This is a comprehensive text for university-level students and lecturers in leisure, as well as service providers in the field. It will provide the reader with valuable activity ideas and programs for providing appropriate recreational services to elders of various are and vigour.

Jennifer Worth's bestselling books not only inspired the BBC's CALL THE MIDWIFE, but also a deluge of letters as readers shared their own stories. Also includes previously unpublished photos and journal entries by Jennifer, along with a foreword by Miranda Hart and an introduction by the Worth family.

Intended as the basic training resource for the Nursing Assistant course which generally encompasses 120 hours of training, this book deals with nursing assisting.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of this pocket-sized handbook provides comprehensive, concise, evidence-based information on diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the elderly patient.

Research has shown that being read to makes us healthier and happier, it enriches our hearts and minds. This title gathers together favourite poems and prose as well as some surprises.

Offers a selection of prose and poetry especially suitable for reading aloud - to your husband or wife, a sick parent or child, an elderly relative.

Embedded in personal experiences, this collection explores ableism in academia. Through theoretical lenses including autobiography, autoethnography, embodiment, body work and emotional labour, contributors explore being 'othered' in academia and provide practical examples to develop inclusive universities and a less ableist environment.

'The morning after John's death, I remember feeling absolutely enraged that the world had kept turning and the sun had come up as if nothing had happened.'Lindsay Nicholson and her husband, the Observer journalist John Merritt, were regarded as a golden couple.

Winner, BMA Medical Book Awards 2015 With a strong focus on the importance of patients and families, this book explores the multifaceted meaning behind patient wellbeing and its vital significance in the context of national policy. Adopting a positive, evidence-based approach, the book dispels the bleak outlook on dementia management.

This book looks at the practical, emotional, and social problems shared by most people who suffer from a long-term illness, and suggests a variety of ways in which they can do something for themselves to improve the situation. It could also be very useful to family and friends, as well as for health professionals.

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Originally published in 1985, this is a short meditation by an old man on people relating to other people who are dying, and the need for all of us to open up.

A moving account of cancer treatment written by a terminally ill patient, which spells out important messages for patients and the health professionals who look after them. Contributions from medical communicators highlight the priorities for health professionals.

Bereavement is a difficult issue for midwives to manage and families suffer when the care they receive is inadequate or inappropriate. Adopting a research-based approach, this book aids midwives in providing effective care and support to those who experience loss. It covers perinatal and neonatal loss; termination for foetal abnormality; and more.

This edited volume offers the perspective of over twenty leading scholars in the study of trauma and loss. Each chapter offers extensive coverage of contemporary issues.

More than 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and nearly 11 million family members and friends serve as unpaid caregivers. Love, Loss, and Laughter challenges the typical perception of people with Alzheimer's as "empty shells," lost to themselves and others.

Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book.