Long-Term & Elder Care

Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end....

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...

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.

As revelatory as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’s Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life....

With over 1 million social media followers who trust her no-nonsense, easy-to-understand Medicare and Social Security advice, Attorney Sylvia Gordon cuts through the confusion to help you make the right decisions the first time.

Interweaving evocative stories of Dr. Sunita Puri's family and the patients she cares for, That Good Night is a stunning meditation on impermanence and the role of medicine in helping us to live and die well....

In The Whole-Body Microbiome, the father-daughter team of Dr. Brett Finlay (a microbiologist) and Dr. Jessica Finlay (a specialist on aging) offers a different - and truly revolutionary - solution to the quest for the fountain of youth....

Christie Watson spent 20 years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably powerful audiobook, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and meet her unforgettable patients....

There's an ever-growing body of evidence supporting the relatively simple principles that are behind healthy eating - yet the public seems to be more confused than ever....

In 10 Costly Medicare Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make, expert Danielle K. Roberts—co-founder of Boomer Benefits—shares the most common pitfalls people face when navigating Medicare and shows you how to avoid them.

Packed with valuable tips that can be implemented immediately to minimize common brain blips, exercises to boost memory within minutes, and inspiring insights from nine High-Octane-Brain role models ages 44 to 103, this book will finally put the future of your brain in your control....

All veterans and their families deserve the maximum benefits they earned by bravely serving their country!

You might be interested in starting your own non-medical home care agency, but you’re overwhelmed with where you should begin. How do you begin the process of getting licensed? When should you start hiring? What else do you need to take care of before you can open....

Two Old Broads is laugh-out-loud funny and tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years....

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....

Hope After Stroke is like having a personal therapist at your side, simplifying the medical jargon, answering your questions, guiding and empowering you each step of the way....

The new Ten Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make With Medicare book is perfect for anyone who has questions about Medicare, Medicare elections, and the insurance options within Medicare....

Drawing on interviews with over 1,400 patients and more than a decade of quantified data, Dr. Kerr reveals that pre-death dreams and visions are extraordinary occurrences that humanize the dying process....

A loved one's dementia diagnosis can leave you feeling scared and overwhelmed. Now a renowned geriatrician who has helped thousands of families live happy, engaged lives—after a dementia diagnosis—shares her expertise in this easy-to-follow guide....

From America’s Gerontologist, Dr. Kerry Burnight, comes a practical guide that offers a radical new approach to longevity.

How do you help someone...who helps someone? You put 30 years of experience into their hands....

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....

Have you witnessed someone’s last days and felt completely inept at supporting them as they prepared for the inevitable? Would you like to help dying people, and their loved ones, deal with the numerous internal and external challenges surrounding death?

One day your life was normal. The next thing you know, your life is being ruled by the needs of your aging parent. Welcome to the caregiving season....

Loss is difficult...and universal. What do we say? What do we do? Part how-to guide, part hopeful manifesto, Cultivating the Doula Heart provides a clear framework for supporting those facing hardship, grief, and loss.