Are you ready to live a long time, or do you dread it? Recent medical advances mean we could live longer, but doesn’t guarantee the quality of that life. In the words of one senior, "We’re not living longer, we’re dying longer." The...
Older people
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Author:Green, LyndsaySummary: -
Author:Spafford-Fitz, KarenSummary:Brett is president of her school's Unity Club. When a new group home for at-risk youth opens in the neighborhood, Brett becomes friends with Jude, one of the boys who lives at the home. After a series of acts of vandalism, the...
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Author:Borins Ash, IreneSummary:Irene Borins Ash captures the vitality of senior citizens in a series of photographs with biographical sketches and life philosophies. The fifty people featured represent a cross-section of the population, ranging from the famous to the...
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Author:Smith, Monique GraySummary:When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket-list road trip, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said good-bye to her family and is on an adventure that will transform her in...
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Author:Gray Smith, Monique, Thrush, MichelleSummary:Winner of the 2019-20 First Nation Communities READ Indigenous Literature Award. An unexpected journey can be powerful medicine. When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket list road trip to...
- Author:Jarvis, Muriel, Vandergoot, Mary EllenSummary:
Health care has changed a great deal since Muriel Jarvis was a young nurse in Saskatoon in the 1940s; nursing has been transformed, and the status of women revolutionized. The inspiring story of a girl from Kenaston, Saskatchewan, who...
- Author:Weiss, Martin D.Summary:
This examines investments and health care, proposing ways to protect and increase a financial portfolio through careful observations and decisions. Weiss offers five main lessons to better understand the stock market: watch for hidden...
- Author:Osman, RichardSummary:
"A little beacon of pleasure in the midst of the gloom...SUCH FUN!" —Kate Atkinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Sky Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big...
- Author:Banks, LucySummary:
Kester and Ribero's team of inept supernatural investigators are back again. But this time, the stakes have been raised. Hrschni, a powerful daemon, together with the rest of the Thelemites, are hellbent on bringing spirits back to...
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Author:Jonasson, JonasSummary:It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they're not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship carrying contraband...
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Author:Martin, C. K. KellySummary:Naomi is in Dublin, Ireland, visiting her grandparents as her thirteenth birthday approaches. Adult residents of Ireland have begun losing their memories as the result of a virus that has hit the country, causing many to wander the...
- Author:Butala, SharonSummary:
"An award-winning collection of stories about the lives of older women."--
- Author:Watson, CristySummary:
Fourteen-year-old Roonie loves hip-hop almost as much as she loves her grandmother. She cannot wait to compete in her school's dance competition. But as her grandmother's health deteriorates, Roonie becomes more and more...
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11-year-old Rosalind finds 70-year-old Tillie on her front porch--again. Wanting to die in the place where she lived for half a century, Tillie continues leaving her senior living complex and finding her way "home." Annoyed at first,...
- Author:Public Legal Education Association of SaskatchewanSummary:
Please note: legislation affecting adults in retirement may vary significantly from province to province. If you are looking for this information for a province other than Saskatchewan, please ...
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A collection of 101 of the best stories for seniors from Chicken Soup's library. Stories were written by seniors about their lives, adventures, etc., and by younger people about older family members or friends.
- Author:Public Legal Education Association of SaskatchewanSummary:
Please note: legislation affecting older adults may vary significantly from province to province. If you are looking for this information for a province other than Saskatchewan, please contact NNELS...
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Author:Gold, Todd, Van Dyke, DickSummary:Beloved Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his ninetieth birthday in December 2015, yet he still keeps busy entertaining America on television, in movies, on the stage, and on social media. So how does he do it? For the first time...
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Author:Hughes, AlisonSummary:Through twenty-six letters to her friend Nina, twelve-year-old Kasey chronicles the often humorous observations and impressions of her unexpected, month-long stay in a geriatric ward for the treatment of a rare but treatable bone...
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Author:Finn, FelicitySummary:This hilarious sequel to Jeremy and the Aunties will entertain readers as they follow the antics of the aunties -- weird and wonderful old lady mannequins who come to life and take over the air waves of the local television station.
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