Resultados para "The Journey" en Envejecimiento y longevidad

In elderhood, the health care system has a narrow view of how to provide care. It focuses on extending a patient's life at all costs, with an over-reliance on machines and procedures, instead of caring holistically for the person. Accordingly, many of us will likely spend our final weeks in long-term care facilities or an ICU. Dying at home, peacefully, and surrounded by family is almost impossible in our world—and our fear of death is a major contributor to this impossibility.

Ikigai is the place where our passion (what we love), mission (what we hope to contribute), vocation (the gifts we have to offer the world) and profession (how our passions and talents can become a livelihood) converge, giving us a personal sense of meaning. This book helps you bring together all of these elements so that you can enjoy a balanced life.

Considering GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Monjouro or Ozempic? Want to know what they’re really like—from someone who’s been there? In The GLP-1 Revolution, Avery Carter shares a science-backed, easy-to-understand guide for anyone exploring GLP-1 medications for weight loss and better health. Whether you're curious about starting your own journey or supporting someone who is, this relatable and research-driven book is here to help.

The new edition of Creating Moments of Joy is filled with more practical advice sprinkled with hope, encouragement, new stories, and generous helpings of humor. In this volume, Brackey reveals that our greatest teacher is having cared for and loved someone with Alzheimer's and that often what we have most to learn about is ourselves.

In Anyway You Can, Dr. Bosworth shares her "accidental" discovery of ketosis and its wide array of health benefits as she supplemented her mom's chemotherapy with ketones. Her story of courage, faith, and tenacity helps young and old achieve better physical, mental, and emotional health through ketosis.

Over 13% of American adults (more than 30 million people) have some degree of hearing loss and yet many people still feel like this is only for older people. Hearing loss affects all ages with infants born deaf. Many adults develop hearing loss slowly or suddenly for a wide range of reasons...

For the one in eight women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, a warm, practical, relatable handbook that dispels the terror and takes you step-by-step through the process, from diagnosis to post-treatment. When Andrea Hutton was diagnosed with breast cancer, she wanted to know...

From 2006 to 2015, Lorrie Cox walked one of the hardest roads a spouse can travel—watching her husband John slowly disappear to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a devastating brain disease that strikes people in the prime of life, often in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. Unlike Alzheimer's, FTD changes personality, behavior, and language first. Most families don't see it coming—and most don't know where to turn. When John was diagnosed, everything changed—their marriage, their family, their faith, and the shape of everyday life.

In a culture enamored with youth and beauty, the 50th birthday is often seen as a death sentence...in more ways than one. It's easy to see why. What used to be perky is now otherwise. What's trending now trumps wisdom. A once-healthy body now declares mutiny on any healthy choices. And, after years of putting others first, many find they are lonely, depressed, and lack meaningful work.

It’s morning at Meadow Brook Nursing Home. During the last 10 months, this has been my mother’s abode. Most days, I feel it is mine, too. Life, as I have known it, is a blur. Alzheimer’s has taken mother from herself, her family, and her friends. It has demanded a grit and grace in our everyday lives beyond human comprehension. I know that I must tell her story - which ultimately is my story, too - with hope that it may bring a degree of peace to the hearts of those who have walked, or will walk, the same road.

Retirement. You’ve worked for it, planned for it, and dreamed about it: life’s great permanent vacation. But what if retirement could be measured in more than hours on the beach, days on the golf course, and weeks of travel? What if retirement were the beginning, not the end, of your...

Rediscover the life you deserve and navigate menopause with confidence. You’re not alone; thousands of women face similar challenges. This audiobook offers empowering insights and practical wisdom to help you through this transformative phase.

In a world dominated by synthetic solutions and rushed consultations, it's easy to feel lost in a healthcare system that treats symptoms rather than people. You've experienced the frustration of persistent fatigue, nagging joint discomfort, or the quiet anxiety that comes when modern medicine doesn't have all the answers.

When a devoted wife stepped into the role of caregiver for her husband during his journey with dementia, she found solace in journaling — capturing the routines, challenges, and quiet triumphs of daily life. What began as a private coping tool became a heartfelt guide for others walking the same path. Lunches with Ed offers practical insights born from lived experience, not theory.

A caregiving guidebook to help you navigate your caregiving journey with skill and confidence, Navigating the Caregiver River: A Journey to Sustainable Caregiving empowers the family caregiver with tools and strategies to create a sustainable caregiving experience for the duration of the journey.

What if aging isn’t just a number—but a rhythm your cells can remember, forget, and even relearn? In The Clock Within, neurobiologist Dr. Moawiah Naffaa takes listeners on an intimate journey through the hidden chronometers that shape every heartbeat, every thought, and every dawn of renewal. From DNA methylation clocks and mitochondrial oscillations to the subtle conversations between glia, microbes, and the immune system, this book reveals how life keeps time—and what happens when those rhythms falter.

An account of a 6-year journey through Alzheimer's progression with my mother. Includes tips and "What I Wish I'd Known Sooner" sections. From early signs through severe limitations, the story lays out the challenges and increasing frustrations this disease entails for both patient and caregiver.

The slow violence being inflicted on our environment—through everything from carbon emissions to plastic pollution—also represents an impending public health catastrophe. Yet standard health care practices are more concerned with short-term outcomes than long-term sustainability. Every resource used to deliver medical care, from IV tubes to antibiotics to electricity, has a significant environmental impact. This raises an urgent ethical dilemma: in striving to improve the health outcomes of individual patients, are we damaging human health on a global scale?

Death is simply one more aspect of being a human being, but in our culture, we've made it a taboo. As a result, most of us walk through life with conscious or unconscious fears that prevent us from experiencing true contentment. Embracing the End of Life invites you to lean into your beliefs and questions about death and dying, helping you release tense or fearful energy and awaken to a more vital life now.

This bite sized book is part of a series and is a concise guide to offer simple and straightforward tips and advice to help you to understand and manage the menopause. This bite-sized book has been designed to offer a useful overview for everyone about the menopause.