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Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A lucid and moving debut novel on the interconnection between work and life, loneliness and kinship, and the projects that occupy our time. How do we take stock of a life-by what means, and by what measure? This is the question that preoccupies Alice, a Taiwanese immigrant in her late thirties. In the off-hours from her day job, Alice struggles to create a project about the enigmatic downtown performance artist Tehching Hsieh and his monumental,...
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"From surgeon and bestselling author Atul Gawande, a book that has the potential to change medicine?and lives. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Helping the client/resident achieve a maximum level of independence used to be a responsibility soley for occupational therapists, but more and more health care professionals are finding themselves assisting the patients with activities of daily living. The program provides information on the rehabilitation process and explains how to utlilize adaptive devices for functional activities, as well as for leisure.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This video presents unilateral, bilateral, and bimanual hand movements of 5 typical elementary-age children, following the format of the Erhardt Hand Preference Assessment (EHPA). It is organized into sections of exploratory/sensory movements, gestures, and functional tasks, which include power (resistive), precision (fine manipulation), and power/precision (combination). Functional tasks are also grouped according to occupational performance areas:...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The healthcare staff in a long term care facility plays a major role in encouraging self care, which is an important aspect of holistic and over-all care. Helping to maintain or improve a resident's ability to function is an important part of nursing care. This is accomplished by improving the resident's ability to participate in activities of daily living. This program will teach you and your staff how to effectively encourage self esteem and independence...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[First edition].
Language
English
Description
"Ultimate Pulmonary Wellness is a resource for all people living with respiratory disease including patients, their families and caretakers; and clinicians. This well-rounded guidebook is the fusion of twenty-five years of clinical practice, education and research by Dr. Noah Greenspan, board-certified clinical specialist in cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy; and Program Director of the Pulmonary Wellness & Rehabilitation Center in New...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, the right caregiving can make all the difference. Here, Patricia Boswell shares structured routines, life hacks, and best practices that are evidence-based and focused on maintaining the highest possible quality of life for the entire family. As a nurse and dementia expert, Boswell knows that the best caregivers think like a problem-solver, addressing physical and emotional...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Revised & expanded edition.
Language
English
Description
Autism? There's an app for that! Actually, there are more than 200 apps for autism, and this book will guide you through them so you can confidently utilize today's technology to maximize your child's or student's success!
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Agility (i.e., the ability to start, stop, and change directions rapidly and efficiently), can be a critical factor in the athletic arena. Accordingly, agility training is often undertaken by coaches and athletes who want to gain a competitive edge. However, the benefits of agility training can often be just as beneficial for non-athletes in their activities of daily living. Drills and Exercises to Improve Agility provides fitness professionals with...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Succeed with topical reviews, practice exams, and preparation tools. Covers exactly what you need to know to score higher on your CNA exam. More than 150 sample test questions help you gain confidence and decide when you're ready to take the actual exam. Simplifies key nursing assistant concepts and techniques for easy learning. Includes popular Cram Sheet tearcard to help you remember key concepts and do extra last-minute...
15) Dog days
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Language
English
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Greg Heffley recounts his daily experiences during summer vacation as he tries to live out his ultimate fantasy of spending the days indoors playing video games with no responsibilities and no rules, despite his mother's attempts to pack the summer with outdoor activities and family fun.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
You don't need the gym to build movement into your daily life. Here, discover how to stay active throughout your day. By making small, simple choices""such as walking with a colleague instead of e-mailing, taking a dance class, or cultivating better posture""you'll move better. And feel better, too.
18) Seed and Earth
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Made by a team of distinguished filmmakers/anthropologists, Seed and Earth is a film about everyday life in rural West Bengal, India. It follows the daily schedule of the families of two brothers who live side by side and cooperate in many daily activities. We see how gender and age determine work, ritual and leisure activities.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen is one of the most influential and best-loved novelists in English literature. Austens genius was her cast of charactersso timeless and real that readers today recognize them in their own families and neighborhoods. Her books universal themeslove and hate, hope and disappointment, pride and prejudice, sense and sensibilitystill tug at heartstrings today in cultures spanning the globe. Austen wrote about daily life in England as she knew...
20) The diary keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it
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English
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"Based on select writings from a collection of more than two thousand Dutch diaries written during World War II in order to record this unparalleled time, and maintained by devoted archivists. The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before, from the stories of a Nazi sympathizing police officer to a Jewish journalist who documented daily activities at a transport camp"--
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