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Philip Selby. Live Better, Live Longer
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Preparing for Later Life and Retirement. Chapter 1: Preparing for later life and retirement. ASPECTS TO THINK ABOUT
THREE BASIC PRINCIPLES
IMAGES AND ATTITUDES
FITNESS AND EXERCISE
MENTAL HEALTH
PREVENTION
NUTRITION
ACTIVITIES
RELATIONSHIPS
MONEY
HOUSING
ACCIDENTS
Chapter 2: Images and attitudes
BE POSITIVE
YOU ARE AS OLD AS YOU FEEL
HEALTH AND INFIRMITY
Chapter 3: Fitness and exercise
FITNESS
EXERCISE
Chapter 4: Mental Health
MENTAL STIMULATION
STRESS
DEPRESSION
MEMORY PROBLEMS
Chapter 5: Prevention
SYMPTOMS YOU SHOULD NOT IGNORE
CONSTIPATION
BACK PAIN
CARE OF YOUR EYES
YOUR HEARING
CARE OF YOUR TEETH
CARE OF YOUR SKIN
CARE OF YOUR FEET
CANCER
ACCIDENTS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Chapter 6: Nutrition
UNDERNUTRITION (eating too little)
OVERNUTRITION (eating too much)
UNBALANCED NUTRITION (eating too little or too much of certain foods)
BALANCING YOUR DIET
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Chapter 7: Activities
MY TIME IS MY OWN
RECREATION
LEARNING
SERVICE TO OTHERS
PAID EMPLOYMENT
LINK OPPORTUNITY
Chapter 8: Relationships
FAMILY
FRIENDS
DON’T BE A BORE
YOUNGER GENERATIONS
DIVORCE
BEREAVEMENT
SEX
Chapter 9: Money. ASSESS YOUR BUDGET
INCREASING POST-RETIREMENT INCOME
SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS
INCOME FROM YOUR HOUSE
COMMUTING A PENSION
MAKING ECONOMIES
Chapter 10: Housing
TO MOVE OR NOT TO MOVE?
ADAPTING YOUR HOME
LETTING PART OF YOUR HOME
IF YOU MOVE
IF YOU NEED SUPPORT
Chapter 11: Accidents
AT HOME
OUTSIDE YOUR HOME
Part Two: Coping with Problems. Chapter 12: Impaired mobility
GENERAL MEASURES
SPECIFIC AIDS AND PROCEDURES
Chapter 13: Osteoarthritis
SOME DO’S AND DONT’S
A WORD OF WARNING
Chapter 14: Low Back Pain
GENTLE RELIEF
RELIEF OF SUDDEN BACKACHE
TOO MUCH STANDING OR SITTING
STRETCHING EXERCISES
Chapter 15: Smoking
THE HEART AND ARTERIES
THE LUNGS
SMOKING AND PREGNANCY
HOW TO STOP SMOKING
COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS
Chapter 16: Chronic bronchitis
PREVENTING IT FROM GETTING WORSE
MAKING THE MOST OF REMAINING LUNG FUNCTION
TREATING AN INFECTION
Chapter 17: Failing vision
TREATABLE CAUSES
CORRECTIVE AIDS
MEASURES FOR GETTING ABOUT
PREPARING FOR SEVERE VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Chapter 18: Deafness. ARE YOU HARD OF HEARING?
CAUSES OF HEARING LOSS
HEARING AIDS
COPING WITH HEARING LOSS
COMMUNICATION
Chapter 19: Dentures. CARE OF THE MOUTH AND TEETH
ADJUSTING TO DENTURES
CARE OF DENTURES AND THE MOUTH
Chapter 20: Foot problems
HALLUX VALGUS AND BUNION
CALLUSES
DIABETES
Chapter 21: Medication
USING PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES
USING OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICINES
LOOKING AFTER YOUR MEDICINES
Chapter 22: Memory Problems
FACTORS WHICH MAY IMPAIR MEMORY
SPECIFIC METHODS OF COPING
MEMORY TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Chapter 23: Menopause
SHORT-TERM PROBLEMS
LONGER-TERM PROBLEMS
SOLUTIONS
HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)
CONTRACEPTION
Part Three: Caring for an Elderly Person. Chapter 24: The caring role
MAKING THE DECISION
MOTIVATION
AIMS OF CARING
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND ITS LIMITS
HOW TO COPE
OUTSIDE HELP
FINANCIAL ASPECTS
Chapter 25: Communication
DEAFNESS
BLINDNESS
MENTAL PROBLEMS
SPEECH DIFFICULTIES
YOUR ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR
Chapter 26: Mental and behavioural problems
ANXIETY
DEPRESSION
PARANOIA
CONFUSION
INSOMNIA
SELF-NEGLECT
Chapter 27: Incontinence
URINARY INCONTINENCE
FAECAL INCONTINENCE
Chapter 28: Stroke. WHAT IS IT?
NURSING CARE
REHABILITATION
Chapter 29: Alzheimer’s disease
WHAT IS IT?
SYMPTOMS
DIAGNOSIS
PREVENTION
TREATMENT
HOW TO COPE
Chapter 30: Dying
CARING TO THE END
GENERAL CARE AND NURSING
PAIN CONTROL
COMMUNICATION
DYING WELL
OUTSIDE HELP
AFTER THE END
MOURNING
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
Organizations concerned with Aging
References
Acknowledgments
Disclaimer
Author’s Footnote
About the Author
Отрывок из книги
This book is essentially a new edition of A Guide to Successful Aging: preparing, coping, and caring, by Philip Selby and Adrian Griffiths. The original work was published in English, German, Spanish, French, and Japanese, with total sales of over 50,000 copies.
The success of A Guide to Successful Aging encouraged the book’s principal author, some years after it first appeared, to produce this new edition. The original work has been revised, the text has been clarified where necessary, and new material has been added, notably chapters on memory problems and on the menopause.
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The book is in three parts.
Part One is intended for everyone, since preparation for “successful aging” should start early and be a lifelong process.
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