Aging Books

Selma has wit that will knock you off of your feet laughing, and the charm to help you get back up again. I read the book from cover to cover in one sitting because I could NOT put this book down. She tells great stories about Louisville, Kentucky at the turn of the century. She also provides advise that will change your outlook on life.

"Age is a state of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter." These are Mark Twain's words and they hint at the mind's role in aging. Psychologists Albert Ellis and Emmett Velten have gone beyond Twain to more specifically define ways the mind influences how we age.
Albert Ellis defined the ABC model of perception. "A" is the perception, "B" is the thought or belief, and "C" is the reaction. So changing the thoughts or beliefs at "B" changes how we react to the world. This book applies this cognitive theory to the specific area of aging. The authors take many of the assumptions about what it is to grow older and challenge those assumptions. There are abundant examples, both from their clients lives as well as their own, of people changing their lives by changing their beliefs and optimizing their life styles.
It is a well thought out venture into aging demonstrating clearly that optimal aging can truly be a case of "mind over matter." Highly recommended for all those who will be one day older tomorrow.

'Osteoporosis: Unmasking a Silent Thief' is an informative, through, easy to read and understand guide of everything I need to know about Osteoporosis. Now that I have read this book I have a good understanding of what I need to do to prevent such a terrible condition. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to prevent Osteoporosis as well as those who want to improve their condition.

In Our Aging Brain: Changing And Growing, Harold Nash describes how a health brain functions through every moment of the day. Nash dispels myths and misconceptions as he surveys aging hypotheses, key concepts, cell-to-cell message transmission, brain disorders and strokes, neurotransmitters, the changes that occur in the human brain as we age, as well as how to keep the brain healthy. Highly recommended for the non-specialist general reader, Nash's informative, accessible text is enhanced with diagrams, glossary, and a bibliography for further study.

Loved the enchantment and mythical way aging successfully can be accomplished. Helpful in understanding the necessary issues that are part of aging. Great resource for group work in helping older persons deal with their own thoughts and fears of aging.

This book is all I expected and I received quickly. I am happy there is a discount for the website offered in addition tio this book. Great seller.

The book is a hoot!! I am in my 40's, and remember my parents saying some of these things. Now I catch myself using some of the same phrases! The ONLY critisism is the use of some mild profanity, which could have been left out without taking away from the book. Please do not let that keep you from the purchase, because it is mild. I felt comfortable enough to give a copy to my Sunday school teacher.

For each age of the persons life, the editors Anthony and Sally Sampson have gathered significant quotations.They have chosen from a variety of excellent sources .Their work has an excellent introduction in which they reflect on the whole course of life's ages.
Most often their entries are not simply token significations of the age involved but rather real reflections of what the person felt at that particular age of their life.

Some examples from the Age Sixty- two.

" I nevwer wake without finding life more insignificant than it was the day before. .. My great misery is recollecting the scene of twenty years past, and then all on a sudden dropping into the present. " Swift

" I am spending delightful afternoons in my graden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older I feel everything departing , and I love everything with more passion." Zola

" No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year." Cicero

"We are a pair of old derelicts drifting around, now, with some of our passengers gone and the sunniness of others in eclipse." Twain to W.D. Howells

With Dan's unique concepts and practices, I've assisted numerous clients by guiding their respective families thru often very difficult emotional and financial decisions with clarity and confidence in their future.

Whether your client is living on valuable land owned by the family for over 50 Years or "living on borrowed time," use The Parent Care Conversation to lead you and your clients to a bigger, better and more certain future.

Scott Korbin

This is a wonderful book. It should be required reading for anyone who's parents have reached the age where many important and difficult decisions must be made about life style, health care, finances, etc. Read it before you have a crisis situation. May it stay in print forever!