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Author
Publisher
Bull Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A practical step-by-step, room-by-room guide to simple modifications that can help seniors make their homes safer and easier to navigate, this reference offers readers clear and practical solutions. Author Lynda Shrager is a registered, national board certified occupational therapist, a master's level social worker and a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) with more than thirty-seven years' experience in the field of geriatrics and more than...
Author
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This home-based exercise program is designed with seniors in mind, requiring only minimal, inexpensive equipment: no bulky machinery taking up space like a traditional gym. The easy routine is simple, safe and can be performed at your own pace daily, provided your doctor agrees it's suitable. The full workout takes about 60 minutes including rest periods, with 60 repetitions of each segment. Personally, I feel a sense of fulfilment and an endorphin...
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English
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Feisty Dr. Siri Paiboun is no respecter of persons or party; at his age he feels he can afford to be independent. In this, the second novel in the series, he travels to Luang Prabang, where he communes with the deposed king who is resigned to his fate: it was predicted long ago. And he attends a conference of shamans called by the Communist Party to deliver an ultimatum to the spirits: obey party orders or get out. But as a series of mutilated corpses...
Author
Series
Agnes Sharp volume 1
Language
English
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"It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a communal home for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside. Although they have had their share of issues (misplaced reading glasses, conflicting culinary tastes, mobility issues, and unruly grandsons), nothing prepares them for an unexpected visit from a police officer with some shocking news. The body of one of their neighbors was discovered earlier...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Build strength at every age with at-home bodyweight training Maintaining body strength is a key component of staying healthy throughout your life--and you can do it without a gym membership or even a set of weights. This step-by-step bodyweight fitness program is designed to help anyone over the age of 40 build muscle mass, and improve balance and flexibility from anywhere, so you can stay strong and healthy for years to come. Stay safe and get maximum...
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English
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Laos, 1975: The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Dr. Siri Paiboun, a seventy-two-year-old Paris-trained doctor, is appointed national coroner. Although he has no training for the job, there is no one else: the rest of the educated class have fled. He is expected to come up with the answers the party wants, but crafty and charming Dr. Siri is immune to bureaucratic pressure. At his age, he reasons, what can they do to...
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"When you think about planning for retirement-whether it's years in the future or just around the corner-you're bound to have questions. Can I ever afford to stop working? Will Social Security be there for me when I need it? Is the market a safe place for my money? How can I make my money last? Have I waited too long to start saving? Suze Orman, America's most recognized expert on personal finance, answers all the questions that keep you up at night-starting...
Author
Series
Thursday Murder Club volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Richard Osman is back with everyone's favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of The Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first-an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Melding a scientist's passion for truth with a humanist's understanding of the heart and soul, professor of surgery Nuland explores the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships. The onset of aging can be so gradual that we are often surprised to find that one day it is fully upon us. The changes to the senses, appearance, reflexes, physical endurance, and sexual appetites are undeniable--and rarely welcome--and yet, as...
17) The good house
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Language
English
Description
"The Good House tells the story of Hildy Good, who lives in a small town on Boston's North Shore. Hildy is a successful real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother. She's also a raging alcoholic. Hildy's family held an intervention for her about a year before this story takes place--"if they invite you over for dinner, and it's not a major holiday," she advises "run for your life"--and now she feels lonely and unjustly persecuted. She...
Author
Publisher
Salt Desert Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
With a Foreword by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, this is an extraordinary collection of personal mantras by people over the age of 75 regarding what makes them productive and effective in old age. The post-pandemic world needs the productivity of the over-75s, who also want to be fulfilled beyond the age of 75.Would you like to be positive, productive, and graceful in your old age? If so, Mantras for Positive Ageing is for you.The first section has...
20) The Cat Walk
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A family inheritance draws an elderly sleuth into a deadly battle of wills in this delightful whodunit: “Miss Rachel [is] a treasure.” ― Kirkus Reviews Donwyn Shore’s rather quirky aunt left a complex set of instructions upon her death: her five inheritors each received a letter, and were required to wait five years to present it and claim their share of the bequest. But one of the cousins is refusing to participate, and on top of that Donwyn...
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