUBLISHER: ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS, cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's disease. . .the list of terminal or debilitating illnesses goes on. The one thing that all of these diseases have in common is that almost every patient has a person who is acting...
Nana’s New Home by Kristi Cargill
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Kristi Cargill is a 20-year-old pre-med student at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. An active volunteer in public service, she formed the Junior Volunteer Program at the Windcrest Alzheimer's Care Center in Abilene when she was sixteen...
The Healing Connection by Harold G. Koenig, M.D.
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Founder and director of the widely respected Duke University Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health, Dr. Harold Koenig shares the remarkable story of how his personal trials because the catalyst for pioneering research that is...
Aging and Spirituality by David O. Moberg, PhD
FROM THE PUBLISHER: During their later years, many people devote energy to a process of spiritual awakening and self-discovery. Yet their families, friends, clergy, and the helping professionals who work with them are not always prepared to understand or deal with the...
The Graying of the Flock by James L. Knapp
FROM THE PUBLISHER: The United States is in the midst of a dramatic transformation! Our population is aging at such a rapid rate that we recently passed a major milestone: for the first time in history our nation has more senior citizens than teenagers. This fact...