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Caregiver's Handbook: A Guide to Caring for the Ill, Elderly, or Disabled... and Yourself

As a caregiver, you surely could use a helping hand, too! The Caregiver’s Handbook can help. It offers detailed information on putting together a caregiving plan, talking to your loved one about the situation, drawing on resources in the community, and addressing legal, medical, and financial planning issues. Read more

Printed Version: $16.00
Electronic Download (PDF): $16.00
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A Guide to Alzheimer's Disease

If you or someone you love is caring for a patient with Alzheimer’s Disease, this report can be an invaluable tool. When Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed, it not only affects the patient, but the caregivers as well. With planning, patience, knowledge, and support, you can better meet the challenges posed by this disease and improve the quality of your life and the life of the patient. Read more

Printed Version: $16.00
Electronic Download (PDF): $16.00
Print + Electronic Download (PDF): $24.00

Home Safety for Older Adults

In Home Safety for Older Adults, we will show you how to implement a comprehensive home safety plan. You’ll learn how to address or compensate for the typical physiological changes that occur with age. You’ll find out about the most common types of home injuries and how to avoid them, or how to administer first aid if they occur. This report also contains a list of the top five things you can do to keep yourself safe at home and provides a room-by-room inventory of top safety concerns. Read more

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Living Independently in Your Later Years

Americans are living longer than ever before! For many, those extra years prove satisfying and productive. Thankfully, there is a lot you can do to shape your future. Living Independently in Your Later Years offers advice on what you can do to preserve your independence and protect your health as you continue to age. Read more

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A Guide to Living Wills and Health Care Proxies

No one likes to think about what could happen to him or her in the event that they are unable to make medical decisions for themselves, but it’s an inevitable part of life. Advance care directives allow you to choose someone to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to do so, and let you specify what kinds of treatment you’d like in different circumstances.

Although advance care directives are important forms to fill out, they’re not difficult to understand, and you don’t need a lawyer’s help. A Guide to Living Wills and Health Care Proxies will explain the process, give you tips on talking about this difficult subject, and provide you with most of the forms you need. Read more

Printed Version: $14.00
Electronic Download (PDF): $14.00
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Coping with Grief & Loss: A Guide to Healing

Have you recently lost a loved one or know someone who has? Grief often produces a host of emotions, including numbness, despair, anger, sadness, and guilt. Coping with Grief & Loss can help with the wide range of emotions and ease sorrow in a time of loss. Read more

Printed Version: $16.00
Electronic Download (PDF): $16.00
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Harvard Women's Health Watch

Harvard Women’s Health Watch – the monthly newsletter that focuses on the special health concerns of women, with expert information and advice from the specialists at Harvard Medical School. Read more

12 monthly issues (Print+Electronic) $28.00
12 monthly issues (Electronic Only) $24.00

Harvard Mental Health Letter

The Harvard Mental Health Letter is a unique resource that covers a wide range of mental health issues and concerns. It presents the latest thinking, treatment options, therapies and debate of interest to both mental health care professionals and the concerned public. Read more

12 monthly issues (Print+Electronic) $59.00
12 monthly issues (Electronic Only) $55.00

Harvard Health Letter

The Harvard Health Letter delivers timely, authoritative health information from one of the world’s most trusted sources – the experts at Harvard Medical School. Read more

12 monthly issues (Print+Electronic) $29.00
12 monthly issues (Electronic Only) $25.00

Harvard Heart Letter

If you’re concerned about heart disease, you need expert information and advice you can trust. The Harvard Heart Letter, from Harvard Medical School, is your monthly advisory on the latest developments in heart health, new treatments, prevention, and research breakthroughs. Read more

12 monthly issues (Print+Electronic) $29.00
12 monthly issues (Electronic Only) $25.00