Nursing Home

At a large group home for adult women who are mentally ill/retarded, a client has fallen from an attic window. Was it murder, suicide or an accident? Will the disparate staff prove to be the ones who are really nuts?

In this book, author and biologist Marcy Houle shares her personal journey of caring for her father, a surgeon, who developed Alzheimer's disease, and later her mother, who succumbed to other medical conditions.Like many children of aging parents, Marcy often felt powerless traveling this sad trajectory - watching them fall through the cracks of a fragmented and confusing healthcare system, where professionals often wrote off their symptoms as "just old age".

Paul Munson was at his wits end with his gorgeous wife's unwillingness to make love to him. She was young, blonde, and had a killer body, but she rarely let him see it, let alone touch it. She claimed she didn't have any desire for sex, but Paul was unconvinced. He believed deep down, she had a fire in her just waiting to come out. After a jolting trip to a furniture store where she allowed a couple of sleazy salesmen get handsy with her and even flash her panties, Paul formulated a plan to see if he could wake up his wife's libido and finally get to enjoy his husbandly pleasures. He wasn't...

When a loved one is diagnosed with dementia, the world can feel like it's tilting on its axis. Fear, confusion, and heartache become constant companions as you grapple with the challenges of caregiving and the profound changes in your relationship. But amidst the storm, there is hope, resilience, and a path toward acceptance that can lead to a more meaningful and fulfilling journey. In this deeply personal and empowering book, a caregiver shares their experience of navigating the complexities of dementia. With warmth, compassion, and practical wisdom, they guide you through the emotional ...

Author Jamie Kern Lima's first, instant New York Times bestselling book Believe It, captured her journey of going from Denny's waitress to billion-dollar entrepreneur by learning to believe in herself. And now her second, much-anticipated, upcoming book Worthy, is the playbook for how YOU can believe in YOU! If you've ever struggled with self-doubt, felt like you don't have what it takes...or that who you truly are isn't enough, even if you're really good at hiding it from the world, WORTHY is for you.

I was married for almost thirty years when I met George. The day he had surgery after collapsing from an infected cyst on his spine, I went to the hospital to support his son. Seeing George’s family at his bedside, I was reminded of waking up in a hospital myself eight years earlier, after miraculously surviving a sudden cardiac arrest. When George roused from an induced coma, he learned he was paralyzed from the neck down. He was moved to a nursing facility a few months later, where I visited him regularly. I continued to battle my own health and emotional issues as we diligently worked ...

Practicing multiple tests in nursing school is one of the keys to passing. Getting a handle on the types of test questions will help you gain confidence and knowledge to pass the test easily.

A simple yet profound shift, seeing people as people is an idea so simple you'll swear you've heard it a million times but so profound you'll never stop learning from it. Kimberly White discovered it in a chain of nursing homes whose leaders, nurses, and housekeepers saw their patients, not as tasks to be ticked off a to-do list, but as valuable human beings. White helps you to adopt this transformative shift with warm encouragement, insightful guidance, and powerfully moving, true accounts of extraordinary human goodness.

A novel of the COVID-19 pandemic ... The onslaught of the coronavirus leads to the cancellation of a renowned quartet's planned performance of Schubert's Quintet in C. But the group continues to practice, in hopes of at least an eventual private performance, and in an effort to draw the musicians closer together and improve their music-making, Boris -- the group's founder and cellist -- asks each of them to keep and share diary entries, from which he'll choose a daily entry as a record of the journey they are making together, and yet apart. The result is a poignant chronicle of a world-...

This eBook presents a balanced and comprehensive exploration of senior living and assisted living — two closely related yet distinct facets of elder care that have gained increasing prominence in recent years. It offers readers an informative, unbiased perspective on the challenges and opportunities inherent in providing safe, compassionate, and dignified living environments for older adults. Through carefully developed sections, the narrative traces the evolution of senior living, from traditional familial care arrangements to modern, purpose-built communities designed to meet a wide ...

