Falls in Older People: Prevention and Management

Tideiksaar, who is associated with a company that provides educational, legal, and marketing services in connection with fall prevention for older adults, offers a guide for nursing and direct care providers, geriatricians, administrators, allied health professionals, and professional and family caregivers to preventing and managing falls in older people in acute and long-term care settings. He addresses the underlying causes and how TO develop and maintain a fall management program, including medical, rehabilitative, and environmental strategies, and issues relating to restraints. This edition has updated chapters and exercises, with chapters on key process steps and interventions, organizational requirements and evidence-based practice, and new guidelines and forms for prevention programs. (Check Catalog)

Intimacy After Breast Cancer: Dealing With Your Body, Relationships and Sex

Congratulations! You survived breast cancer. This should be a time
to celebrate so why do you feel so empty and alone? Medical
professionals prepare you for surgery and other treatments, but do
not always address your emotional and sexual health. In Intimacy
After Breast Cancer, breast cancer survivor Gina Maisano honestly
discusses the sensitive issues of self-esteem, body image, and sexuality
to help you become the total woman you still are.
Part One begins by examining the emotions experienced by breast
cancer survivors, including anxiety and fear of recurrence. It then offers
guidance on regaining the confidence to start living again. The mental
and physical effects of post-surgical medications are discussed, along
with solutions for maintaining optimum health. Part Two focuses on rediscovering your sexuality. In a compassionate manner, it addresses the issues that most often challenge both single and married women
and presents suggestions for overcoming them. Love and intimacy do not have to end with a breast cancer diagnosis.  In Intimacy After Breast Cancer, Gina Maisano will help you rediscover the joys of being a woman. (Check Catalog)

In Our Control: The Complete Guide to Contraceptive Choices for Women (Paperback)

With the aim to inform women as much as possible, Eldridge, a women's health writer and activist, presents information on the efficacy and risks of different birth control options. She discusses the history of contraceptives, scientific advances, and uses of condoms, hormonal contraceptives, Plan B, diaphragms, female condoms, spermicides, IUDs, sterilization, Norplant, Depo-Provera, the patch and the ring, natural birth control, how they work, and their side effects. She also addresses the political side of birth control, including its relationship to menstruation, controversies about new menstrual suppression drugs, HPV vaccinations, why there is no pill for men, environmental impacts, and international issues.(Check Catalog)

Cutting Edge Therapies for Autism 2010-2011 (Paperback)

Publisher's Description - Parents of children coping with autism spectrum disorders may feel like they face more questions than answers. While little is truly understood of autism, many parents rely on behavioral therapies to improve their child's quality of life and encourage independence.

First in what will be an annually updated handbook, Ken Siri and Tony Lyons delve into cutting-edge, hands-on therapies that go beyond the diet-behavior connection, nutrition supplements, and medical treatment.

Readers of Cutting-Edge Therapies for Autism, 2010-2011 will come away with a wealth of meaningful knowledge and coping mechanisms to employ: Learn how animal-assisted therapy such as horseback-riding advances developmental growth; art therapy such as finger-painting encourages self-expression; and floor-time play therapy such as puzzle-solving teaches turn-taking and environmental awareness. Social skills therapies, speech and language therapies, and even music therapy are also explored in this volume.(Check Catalog)