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by Ileana Bascuas (Author)
Getting Older, Being Here guides you, personally or as a caregiver, through the challenges of the later years of life. You learn how to add grace and compassion to this journey by reducing stressful thoughts and actions. It is filled with vital information and real-world solutions to aging and caregiving challenges, including how to do Rehab "right." The book gives you the simple keys to making decisions which optimize recovery and independence. You'll also learn how to make peace with guilt, loss, second-guessing, and life-robbing Why Me? thinking. Although getting older can be a daunting journey and few look forward to it, aging can also be an opportunity for renewal, transformation, and happiness. Getting Older, Being Here teaches you the latest practical recommendations for aging well and reducing mental decline, including Alzheimer's. It features Checklists Dr. B developed through her own personal experiences that ease the caregiver's burden. For more information and blogs, visit www.GettingOlderBeingHere.com.
Author Biography
Ileana Báscuas, PhD, ABPP, has been a Licensed Psychologist for over thirty-five years. "Dr. B" is also Board Certified in Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. B worked for many years in children and adult services as well as mental health training and management. Since the early 1990s, Dr. B has worked exclusively in skilled nursing homes and ALFs in Florida.