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the financial, legal, and technological complexities of dementia caregiving? You're not alone. Millions of families struggle to balance the emotional and practical demands of caring for a loved one with dementia. "Compassionate Care: A Practical Handbook for Dementia Caregiving" is your essential guide to navigating this challenging journey with confidence and peace of mind. This comprehensive resource provides expert advice, practical strategies, and compassionate support to help you: Secure your loved one's financial future: Discover key resources, ...

You're an immigrant — or maybe an expat — retired in Portugal ... and you're getting older, needing more attention and health care. Maybe you've brought an elderly relative (or two) to live with you, and that's the person who needs more continual, personalized service than you're able to give. What are your options? Here's a brief overview to help you get started to ensure the comfort and care of the elderly in Portugal.

As tens of millions of Americans are living longer lives, longevity is creating challenges that cut across race, class, and gender. Caregivers help older relatives for “free,” but with high costs to themselves. The institutions built to protect older people—like nursing homes and guardianship—too often harm them instead. And epidemics of isolation and loneliness make older people vulnerable to all sorts of harm. In The Measure of Our Age, elder justice expert and MacArthur “genius” grant recipient M.T. Connolly investigates the systems we count on to protect us as we age.

Gertrude was a one-eyed 91-year-old woman with a battle ax. She hid it under her butt in her wheelchair. She was a hideous and vicious beast of a killer. When she was forced into a nursing center, she took no prisoners.

A guide for successfully navigating the pitfalls encountered in getting a long term care insurance claim filed and paying successfully. This book is written as a myth (to illustrate the common pitfalls of filing long term care insurance claims) and has four Reality Acts. The Long Term Care Insurance Claim Field Guide is designed to help you through the main pitfalls faced when filing long term care insurance claims.

We all grow up and have coming-of-age moments. It doesn’t matter when you were born or what age you are now. You have in common with other people of any age the event of change that is associated with a growth in understanding, maturity, and becoming who you are. Sometimes these moments of change are referred to as epiphanic turning points. That means: we used to be like this, and now we are like this. It is not the particulars of the experience that make this kind of moment a universal experience; it is the event itself. Different fields of study approach this event of change and assign ...

The Christmas Ball: A Story of Resilience, Hope, and Love Even in the twilight of life, the heart can dance anew. At Marisa's Gardens, a nursing home tucked away in quiet Ohio, residents carry the weight of memories, loss, and unfulfilled dreams. Among them are Betty Johnson, a poet with a heart full of wisdom, and Arthur Garnett, a retired businessman with a pocket watch and a lifetime of stories. Their lives seem resigned to routine until a chance encounter kindles a friendship that blossoms into something more. As Christmas approaches, Betty and Arthur's connection grows through shared ...

Outside the dining hall of the Alpine Manor nursing home, there is a sign that reads, "This is Grand Rapids, Michigan", a reminder for those who can no longer trust their own minds. For months, Cathy Wood has fed these residents, bathed them, and even moistened their eyes with artificial tears. To her, they live in a state worse than death - and she has decided to relieve them of their pain. Wood and her lover, Gwen Graham, make a pact to kill those whom they were hired to care for.

Successfully golfing after a stroke for fun and fitness is a real possibility with physical, mental and emotional benefits. Preparing for golfing physically starts with the basics, safety, core strength, walking (or mobility), balance with physical therapy exercises to enhance voluntary movement, increase range of motion, strengthen weakened muscles, improve fine motor skills and grasp (grip), increase postural stability and standing balance. Also reviewed , adaptive golf equipment, wheel chair golf techniques and golf mindset. Also, Detailed are the demands of golf on the body keeping in ...

Music For The Last Couple is the story of a narcissistic physician who retires at the age of 65 after nearly 40 years in practice. Dr. Charles (Charlie) Randolph is a wealthy orthopedist who is finally able to enjoy the fruits of his labor. But who will enjoy them with him - his dutiful wife, or long-time girlfriend? The chaos created by Charlie touches the lives of everyone around him, but his retirement is plagued by health problems. Not even Charlie knows who will stay by his side through the last years of his life. Dr. Jeff Nebeker-Johnson is a full-time physician in Salt Lake City, ...