older people

Are you interested in a career that allows you to truly make a difference? If so, a career helping seniors might be the right fit for you. Those who specialize in the health and welfare of older people have great job satisfaction and fulfillment in their work. This book will walk you through different career options (and the necessary education) and describe how to get a head start by volunteering to help seniors, as well as potential salaries and the job outlook for those in senior welfare careers. If you're thinking about spending your life making a real difference to people's lives, you're in the right place! The Careers Making A Difference series provides information on nine important and interesting careers that make a difference in and improve the whole of society. Each book in the series describes the careers available in the field, plus valuable information on education, training, salaries, job outlook, and job satisfaction.

"In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Roonie struggles to deal with her grandmother's declining health"--Publisher.

Examines what age discrimination entails, how it is manifested, how widespread it is, how it affects real people, and efforts to address this discrimination.

A surgeon advocates for an approach to end-of-life care that emphasizes quality of life as the desired goal, rather than extending life at the cost of increased or extended suffering.

A story about a thriving community of elderly people on the fictional island of Kallimos that provides the vision behind the author's real-life efforts in the Eden Alternative and Green House programs to replace medical-model nursing homes with healing communities.

"Twelve-year-old Kasey spends a month in the geriatric ward of her local hospital and strikes up some unusual friendships"--.

"Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is...elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this feisty, indomitable curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel--on his own terms. He begins writing an expos?e: secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow "inmates," too seriously. With an eccentric group of friends he founds the wickedly anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club--"Rule #3: No Whining Allowed"--and he and his best friend, Evert, gleefully stir up trouble, enraging the home's humorless director and turning themselves into unlikely heroes. And when a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he polishes his shoes, grooms what's left of his hair, and determines to savor every ounce of joy in the time he has left, with hilarious and tender consequences"--Amazon.com.

Dan and Pete are excited to have a sleepover at Dan's house while their parents are away, but their excitement turns to fear when the dam breaks and a killer flood smashes through town.