Audiobooks by Elizabeth Eckstrom Md Mph Macp

THE GIFT OF AGING: Growing Older with Purpose, Planning, and Positivity

"Award-winning authors Marcy Houle and Elizabeth Eckstrom have teamed up again following the success of their critically acclaimed book The Gift of Caring, winner of the 2016 National Christopher Award. This new book blends frontline science with inspirational stories and insights from wise elders for aging with health, joy, and purpose. The book explains how our bodies and brains age, defining what can be expected with aging and what is unusual. It demonstrates ways we can significantly increase our chances for a positive aging experience into our eighties, nineties, and hundreds. It offers key strategies for meeting the challenges of aging, informs us of issues of inclusion and equity, and advises on handling legal and financial affairs. The Gift of Aging illustrates how we can make the third act of our lives meaningful and fulfilling, ensuring we as elders can make a difference in our world."

Elizabeth Eckstrom Md Mph Macp, Marcy Cottrell Houle Ms (Author), Chelsea Stephens (Narrator)

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The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

"In this book, author and biologist Marcy Houle shares her personal journey of caring for her father, a surgeon, who developed Alzheimer's disease, and later her mother, who succumbed to other medical conditions. Like many children of aging parents, Marcy often felt powerless traveling this sad trajectory—watching them fall through the cracks of a fragmented and confusing healthcare system, where professionals often wrote off their symptoms as 'just old age.' The tragic secret? According to coauthor and geriatrics physician Elizabeth Eckstrom, these symptoms frequently are not 'just old age.' Rather, the problem is that the current healthcare delivery model for older people is ill-equipped to provide the comprehensive, person-centered care seniors need. Today, thousands of aging people face unnecessary suffering, hospitalizations, nursing home stays, and even death due to complications that could have been prevented or treated. The Gift of Caring reveals these pitfalls and provides families with tools they can use to avoid them. Dr. Eckstrom shares professional medical insights into what Marcy could have done to safeguard her parents and shows how we can become our loved one's best advocate."

Elizabeth Eckstrom Md Mph Macp, Marcy Cottrell Houle MS (Author), Randye Kaye (Narrator)

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