by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 19, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 19, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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,...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 19, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 19, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 18, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 16, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
