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The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability
For all of us who live with disabilities,
chronic pain and illness
Miriam Kaufman, M.D., Cory Silverberg,
and Fran Odette
Cleis Press
ISBN 978-1-57344-304-3
Regardless of what disability you may have —
chronic fatigue, back pain, asthma, spinal cord
injury, hearing or visual impairment, multiple sclerosis,etc.—
you want a healthy sex life but are not
sure how you can make it possible in your condition.With
advice from a medical doctor,a sex educator
and a disability activist, The Ultimate Guide
to Sex and Disability will provide encouragement
and information to
create a sex life that
works for you. Topics
include: finding partners
and talking to
partners about sex
and disability, positions
to minimize
stress and maximize
pleasure, building a
positive sexual selfimage,
dealing
with fatigue and
pain during sex,
and more.
Retire Retirement
Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation
Tamara J. Erickson
Harvard Business School Press
ISBN 978-1-4221-2059-0
You don’t want to retire completely.You like what you do and you have the expertise
to get the job done.As more and more employers are considering the growing shortage in
the labour market, they are looking for ways to keep productive employees on the job. If
you’re near your golden years but not interested in retiring to the back stoop quite yet, you
have opportunities knocking at your door. Retire Retirement looks at how you can renegotiate
a different schedule for work, get the most out of your job, work with different generations,
and get what you want. It’s written in a conversational style featuring optimistic
approaches to your career choices — now and in the future.
Fitting in Fitness
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, Random House
ISBN 0-8129-2911-X
Finding time for fitness can
be tough.Are your days a blur of
work, household chores, errands,
and time with family and friends?
If you’re like most people, your life
is so hectic that it’s hard to imagine
squeezing in time for daily exercise.
Setting aside enough time for sleep
— let alone exercise — can be tough.
The good news is that you can get fit
without an expensive gym membership
or rigorous workout schedule.
New research proves that you can
“sneak up”on fitness by grabbing a little
time here and there throughout the day so you total at least 30 minutes
of moderate activity on most days.The key is to make it convenient.The
American Heart Association’s Fitting in Fitness guide
will show you how to work spurts of activity into the way you live
right now.Those few minutes can add up to huge rewards, including
a stronger heart and bones, higher energy levels, better weight
control, and more.This fun and inspiring pocket guide throws all
those excuses for not exercising out the window. It tells you how
to fit exercise into your daily schedule without making it longer,
along with calorie charts and a month-long activity diary to help
readers chart their progress.You’ll find hundreds of tips for fitting
in fitness in this easy-to-use guide.You’ll even learn how to bring
your kids into the act and have a lifestyle program that works for
all of you. Recommended by the Heart Institute Health
Education Centre Heart Advisor Program.
November/December 2008 • 34 • Fifty-Five Plus Magazine
Compiled by Doris Ohlmann.