The Feeling Great Wellness Program For Older Adults

The “Feeling Great!” Wellness Program is an inspirational book describing a successful health care program for older adults. Created for people who desire a richer life, “Feeling Great!” is a program of everyday miracles--the regaining of body strength and movement and the expanding of physical abilities. Participants learn to improve their physical, emotional, and psychological health through a comprehensive wellness program. A training manual and self-help guide, this motivational volume looks at an effective program that allows older adults to learn about their health care needs and options, practice a daily exercise program suited to their abilities, develop supportive new friendships, increase their self-esteem, and overcome barriers of ill health, poor diet, sedentary lifestyles, and physical and emotional difficulties. The “Feeling Great!” Wellness Program for Older Adults offers a comprehensive view of a quality program through the eyes of both participant and instructor. The text can be used for personal interest as well as a training manual for professionals who work with older adults. Features Offered in The “Feeling Great!” Wellness Program for Older Adults: Over 40 photographs The interaction of medication, nutrition, and exercise Attitude and exercise guidelines Liability concerns Step-by-step program description Sample health care lectures covering topics such as diet and nutrition Exercise pointers for people with arthritis Contraindicative exercises Cardiovascular fitness routines Minimizing the risks of exercise Addressing the emotional and physical fears of exercise Handling diverse abilities within a group setting Nine different exercise activity routines Relaxation techniques Sample program materials including a participant activity profile and health history

TAKE CHARGE OF THE WAY YOU AGE Flourish or Fade: A guide to total well-being for women at midlife and beyond provides you with the information and tools needed to improve life satisfaction. Ten years in the making, Angela Gentile's Flower of Wellness Method will help you devise a plan to balance your body, mind, and soul. You will learn how to enhance your overall well-being by exploring the 10 dimensions of wellness: Physical Emotional Brain Social Sexual Spiritual Environmental Recreational Financial Occupational The Flower of Wellness Method is based on the author's education, personal experiences, and profession as a clinical social worker providing services to older adults and their families for more than 25 years. This anti-ageist, realistic, and optimistic approach to life in the middle years and beyond will provide you with inspiration and tips that will have you feeling confident, happy, and satisfied with whatever may come your way. Do you want to flourish or fade in the later years? It's your choice. Reviews: "Overall, 'Flourish or Fade' is an excellent book! Very impressive! The amount of information provided is mind-boggling and is very well researched. I can't think of one relevant topic that isn't covered. The writing style is concise, making the book very easy to read. I really enjoyed it." - Marie Marley "Angela Gentile has done middle-aged women a great service in writing "Flourish or Fade." She has accumulated a huge number of resources through the years of research and now shares them with her readers. If you want to continue to flourish throughout your senior years, then this is the book for you. All aspects of aging are covered, including physical, social, spiritual, sexual, and financial, with many strategies to help us age successfully while avoiding many problems that can accompany our later years. This book is also entertaining as the author shares much of her personal experience in a good-humoured way. I found 'Flourish or Fade' very encouraging, and I truly gained from its strong, positive tone." - Cheryl Cels "Flourish or Fade is marvelous! First-class. So well written. You write as if we are sitting in my den, sharing a cup of good joe (coffee) or tea and talking, just talking our way through the book. No anxiety as we talk for we are just good friends talking through these issues." - Alan Wolkenstein "Great book! I got a lot out of it. There is a very clear concept of the book, why you wrote it, and what you had hoped to achieve in writing it. Flourish or Fade provides an overview of a great number of things a person may or may not think of. The Self-Assessment/Reflection/Affirmations/Things to Try are very good ways to sum up each topic section and to provide suggestions on how to make improvements in and of the areas if a reader feels a need to work on anything covered." - Dana Maclean "Angela Gentile's insights are spot-on"- Frank K. "Angela Gentile's writing style is friendly, yet to the point. I love that." - Shalu

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more likely to experience many of the risk factors that can cause or exacerbate social isolation or loneliness, such as living alone, the loss of family or friends, chronic illness, and sensory impairments. Over a life course, social isolation and loneliness may be episodic or chronic, depending upon an individual's circumstances and perceptions. A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that social isolation presents a major risk for premature mortality, comparable to other risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, or obesity. As older adults are particularly high-volume and high-frequency users of the health care system, there is an opportunity for health care professionals to identify, prevent, and mitigate the adverse health impacts of social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults summarizes the evidence base and explores how social isolation and loneliness affect health and quality of life in adults aged 50 and older, particularly among low income, underserved, and vulnerable populations. This report makes recommendations specifically for clinical settings of health care to identify those who suffer the resultant negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness and target interventions to improve their social conditions. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults considers clinical tools and methodologies, better education and training for the health care workforce, and dissemination and implementation that will be important for translating research into practice, especially as the evidence base for effective interventions continues to flourish.