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- In this definitive, prescriptive guide to all aspects of aging, the authors-both top experts on aging at Harvard Medical School-offer a complete and highly accessible reference focused on the physical and emotional issues that affect seniors and their loved ones.
- About the Author: Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of the Division on Aging at Harvard Medical School and Senior Physician at the Gerontology Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
- 384 Pages
- Family + Relationships, Life Stages
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Book Synopsis
In this definitive, prescriptive guide to all aspects of aging, the authors-both top experts on aging at Harvard Medical School-offer a complete and highly accessible reference focused on the physical and emotional issues that affect seniors and their loved ones. Here is invaluable advice on a range of topics, from lifestyle choices to retirement and insurance options to coping with loss and other life concerns. Aging Well addresses such increasingly important subjects as:* Safety risks associated with growing older
* Alternative medicine and the right questions to ask
* Assisting aging parents and other challenges of the "sandwich generation"
* Mail-order products for seniors
* Healthy-aging research and potential therapies
* How to optimize and strengthen your health if your body is affected by illness or disease
Aging Well contains what you need to know to help you and your loved ones live fuller, healthier lives, whether you're 40, 50, or older-because aging well is living well.
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In this definitive, prescriptive guide to all aspects of aging, the authors-both top experts on aging at Harvard Medical School-offer a complete and highly accessible reference focused on the physical and emotional issues that affect seniors and their loved ones. Here is invaluable advice on a range of topics, from lifestyle choices to retirement and insurance options to coping with loss and other life concerns. Aging Well addresses such increasingly important subjects as:- Safety risks associated with growing older
- Alternative medicine and the right questions to ask
- Assisting aging parents and other challenges of the "sandwich generation"
- Mail-order products for seniors
- Healthy-aging research and potential therapies
- How to optimize and strengthen your health if your body is affected by illness or disease
Aging Well contains what you need to know to help you and your loved ones live fuller, healthier lives, whether you're 40, 50, or older-because aging well is living well.
About the Author
Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of the Division on Aging at Harvard Medical School and Senior Physician at the Gerontology Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Sue Levkoff, Sc.D., is an Associate Professor of the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of the Department of Health and Social Behavior in the Harvard Medical School of Public Health.Dimensions (Overall): 9.34 Inches (H) x 7.54 Inches (W) x .85 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.43 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: Family + Relationships
Sub-Genre: Life Stages
Publisher: Wiley
Theme: Later Years
Format: Paperback
Author: Jeanne Wei & Sue Levkoff
Language: English
Street Date: August 30, 2001
TCIN: 1007423090
UPC: 9780471082064
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-4378
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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