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Nasty, brutish, and long
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Ira Rosofsky |
A coming of old-age story.In nursing homes across the country, members of the Greatest Generation are living out their last days. No matter how exciting or mundane their lives, theyre now occupying a… |
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McKendree
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Sandra Belton |
In 1948, while spending the summer with her aunt in West Virginia to find her family roots, Tilara begins visiting the "colored" old folks' home called McKendree, makes new friends, and learns to lov… |
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The hands of strangers
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Janice N. Harrington |
79 p. ; 23 cm |
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Centers for ending
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Seymour Bernard Sarason |
As people live longer and health care costs continue to rise and fewer doctors choose to specialize in geriatrics, how prepared is the United States to care for its sick and elderly? According to vet… |
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Learning to let go
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Penelope Wilcock |
How do we, and those who are involved in our care, make wise choices? This book deals with two aspects: the concerns and responsibilities of those entering residential care, and the concerns and resp… |
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The mystery of the widow's watch
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John Bibee |
When the Home School Detectives respond to an old woman's plea to help her find her dead husband's missing gold watch, they discover some mysterious activities at the nursing home where she lives. |
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My grandma's in a nursing home
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Judy Delton |
Jason hates his first visit to his grandmother in a nursing home, but as he returns, he finds his visits make a difference to his grandmother and the other patients. |
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If My Moon Was Your Sun: with CD audiobook and music
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Andreas Steinhöfel |
75 pages : 22 cm + |
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Paradise Lodge
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Nina Stibbe |
Fifteen-year-old Lizzie Vogel takes a job as an "auxiliary nurse" at Paradise Lodge, a home for the elderly, and learns that her job entails helping the patients (frequently) to the bathroom. What be… |
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Love, Iris
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Elizabeth Noble |
Iris was once everything to her granddaughter. But now she's losing her grip on her precious memories, and it's too late for Tess to ask for the advice she needs now more than ever. Tess is stunned t… |
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Not your grandmother's nursing home
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Elizabeth L. Bewley |
Need a crash course in retirement living and care options, because a family member needs more help than is available at home?? Making care arrangements for a loved one about to be discharged from the… |
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Body heat
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Susan Fox |
Maura Mahoney's quiet routine as accountant and acting manager at Cherry Lane retirement community is turned upside down when Jesse Blue, a bad boy on a Harley, roars into her life. He has been sente… |
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Volunteers in social services
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n/a |
xi, 183 pages : 28 cm |
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El rastro del odio
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Jordi Sierra i Fabra |
"Un hombre es asesinado en una residencia de ancianos de Barcelona, un lugar sórdido en el que reinan el olvido y el rencor. Néstor Serradell, el protagonista de 'El Rastro del Odio, ' conduce al lec… |
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Forever and five days
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Lowell Cauffiel |
An account of the life and crimes of Catherine May Wood and Gwendolyn Gail Graham describes how the two lovers who worked the nightshift at a nursing home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, killed six patien… |
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Oma's Quilt
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Paulette Bourgeois |
Emily's grandmother is moving into the Forest View Retirement Home. Leaving her house and neighbors on Maple Street isn't easy after so many years. When Emily goes to visit, she finds Oma sitting in… |
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An army in Heaven
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Kelley Jankowski |
What do people see as death approaches? What will Heaven be like? What will Hell be like? An army in Heaven records the deathbed visions of hospice patients, as well as those in a critical care setti… |
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Living well in a nursing home
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Dickinson, Lynn M.A. |
"Concentrates on the positive aspects of nursing homes and offers strategies for identifying the best facilities--a guide for maintaining and improving relationships between the elderly and their fam… |
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
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Alice Munro |
Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrating, lyrical prose, and in "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" -- the basis for Sarah Polley's film Away From Her -- her prodigious talents are once a… |
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Sunshine Home
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Eve Bunting |
When he and his parents visit his grandmother in the nursing home where she is recovering from a broken hip, everyone pretends to be happy until Tim helps them express their true feelings. |
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