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500 Tips for Coping With Chronic Illness
As the nation's senior population grows, so – it is projected – will instances of chronic illness. From getting good nutrition to earning extra money, this book touches on everything sufferers and their loved ones want to know.

The fastest-growing segment of our population is its oldest. As the baby boomer generation begins knocking at the door of old age – its huge number already destined to swell the ranks of senior citizens – advances in health care continue to increase life expectancy in the industrialized world. While these advances enable millions to spend more time with their children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren, the picture is not entirely rosy. Chronic illnesses that modern medicine can manage, but not cure, make life difficult for many senior citizens and for those who provide their care.

With 500 Tips for Coping With Chronic Illness, Pamela D. Jacobs, M.A. – a specialist in nutrition and holistic health who conducted extensive field work for this book – presents a timely "survival guide" to help readers deal more effectively with long-term illness. Her tips are aimed at inspiring readers – including seniors – to make lifestyle changes that will positively impact their mind, body, and spirit. She touches on almost every relevant topic imaginable, from nutrition and weight control, exercise, and stress reduction to self-esteem, relationship-building, getting assistance, and supplementing income.

Just as chronic illness affects every aspect of a sufferer's life, so Jacobs endeavors to offer guidelines for patients in all these regards. Her thorough and comprehensive treatment of the subject empowers those with chronic illness, and their families, to improve health, assuage suffering, and regain some control in life. Her attention to the emotional dimension of chronic health problems is particularly unusual and valuable.

As the number of long-term patients increases nationwide, more and more attention will be paid to their health care concerns. Expensive treatments will make health care workers and patients eager to learn the type of practical, holistic lifestyle adjustments Jacobs recommends for improving health. This book is therefore a crucial source of information and friendly assitance for sufferers of chronic illness, as well as their families, friends, caregivers, and health care professionals.

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