Resultados para "América" en Envejecimiento y longevidad

Despite being the wealthiest nation on earth, the United States spends much of its health-care money and resources pursuing the wrong goal: curing people after they get sick. In this provocative book, Nicholas J. Webb charts a bold new path that puts the focus not on reactionary treatment, but on anticipation and prevention.

Aging in America is a "hands on" consumer guide to help you detect, prevent, and protect against elder abuse. Elder abuse is the new silent killer and a national crisis. Don't you want to know the best way to protect yourself now at a very low cost? It's an easy and informative listen. Are you a baby boomer worried about growing older? Maybe assisted living, at home care or a nursing home? Alone, broke, medical care, and palliative care denied, or your end of your life wishes ignored?

In this non-fiction book, listeners are introduced to the heartbreaking and infuriating stories of three patients and their families who experienced a complete lack of care and compassion in an American Long Term Acute Care Hospital. Despite the desperate pleas and efforts of their families, these patients were neglected and even denied basic needs, resulting in tragic outcomes.

Bill Novelli doesn't believe that retirement has to mean rocking one's way into the sunset. As the head of the strongest organization of retired people in the world, the AARP, Novelli believes that retirement can be a time of action and influence rather than one of illness and decline.

Com conselhos claros e fáceis de aplicar, O que ninguém conta sobre a menopausa é o apoio que faltava para você abraçar esse novo capítulo da sua vida. Diante da falta de informações com que se deparou –– e com a qual muitas mulheres lidam em silêncio ––, Jancee mergulhou em uma investigação pela literatura disponível e entrevistas com especialistas para remover o tabu e a vergonha que rodeiam a menopausa. Afinal, se é um processo pelo qual tantas passam, está mais do que na hora de falar abertamente e normalizar essa fase da vida.

Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States. When Ann Neumann's father was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, she left her job and moved back to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She became his full-time caregiver - cooking, cleaning, and administering medications. When her father died, she was undone by the experience, by grief and the visceral quality of dying.

The story of one woman’s struggle to care for her seriously ill husband—and a revealing look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support. Already Toast shows how all-consuming caregiving can be, how difficult it is to find support...

No one can avoid gray hair and wrinkles, but what about preventing the brain from aging? Dr. Eric Braverman, "America's Brain Doctor" and best-selling author has created a simple, science-based plan that can help prevent the worst mental side effects of aging: memory loss, cognitive decline, and mood changes.