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1	The Carousel more books like this by Richard Paul Evans This is the love story of Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow, a love story that takes place not in seclusion but in the real world, with the challenges that all lovers must face. No relationship is an island: There are threads that bind us all and pull at our lives -- the demands of family, of friends, of work, and social obligation. And there are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Doing Time Online more books like this by Jan Siebold Twelve-year-old Mitchell got involved with the wrong kid this past summer, and the prank they played led to an elderly woman's injury. His "sentence" is to chat online with a nursing home resident twice a week for the next month. Mitch isn't thrilled at first, but soon he has a new friend--Wootie Hayes--who helps him face the truth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
3	The Fiction Class more books like this by Susan Breen With a name that conjures up windswept romance novels, one would expect Arabella Hicks' life to be as enchanted as that of a happily-after-heroine. Instead, she is a middle-aged writer, teaching a fiction writing class, and taking care of her ailing mother, in this poignant yet amusing tale. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Old Friends more books like this by Tracy Kidder This is an account of the final moments of our lives - the room, the bed, the companions, the last faces we see, the last voices we hear, our last thoughts. For more than a year, Tracy Kidder spent most of his time at Linda Manor, a nursing home, befriending, eating with, being entertained by 121 different people, each living out life's closing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Life Worth Living: How Someone You Love Can Still Enjoy Life in a Nursing Home; The Eden Alternative in Action more books like this by William H Thomas, M.D The grassroots handbook for Edenizing nursing homes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.57! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Poor Mrs. Rigsby more books like this by Kathy Herman Ninety-year-old Elsie Rigsby needs to trust someone with a destructive secret. Who can hear it without being corrupted? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Nursing Home Administration more books like this by James E Allen This highly readable new edition contains the knowledge essential to prepare for licensure and employment as a nursing home administrator. The author uses the format of the licensing examination and the guidelines of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators as the basis for the text.The fifth edition has been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $80.14! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Living Well in a Nursing Home: Everything You and Your Folks Need to Know more books like this by Lynn Dickinson, M.a, Xenia Vosen, Severine Biedermann While life in a nursing home is rarely considered a first choice, at times it's the best choice. Still, the decision to put a loved one in a home is incredibly difficult. This book concentrates on the positive aspects of nursing homes and offers strategies for identifying the best facilities. Among the topics covered are how to recognize signs ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $7.25! \| SVS
9	Making Gray Gold: Narratives of Nursing Home Care more books like this by Timothy Diamond This report on the work of nurses and other caregivers in a nursing home is set in the context of wider political, economic and cultural forces that shape and constrain the quality of care for America's elderly. The author demonstrates the price that business-as-usual policies extract from the elderly as well as those whose work it is to care for ... see all copies from $3.05! new only from $20.40! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Avoiding the Medicaid Trap: How to Beat the Catastrophic Costs of Nursing-Home Care more books like this by Armond D Budish The only book to address one of the gravest problems facing America's middle-class elderly: how to protect their incomes, assets, and lifetime savings from the impoverishing effects of long-term custodial care. Charts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.99! \| first editions
11	Sunshine Home more books like this by Eve Bunting, Diane de Groat (Illustrator) Seven-year-old Timmie and his parents go to visit his grandmother for the first time since she's gone to live in a nursing home. Although the visit goes well, Timmie can sense that something is wrong and that his mother is unhappy. Once they leave the nursing home, Timmie's mother begins to cry, and Timmie realizes that he forget to give his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Amos: To Ride a Dead Horse more books like this by Stanley Gordon West see all copies from $4.97! new only from $7.43! \| SVS
13 view cover	Old Friends CL more books like this by Tracy Kidder Exploring the continuity of life, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder opens up the world of old age in this study of life within a nursing home. The residents of this home still struggle with their circumstances, their pasts, and the challenge of living a moral life. The book's focus is on two men who find, in each other and in their ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Tender Loving Greed: How the Incredibly Lucrative Nursing Home "Industry" is Exploiting America's Old People and Defrauding Us All more books like this by Mary Adelaide Mendelson see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15 view cover	There's No Place Like (a Nursing Home more books like this by Karen Shoff "There's No Place Like a Nursing Home" explains the silent causes of nursing home placements and the reason why a nursing home can never be a dignified place to live. One chapter deals with the environment and culture of nursing homes themselves. The main focus of the book is to explain the four critical steps we need to take in our middle years ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $16.63! \| SVS
16	Medical Care of the Nursing Home Resident more books like this by Richard W Besdine (Editor), Laurence Z Rubenstein (Editor), Lois Snyder (Editor) This book provides a knowledge base in nursing home practice that includes incontinence, pain evaluation and management, dementia and delirium, falls, drug use, nutrition, ethical and legal issues, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Licensing Exam Review Guide in Nursing Home Administration more books like this by James E Allen This revised and updated study guide is based on the same format as the actual exam and provides an easy-to-use, effective way to review essential concepts and practice test-taking skills. Serving as the key companion to "Nursing Home Administration, 5th Edition" (Springer Publishing, 2008), this up-to-the-minute guide reflects the latest changes ... see all copies from $37.49! new only from $37.49! \| SVS
18 view cover	Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes more books like this by Beth Baker On investigative visits to nursing homes across the nation, Beth Baker has witnessed profound changes. Culture change leaders are tearing up everything - the floor plans, the flow charts, the schedules, the lousy menus, the attitudes, the rules - and starting from scratch. They are creating extraordinary places where people live in dignity and ... see all copies from $16.38! new only from $16.38! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	But This is My Mother!: The Plight of Our Elders in American Nursing Homes more books like this by Cynthia Loucks The author provides a first-hand account of the story of quiet desperation that is the day-to-day norm in the majority of nursing homes. Her mother spent the last years of her life as a total-care resident in an average-rated nursing home. She was not beaten, neglected, or otherwise abused -- at least not in the sense that would cause headlines to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.25! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Unloving Care: The Nursing Home Tragedy more books like this by Bruce C Vladeck see all copies from $8.00! new only from $17.83! \| first editions
21 view cover	How Did I Become My Parent's Parent?: 8when Your Aging Relative Needs Your Help Ht ACT What Say When Intervene While Ke more books like this by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff An examination of the relationship between aging parents and their adult children. Using experiences from nursing home residents, Schiff gives advice about planning for the future, long-distance care, finances, nursing home choices, and sexuality. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Assisting in Long-Term Care more books like this by Barbara R Hegner This comprehensive, user-friendly book provides the theoretical knowledge and skills content you need to successfully complete a nursing assistant certification exam. The book meets OBRA guidelines and prepares you to work in a variety of long-term care settings or sub-acute units in the hospital. A major goal of this resource is to help you ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.43! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Nursing Home Handbook more books like this by Ruth Davis, MSW The Nursing Home Handbook is a practical and straight-forward book which offers good advice, information, and comfort for the hundreds of thousands of people who face this issue each year. The tone and attitude of the book is accessible, realistic, and reassuring and speaks plainly about how to best live in a nursing home -- an ongoing concern for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	Making the Right Move: Housing Options for Seniors more books like this by Gillian Eades Telford This book is essential reading for anyone considering seniors' housing options. It examine issues such as--- How to rate a nursing home.- Supportive housing options with care components- Questions to ask the director of care- Finding elder-friendly environments- How to effectively deal with complaints and problems see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.05! \| first editions \| SVS
25	In the Palomar Arms more books like this by Hilma Wolitzer In the Palomar Arms, youth and age walk side by side, hand in hand, each inspiring the other to seize the moment--and keep moving on. A treat for all readers who love quality fiction, full of humanity and humor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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