Aging Books

This is THE book you should have once your parents either hit 75, have health problems, or you need any help caring for them or understanding how you feel about it all. A home visitng doctor handed it to me the first visit he made and it was an invaluable resouce. GET IT!

This wonderful book covers every aspect of parentcare. However, it's not so much about caring for old people, it's more about what we babyboomers are going through as we watch our parents get old and die. One member of our family read the book then passed it along to another, and so on, until all 8 of us read it, and now it's getting passed around again! Maybe we should buy another copy!

This book is solutions focused. It offers concise advice that is really helpful. Learn how to broach the tough money questions with parents who never talked with their kids about sex or money. Then learn exactly what to do to improve your parents finances and your own, and their, peace of mind. I recommend it highly!

I picked up this book after reading about it in Michelle Singletary's column. I can't believe I never knew it existed. I have been struggling to handle my parents' finances and stressing about how to do it fairly, without upsetting my brother and causing family discord. Finally, I've found good, solid advice on exactly how to do this. Not only is this book essential for anyone in my position, but I highly recommend it for anyone who thinks that someday they might be taking care of someone else's finances.

Mr.Barnett's book "How to feel Good as you age" is the most complete treatise on this subject I have read. He has done an exceptional job researching material for this book I will certainly recommend it to all of my friends and shall keep is as a reference when problems in my life occur.

John Barnett writes from personal experiece about getting the most out of life and death issues. He covers in an easily read and interesting way such issues as valuing your body, mind and spirit; how good nutrition helps to avoid disease; interacting with your doctor, caregivers and family; ways to stay in control of your life from your home, legal and financial options and determining when it's time to move; taking actions to leave your legacy stamped with your own personality that will help others to celebrate your individuality.

He deals with the sensitive subject of facing death and offers suggestions from his experience as a hospice worker who often interacts with dying people. A most helpful chapter is dealing with the death of a loved one, or your own death, helping to seek inner peace, and where this can take place. Good information is given to help us to know what happens as the body system shuts down and how the dying person enters the death experience in the last days and hours. He gives excellent suggestions as to what the family needs to do immediately after death, kinds of funerals and burials (there are more than one), informs about normal grieving for spouses, family and friends and then enters a discussion on the spouse being single again and socializing.

He writes an easy reading style with sensitivity and gives practical and helpful material. He lists books, web sites, and places where the reader can get more information. The book has an excellent index. Those sources alone are worth the book. Some issues are covered with the idea that more information is available in the sites listed. Other areas are dealt with in detail. He has an excellent balance of sharing information.

One quickly discovers that he is knowledgeable in this field. The bibiliography reveals the breadth of reading in this area. He balances theory, with his practical experiences of his profession. When he was diagnosed with Cancer, he began a search on how to become a survivor. He is a survivor and has shared his insights with us.

It is a book every family should have in its stack of important books. This book is an excellent resource for medical, social workers, clergy, teachers, families. I recommend it. It helps us to deal with basics of living.

Although most near-retirement persons plan for their pensions
and benefits package, few plan for their psychological adjustment
to their new life ahead or for how they'll find meaning and
satisfaction after their busy work lives are behind them.

Gordon Burgett has put together an inspirational yet highly
practical manual for planning a meaningful and fulfilling life
in the autumn years.

How To Plan A Great Second Life: Why Not Live Fully Every Day Of Your Extra 30 Years by Gordon Burgett is an innovative guidebook to planning out and taking full advantage of all the years of one's life through the post-retirement and elder years. From the importance of keeping up physical and mental health; to writing out ideas, listing goals and devising a system to achieve them; and enhanced with some 200 activities and a variety of consumable worksheets designed to put the readers in touch with their long-term needs and desires, How To Plan A Great Second Life is confidently recommended for anyone who counts on making the most of their years past the age of retirement.

Not your usual stuff. A very funny book with advice you can actually use. I say every senior citizen should have a copy. What's more, it makes a good gift if you have friends getting near the senior citizen tag.

Not your usual stuff. A very funny book with advice you can actually use. I say every senior citizen should have a copy. What's more, it makes a good gift if you have friends getting near the senior citizen tag.

We all go to our doctor with a mind full of things to ask, but somehow we never get to them and can come out of the office feeling just as confused as when we went in or even worse--we hated the entire experience. This book can alleviate those fears and help you and your doctor achieve the satisfaction and productive visit you both want. I found the book helpful and informative about various issues regarding patient care.

