Living Well
Taking Care of Your Health in the Middle and Later Years
James F. Fries(Author)
Da Capo Press Inc
3rd Edition
Published on 8. July 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7382-0059-0 (ISBN)
Description
}Medical care allows us to live longer, but to enjoy life we have to stay healthy. Living Well presents a thorough but unstressful program for keeping in good mental and physical shape as we grow older.In Part I you will discover how many diseases associated with aging, such as osteoarthritis, diabetes, and atherosclerosis, can be avoided or put off. As these finding show, it's never too late to enjoy the benefits of healthy habits.Part II covers many health challenges that people face in their middle and later years, with advice on everything from choosing a doctor to having a happy sex life. Here you will find clear, trustworthy guidelines on financial planning, drugs and keeping your mind active.This edition of has been improved with forty-five easy-to-use decision charts. Each section and chart in Part III gives advice on solving a specific problem later in life, from hip pain to incontinence to tough-to-open jars. Living Well also provides forms for living wills, helping you to preserve your choices for medical care. With Living Well you can make your long life healthy and happy. }
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 188 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7382-0059-0 (9780738200590)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Vitality and Aging; Aging Versus Vitality; Avoiding Fatal Illness; Avoiding Nonfatal Illness; Avoiding Some of the Problems of Aging; Reject the Stereotype; The Psychology of Healthy Aging: Choices, Coping, Optimization, and Growth; The Basic Strategy for Living Well; Five Keys to a Healthy Senior Lifestyle; The Doctor; Medications; The Healthy Head; Senior Sexuality; The Healthy Home; Retirement; Completing the Plan: Advance Directives; Surviving Chronic Illness with Style: Secondary Prevention; Solutions; For Pain; For the Skin; For the Heart; For the Lungs; For the Bowels; For the Urinary Tract; For Women Only; For Problems with Daily Activities; Appendixes.