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After years of battling a mysterious illness, Diana Williams chose to end her life. This extraordinary and intimate memoir, written in the months before her death, bravely explores the profound question: How much suffering is enough? For three decades, Williams relentlessly pursued a cure for the symptoms that plagued her: grinding exhaustion, night sweats that drenched the sheets, brain fog that made her forget her own address, and throbbing headaches and chills that left her bedridden for days.

In Being Mortal, best-selling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit.

Navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving with our indispensable guide, designed to transform your caregiving journey into a manageable and rewarding experience. Find solace in a resource that understands and caters to your unique needs.

For her clients and everyone who has been inspired by her humanity, Alua Arthur is a friend at the end of the world. As our country’s leading death doula, she’s spreading a transformative message: thinking about your death—whether imminent or not—will breathe wild, new potential into your life. Warm, generous, and funny AF, Alua supports and helps manage end-of-life care on many levels.

For 40 years, "The 36-Hour Day" has been the leading work in the field for caregivers of those with dementia. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer's, and other dementias, the book is widely known for its authoritativeness and compassionate approach to care. Featuring everything from the causes of dementia to managing its early stages to advice on caring for those in the later stages of the disease, it is widely considered to be the most detailed and trusted book available.

Veterans of the United States armed forces are entitled to a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Dr. Paul R Lawrence, former Under Secretary for Benefits in the Department of Veterans Affairs, provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and accessible guide to all the benefits and services available to veterans of the US armed services and how to make the most of these benefits and services.

Ageless Aging presents a pioneering new way for women to age—an ascent that includes feeling youthful and vital while gaining wisdom, resilience, and experience. It provides a holistic plan that helps women take advantage of the scientific, medical, psychological, and spiritual tools available to them as they grow older.

Your complete step-by-step guide to starting a profitable senior concierge service in just 30 days. With over 50 million seniors over 65 in the U.S. alone, the demand for senior concierge services is skyrocketing. As seniors age, they need more help with many of the daily activities younger folks take for granted, like running errands, pet care, household management and dozens of other tasks. If you have a "can-do" attitude, common sense and compassion for elders, you will do well in this business. A senior concierge services offers you: A flexible schedule. Be your own boss. A recession-...

Part how-to guide, part hopeful manifesto, Cultivating the Doula Heart provides a clear framework for supporting those facing hardship, grief, and loss. Succinct and straightforward, this "work of heart" covers: Components of Doula Care, Aspects of Loss, Ways of Being/Ways of Doing, Grief Support, and Contemplative Exercises. Additionally, the audiobook version comes with over an hour of bonus content that expands on the main body of work, from navigating how to speak about loss with children to discovering death rituals as a doula.

"If you're looking for a thorough and practical guide to starting and operating a non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) business, you've found the right book. The author covers every aspect of setting up a NEMT business and offers helpful hints and information for best practices in every step and facet of your journey. He even includes a short history of NEMT services and, in general, provides detailed advice throughout. In fact, I found useful information on every page (something I definitely can't say about many of the how-to and business-related books I've read over the years)." ...

The prospect of a long-term commitment to take care of someone with dementia can trigger overwhelming fear, leaving you uncertain about where to even begin. The feeling of being stuck is difficult to bear! Fortunately, you’ll find answers and practical tools in this helpful caregiver handbook.

In over 30 years as a physician, Dr. Francisco Torres has seen the face of medicine change. He has authored books exploring the connection between genetics, lifestyle, and wellness and a memoir covering his colorful family background and his struggle with anxiety and body image issues. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Torres’ essays about the art and science of medicine have been a regular feature on the medical websites KevinMD and Doximity. Now, he presents all of these essays in one collection documenting his reflections as an experienced physician practicing medicine through COVID-19,...

The population of the world is aging rapidly. In the next 30 years, the population of people 65 years or older in the United States will nearly double in size to over 90 million. As a result, the demand for licensed nursing home administrators is quickly growing making nursing home administration a very attractive and rewarding career. *** There is no other resource that will teach you the basics of the industry and set you up for success like this book will. From common acronyms to critical information about every department, Understanding the Basics for Nursing Home Administrators will ...

There is a looming crisis. Millions of baby boomers are aging and will need care, but there are not enough beds for all of them. Residential Assisted Living is the solution.

Every weekend, in Holland’s most popular newspaper, de Volkskrant, renowned science-journalist Ellen de Visser asks a different medical professional to tell her about ‘that one patient’; the patient who changed everything for them. Every day, in every country, thousands of patients share their stories with their doctors: stories they may never have told anyone else; stories that are heartbreaking, sometimes funny and - just occasionally - unforgettable.

How do you help someone...who helps someone? You put 30 years of experience into their hands! Drawing upon an astonishing three decades as a caregiver for his wife, author/radio host Peter Rosenberger brings his wealth of experience to today's massive caregiver population.

Medicare for All is the leading proposal to achieve to universal health coverage in America. But what is it exactly? How would it work? More importantly, is it practical or practicable? This book goes beyond partisan talking points to offer a serious examination of how Medicare for All would transform the way we give, receive, and pay for healthcare in America.

Death was conspicuously absent during Rachel's medical training. Instead, her education focused entirely on learning to save lives, and was left wanting when it came to helping patients and their families face death. She came to specialize in palliative medicine because it is the one specialty in which the quality, not quantity of life truly matters. In the same year she started to work in a hospice, Rachel was forced to face tragedy in her own life when her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

As much of the world's population grows older, the quest for a "good death" has become a significant issue. For many, the right to die often means the right to die with dignity. The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours - far from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation - and the people who help them, loved ones or clandestine groups on the Internet known as the "euthanasia underground".

Lynne Tillman became one of nearly 53 million Americans who care for a sick family member when her mother developed an unusual and little understood condition called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Instantly, Tillman's independent and spirited mother went from someone she knew to someone else, a woman entirely dependent on her children. Mothercare is both a cautionary tale and sympathetic guidance for anyone who suddenly becomes a caregiver, responsible for the life of another—a parent, loved or not, or a friend.