Our ageing population is a modern success story, and success brings problems. The new demographic is for people to die in old age, or extreme old age, but with multiple illnesses and diagnoses, and on a cocktail of medication. But where is the balance of medicine between curing and caring? Are we neglecting the wellbeing of the dying person in our ......
Guides readers in incorporating poetry, music, and other arts into activity programming to increase interaction and encourage amusement and joy in dementia care. Author Gary Glazner demonstrates how anyone can incorporate creative verbal expression into activities of daily living (as well as day-to-day activities) in an effortless, economical, and ......
The Best Friends Daily Planner shows you how simple it is to be a Best Friend to a person with dementia each and every day. This handy and practical book provides you with Best Friends guiding principles and reflection questions, as well as more than 150 quick, easy, and surprising activities to support your caregiving each week. The Best Friends ......
You Can Improve and Energize Your Brain at Any Age
1. More than 3 million graduating high school seniors. Most go on to some form of higher education. 2. Great graduation gift 3. Teens are accustomed to reading Teenage Soul books and will welcome a new one to carry them forward. 4. CS past College book sold 1.2 million copies but is now ten years old. College life can be fun, stressful, ......
People with early dementia face enormous challenges in coping with their condition, yet they typically receive no personalised education or support following the diagnosis. Counselling empowers them to understand and come to terms with the illness while also learning to manage and make healthy adaptations to it. With the rapid increase in people ......
Hi I'm Max, and I'm adopted. You may not know this but many famous and inspirational people were adopted too. Adopted Like Me introduces you to great musicians like Bo Diddley, politicians like Nelson Mandela, and stars like Marilyn Monroe. Meet these along with inventors, athletes, and a princess skilled in judo and fencing all of them ......
A heartfelt and moving recollection by Sandra Sabatini, the author of the classic Breath, of her encounters and training under the guidance of Vanda Scaravelli, whose book Awakening the Spine inspired generations of yoga practitioners. With photographs by David Darom.
Health Problems in the Classroom 6-12 is comprehensive reference to common health problems, chronic illnesses, and disabilities that classroom teachers, teacher aides, school administrators, and guidance counsellors encounter in middle schools and high schools. An A-Z guide identifies 150 health problems, including chronic diseases, sports ......
