MacLeod, Susan (Susan J.)
Summary: "When Susan MacLeod accompanied her 90-year-old mother through a labyrinthine long-term care system, it was a nine-year journey navigating a government without a heart in a system without compassion. Her family, much like the system, erected walls rather than opening arms. She found herself involuntarily placed at the pivot point between her frail, elderly mother's need for love and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 MACToebes, Teun
Summary: "Twenty-one-year-old nursing student Teun Toebes (both broke and curious) decided to move into a nursing home and experience the daily life of elderly residents, not as a nurse or a carer - but as a housemate. The experience was to change his life, as well as the lives of his new friends. He initiated Friday drinks, trips out and camping evenings, and reintroduced pleasure in the small things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: September Publishing 2023
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Summary: A private investigator hires an eighty-three-year-old man to pose as a new member in a nursing home to investigate alleged elder abuse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOLIoka, Waco
Summary: "Aoi is getting ready to launch a summer shaved ice campaign at her restaurant when a trio of children staying at the inn goes missing. Even though she's not technically an employee, Aoi isn't going to sit around when kids might be in trouble. She joins Akatsuki in his search of the tunnels under Tenjin-ya and finds more than she was looking for when she stumbles into a dusty subterranean room...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This documentary focuses attention on the United States' aging population and the many adult children who are undertaking the primary care for their aging parents, underscoring today's struggle to keep parents at home, tensions between siblings and social, cultural and economic issues. Immediately followed by a 30-minute panel discussion with medical correspondent Dr. Art Ulene which offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Video 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.8084 CAREdwards, Paul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.041 EDWArmstrong, Kelley.
Summary: "Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson. Though inhabiting someone else's body will always be unsettling, even if her employers know that she's not actually housemaid Catriona Mitchell, ever since the night both of them were attacked in the same dark alley 150 years apart. Mallory likes her job as assistant to undertaker/medical examiner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martin's Minotaur 2024
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Summary: "Gain quick access to today's most important diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures ... Clear, concise test entries are arranged alphabetically and reflect the latest advances in testing and research." --back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elsevier 2017
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 610 PAGMace, Nancy L.
Summary: Originally published in 1981, The 36-Hour Day was the first book of its kind. Thirty years later, with dozens of other books on the market, it remains the definitive guide for people caring for someone with dementia. Now in a new and updated edition, this best-selling book features thoroughly revised chapters on the causes of dementia, managing the early stages of dementia, the prevention of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2011
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Summary: "The Bluebell Inn is turning a profit, and it's time for the Bennett siblings to sell it and move on. Only Grace has plans to stay in the small lake town of Bluebell, North Carolina, where she hopes her growing outfitters business will save her from the loneliness of her siblings' departure and the persistent sense of unworthiness in her life. A gunshot wound resurrects the past for Secret...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUNKane, Robert L.
Contents: Background -- The stroke -- Rehabilitation -- Assisted living -- The dementia unit -- Nursing home -- Doctors, other medical personnel, and hospitals -- Informal care -- The roads not taken -- End of life -- What kind of long-term care do we want? -- What can we do about it?.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanderbilt University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.61 KANGwynne, Carrie
Summary: In Doing household chores, learn more about how cleaning smart can lead to a healthier life. In Keep it clean, Jake finds out what happens when a person does not keep up with chores.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648 GWYTomsky, Jacob.
Summary: "A humorous memoir by a veteran hospitality employee that reveals what goes on behind the scenes of the hotel business. Includes tips on how to get the most out of your hotel stay"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOMSKY, JACOB TOMJoyce, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOYComey, James B.
Summary: Former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B COMEY COMGoldsmith, Jack L.
Summary: "The story of Chuckie O'Brien, Jimmy Hoffa's right-hand man"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.881 GOLHeiser, K. Gabriel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phylius Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.16 HEIKidder, Tracy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 1993
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 305.26 KIDAkasaka, Aka
Summary: "Will Yu make a confession of love? Who would date someone who is both an emo gamer and a former school pariah ...? Meanwhile, someone is ready to confess her love to Miyuki--and it's not Kaguya! Then Miko sabotages a romantic tour of a haunted house, Miyuki reveals some unexpected nonacademic skills, Kaguya accidentally dispenses good advice and a fortune-teller foretells an ominous date for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Stats and facts on Pokémon from Abomasnow to Zygarde; insider info about moves, types, Mega Evolution, Legendary, and Mythical Pokémon, and Ultra Beasts; the scoop on the all-new Galarian forms - including Gigantamax.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2021
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 794.8 POKNekola, Pat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applewood Ink 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 NEKCapossela, Cappy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.8 CAPMcFarlane, Rodger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.8 MCFSoloy, Lauren
Summary: "A delightful collection of gnome facts, featuring Lauren Soloy's gnome wisdom and gorgeous artwork."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023