Living AgelesslyLiving Agelessly
Answers to Your Most Common Questions About Aging Gracefully
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Current format, Book, 2009, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsA comprehensive guide to managing the practical and psychological aspects of caring for aging parents describes the author's premise about the controllability of aging through lifestyle choices while outlining recommendations for creating a safe environment, bolstering mental activity, and promoting physical and spiritual well-being. Original.
Explores the practical and psychological aspects of caring for aging parents through lifestyle choices while creating a safe environment, bolstering mental activity, and promoting physical and spiritual well-being.
Baby boomers who care for elderly parents even as they raise their own families face a doubly challenging set of circumstances: meeting the needs of the ill and aging while still aging gracefully themselves. In this book, Linda Altoonian draws from her own experience to address the problems faced by other members of the ?sandwich” generation. She first describes her basic premise ? that it’s possible to be in control of the aging process, and that growing older can be enjoyable and healthy when the right lifestyle choices are made ? and then covers day-to-day issues such as creating a safe living environment, practicing a good diet and exercise, and staying mentally active. She also deals with the legal, medical, physical, social, and even spiritual issues that affect the lives of seniors and their caregivers, simplifying and explaining even the most complicated issues in a succinct, easy-to-understand, and upbeat style.
Explores the practical and psychological aspects of caring for aging parents through lifestyle choices while creating a safe environment, bolstering mental activity, and promoting physical and spiritual well-being.
Baby boomers who care for elderly parents even as they raise their own families face a doubly challenging set of circumstances: meeting the needs of the ill and aging while still aging gracefully themselves. In this book, Linda Altoonian draws from her own experience to address the problems faced by other members of the ?sandwich” generation. She first describes her basic premise ? that it’s possible to be in control of the aging process, and that growing older can be enjoyable and healthy when the right lifestyle choices are made ? and then covers day-to-day issues such as creating a safe living environment, practicing a good diet and exercise, and staying mentally active. She also deals with the legal, medical, physical, social, and even spiritual issues that affect the lives of seniors and their caregivers, simplifying and explaining even the most complicated issues in a succinct, easy-to-understand, and upbeat style.
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