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Sex In The Golden Years' purpose is to dispel lots of old myths and help us continue to be active & happy participants in nature's greatest gift. SEX SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WITH TIME With the baby boomers at the door step of becoming old timers brings many concerns, not the least of which is, "Am I over the hill sexually?"The emphatic answer is, "No! You shouldn't be!" Fact is the human animal is normally sexually active to the day it dies. Now that more people are living to be 70, 80, 90, and 100, research with the elderly shows quite clearly that sex is as important as ever; and quite frequently and happily more fun than ever. We should all be delighted to find that out because it gives us lots to look forward to.The norm is that you should be getting it and enjoying it for a long time to come, and if you aren't you should be questioning why not. In the great majority of cases what ever is stopping you can be remedied. Sex in the Golden Years should be the greatest ever!

Keep Swinging! Approach Your Senior Years Without Skipping a Beat is pure Ulano—straight shooting, rhythmic, full of humor, wisdom and jazz! For the multitude of people coming into their senior years and for the generations following them, Ulano will give you a road map to aging well, managing your health, your money and your attitude.

This innovative brain health workbook has sold over 2.5 million copies globally! Dr. Kawashima, a prominent neurologist in Japan, developed this program of daily simple math calculations that can help boost your brain power, improve your memory, and stave off the mental effects of aging. The exercises in this book have even been shown to help those suffering from Alzheimer’s. The idea, Dr. Kawashima says, is to "work out the brain much like we work out the rest of our bodies. It has long been known that regular exercise helps slow the deterioration of our muscles, and the same is true for our brains."

Do You Have An Aging Parent Who --Blames you for everything that goes wrong?Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time?Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined?Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you?Is hostile, negative and critical? Coping with these traits in parents is an endless high-stress battle for their children. Though there's no medical defination for "difficult" parents, you know when you have one. While it's rare for adults to change their ways late in life, you can stop the vicious merry-go-round of anger, blame, guilt and frustration.For the first time, here's a common-sense guide from professionals, with more than two decades in the field, on how to smooth communications with a challenging parent. Filled with practical tips for handling contentious behaviors and sample dialogues for some of the most troubling situations, this book addresses many hard issues, including: How to tell your parent he or she cannot live with you. How to avoid the cycle of nagging and recriminations How to prevent your parent's negativity from overwhelming you. How to deal with an impaired parent who refuses to stop driving. How to asses the risk factors in deciding whether a parent is still able to live alone.