Life Care

Being a single parent is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences a person can have. It can be overwhelming, exhausting, and emotionally draining—but it can also be incredibly fulfilling. Parents will do anything in their power to see their children thrive but what's upsetting is that single parents are known to be extremely busy and overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising children on their own.

Are you overwhelmed by the demands of being a caregiver? Do you find yourself struggling to balance your needs with those of your loved ones? Are you caught in the whirlwind of caregiving and need a guide to navigate this demanding journey? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then this is definitely the book for you!

Diabetes happens in a life that already has a story. This book, composed of nearly 40 personal narratives, based on taped interviews, about the lives of actual patients with diabetes, draws upon the collective experience of an endocrinologist and two nurse practitioners who worked together for 25 years. The book provides a wealth of information about diabetes, including material on prevention, complications, and new technology, but it is not intended as a textbook on diabetes or as a self-care manual for patients.

Rachel Marie Rabatin is no stranger to grief, and through An Original Grief Guide, she channels what she’s learned on her own journey into frank discussions and practical advice that you can use as a framework for your own experience.

Grief. Anger. Joy. Fear. Distraction. Disgust. Hope. All emotions we expect to encounter over our lifetime. But what if this was every day? And what if your ability to manage them was the difference between life and death? For a doctor in intensive care, this is part of the job. Fear in the eyes of a terminally ill patient who pleads with you to not let them die. Grief when you make a potentially fatal mistake. Disgust at caring for a convicted rapist.

Todos aprendemos desde pequeños a lavarnos los dientes tres veces al día y, sin embargo, posiblemente no sepas cómo cuidar tu órgano más preciado; tu cerebro. Resulta paradójico teniendo en cuenta que en él reside todo el potencial para alcanzar tus metas y ser feliz. En una sociedad que se mueve a un ritmo frenético y en la que la esperanza de vida aumenta vertiginosamente, la mejor póliza de seguros para combatir el estrés, la ansiedad y las enfermedades como el Alzheimer es tener una buena salud cerebral.

Forget your old ideas of what a career in health care looks like. As modern health-care professionals, we take control of our career road map, our income, and our quality of life. The overlap between our skill, passion, and dream working life is at the very essence of The Modern Healthcare Professional!

For the crime of falling sick without wealth, Americans today face lawsuits, wage garnishment, home foreclosure, and jail time. Yet who really profits from aggressive medical debt collection? Your Money or Your Life reveals how medical debt collection became a multi-billion-dollar industry and how everyday Americans are made to pay the price. Emergency physician and historian Luke Messac weaves patient stories into a history of law, finance, and medicine to show how debt and debt collection are destroying the foundational trust between doctors and patients at the heart of American healthcare.

Everyone gets older, but not everybody approaches the aging process as they should. For many older adults, admitting that they are starting to lose some independence or become more reliant on friends and loved ones can feel scary or embarrassing. As their loved one, you might feel unsettled and frustrated as you recognize that these changes are happening.

After her best friend, Annie, leaves for a fancy camp in New Hampshire, Ivy can’t imagine how she’s going to endure the long, hot Nevada summer with no one around but that pain-in-the-neck Billy Joe Butterworth next door and all those melancholy visitors to the Red Star Guest Ranch. Happily, an answer comes to Ivy in a flash of honey-colored topaz, and she cleverly hires herself out to take care of people’s farm animals or pets while they’re away. So begins a summer of discovery for tenderhearted but sensible Ivy....

Everyone wants to have a vet degree, but no one wants to be a vet. Did you know that out of an excess of 1,800 applicants that applied to the Royal Veterinary College, London in 2021, only 250 received a place, that is, less than 15 percent of applicants received a chance to study veterinary medicine?

Hello, my name is John Lennon, and I’m an 80-pound chocolate brown Labrador. I look after a nice, if not somewhat stupid, couple of humans called Robin and Trevor. I have them well trained, and so now, they leave me alone all day to sleep as much as I like. In the morning, I watch my shows, and then around noon, I go for a run down to the lake to chat with my duck friends.

A courageous memoir that spans 40 years of Dinaaz Lentin's life experiences within our health care system. The story is raw, thought-provoking, and a brilliant look at complications and uncertainties when a medical challenge being faced is rare and uncertain. An extremely powerful example of how self-belief and trusting your own gut instinct can allow you to overcome any of life's challenges.

Here is a scientific look at zombies - and the ultimate guide to how the other half lives (or not). How fast and far would a zombie infection spread? What would a nutritionist say about an all-brain diet? Why are the undead so pissed off? Here are the answers to all of your essential zombie questions (you know you've asked them), with a lively, science-based exploration of every aspect of the undead.

When Nelson, a little dog, is reborn, he finds out that he has forgotten all about his former life and the time he spent on the Other Side after he died. And most importantly he has forgotten all about his beloved human family, the one he came back for in the first place. All he is left with is the distinct feeling that there is something that he should remember. And that he is meant to be somewhere else. But try as he might he just can’t figure out where and why.

This Is Me Doing Life is a memoir shared by Victoria Mccune. This book speaks in detail about Victoria's real-life experiences of finding her inner strength as a child and in her adult years, as she continually strives to be successful in a world where it's all too easy to be wrapped up and consumed by countless distractions, especially as a caregiver.

You're Right, I Don't Care is not just a catchy phrase or defense mechanism. Its purpose is to help the listener learn how how to overcome taking things personally, worrying, and letting go of control of things that are out of one's control. It is about dismantling bad habits that continue to keep one in a toxic cycle that seems impossible to break.

In Taking Care of Business, the Livingstons are enjoying plenty of success - Toussaint is a Food Network star, Malcolm’s BBQ Soul Smoker is the toast of QVC, and Bianca’s Taste of Soul Tapas Style restaurant is a hit. In fact, only Jefferson has yet to make a name for himself - a problem he blames on his cousin, Toussaint. But when a stranger threatens the Livingstons’ legacy, Jefferson must put his damaged ego aside and help his family fight to stay in business.

Each essay illuminates the life of a single species and its relationship to humans, and how these species can help us understand birds in general. A dedicated birdwatcher and teacher, Gedney finds wonder not only in the speed and glistening beauty of the Anna's hummingbird, but also in her nest building. He acclaims the turkey vulture's and red-tailed hawk's roles in our ecosystem, and he venerates the inimitable California scrub jay's work planting acorns.

Van Life With Cats is more than just a guide. It’s a passionate and authentic account of how to make the van life as warm and welcoming for your feline friends as you possibly can. It’s a guide to changing our thoughts about travel and letting our cats be more than housepets—they can be fellow adventurers!