If you've ever felt hurried and dissatisfied in dealing with your too-busy doctor but don't know what else to do, then How to Talk to Your Doctor: Getting the Answers and Care You Need is for you: it tells how to get the information needed from a doctor to make informed medical decisions, from understanding prescriptions and tests to assessing the value and necessity of procedures. From using the Internet to gather information to making special needs known, How to Talk to Your Doctor is the perfect consumer's advocate in book form, and general-interest libraries should find it a popular pick.

This book is good on a plane or while you are waiting somwhere. It is funny and light reading.

I have read all Barbara Johnson's books and this little book owns up to her inspiring wisdom. Humor Me consists of short stories, cartoons, life experiences, pick-me-ups, quotes and totally humorous insights. This book will be enjoyable to any woman entering or experiencing the later part of life and finding the humor in it all.

Here is an exceptionally fine addition to the growing literature on retirement planning. I'n "I'll Retire Tomorrow," storyteller Dan Seagren treats a score of issues facing retirees, broken into manageable segments through the first-person narrative of ninety-year-old Jeremiah Kennedy. . . In a delightful autobiographical style, Kennedy deals with concerns raised at different life stages. The people-portraits of family members, residents, and staff are realistic characterizations which, for the reader, depict shortcomings in how many folks face retirement. . . The subject matter goes beyond the usual concerns of health, retirement location, housing options, and legal issues. . . Therefore, the author does much more than paint a picture of "life on the inside of a retirement center" . . . Because many people have difficulty in accepting their own aging, this little volume is a "must read." It will break through the myths and misconceptions we have about aging. But be forewarned: the insights of the venerable Jeremiah Kennedy, relayed with good humor, may pose retirement questions that haven't been raised before! If such is the case, the author's purpose has been realized: to help the reader embark upon a well-planned, meaningful journey--by facing retirement "today" and not "tomorrow."

Dan, your latest book, 'I'll Retire Tomorrow," is certainly a living experience of hundreds of folks in this world who awakened to their dream as perhaps Jeremiah Kennedy did and find that retirement can be greatly different than we had anticipated when we were in our teens. As we now look back on our lives when our retirement was but a far away thought, I am sure we would have not only made different plans for our future but made it a point in our lives to visit and speak words of our love and Christ's love and concern for all those Jeremiahs sitting alone as we passed them by. Dan, you have given us all who read the book a true story of life from the time when we recognized that our lives can be extremely stressful, our dreams for tomorrow can vanish and perhaps we must leave the peace and quiet of our own home and seek shelter and care for this aging and deteriorating body. The final chapter penned by Jeremiah's granddaughter brought tears to my eyes with memories of folks in my life who had a retirement from this beautiful planet earth which differed greatly from their dreams. Let us encourage our youth of today to not only dream great dreams for the unknown tomorrow but to live each day in words, actions and deeds toward our fellow man as if final retirement were tomorrow. I strongly suggest our youth read and ponder today upon Jeremiah Kennedy's retirement story and I am certain they too will cope better with their retirement when the day approaches. How great it would be if your book was read by every high school freshman to help them think about their plans and dreams for tomorrow and prepare wisely for the rough spots in the unknown road ahead. --Gil E.

couldn't put it down. exteremely inspiring since i'm where ms. weaver is in life. cleverly written. makes you think how lucky we "older" folks are to be able to do all the things we never had time for when we had families to raise. i agree with her admonition - NEVER WHINE! i reccomend this book to any older person who has lost their zeal or just needs encouragement to reach out and up! i plan to read grandmother faces now.

Frances Weaver writes about the options and opportunities available to people of any age, how to make the most of our senior years, and offers good advice -- with such a delightful sense of humor that you truly enjoy reading about coping with the present, enjoying the future, and sharing precious moments with family and friends! Great!

It was a great way to look at mid-life; embrace rather than retreat. Mid-life is a place where richness flows and wisdom is realized. A must read book for any woman in mid-life that needs a fresh perspective and a new view of life.

This book addressed the emotional needs that happen to us middle something aged women. It was amusing, comforting and helpful. I also read Taking Charge of the Change by Pamela Smith and found the 2 books together to be a winning combination.