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Wings for My Flight

The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock, Updated Edition

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle

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Wings for My Flight

The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock, Updated Edition

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle

“Blends adventure, romance, humor and pathos. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of her sky-diving subjects and the seductive beauty of the wilderness.”—Chicago Sun-Times “Well crafted and compelling, a dramatization of the classic conflict between the legitimate interests of conservationists and developers. This is a fine book on several levels, as science, sociology, or a story. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal Forty years ago, the peregrine falcon was on the U.S. endangered species list and many doubted that it would survive. Marcy Houle was a young wildlife biologist observing one of the last remaining pairs—located at a site in southwest Colorado slated for development as a major tourist site. First published in 1991 and winner of several national awards, this book chronicles her work at Chimney Rock along with the recovery of the species. A new preface examines the last thirty years of the peregrine population and its remarkable comeback and culminates with President Barack Obama’s designation of Chimney Rock as a national monument.

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UNM Press

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0826354351

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9780826354358

The Gift of Aging

Growing Older with Purpose, Planning and Positivity

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom

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The Gift of Aging

Growing Older with Purpose, Planning and Positivity

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom

Science-based facts, medical and legal advice and practical wisdom from elders to finding joy, vitality and purpose in growing older.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009330772

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Wings for My Flight

The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock, Updated Edition

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle

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The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock, Updated Edition

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The Gift of Caring

Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom

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Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom

The desire to help our elders navigate health issues is clear and universal—how to assure proper care and a good ending is not. Combining adroit storytelling skills with expert advice, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare brings the reader into all-too-familiar scenarios facing our aging parents and offers answers to questions we may not know to ask until it’s too late. Author and biologist Marcy Houle shares her personal journey of caring for her father, a surgeon, who developed Alzheimer’s, and later her mother, who succumbed to other medical conditions. Like many children of aging parents, Marcy often felt powerless traveling this sad trajectory—watching them fall through the cracks of a fragmented and confusing healthcare system, where professionals often wrote off their symptoms as “just old age.” Not having the understanding of the changes that come with aging, she was led to believe there was nothing she could do to help. The tragic secret? According to coauthor and geriatrics physician Elizabeth Eckstrom, these symptoms frequently are not “just old age.” Rather, the problem is that the current healthcare delivery model for older people is ill-equipped to provide the comprehensive, person-centered care seniors need. Today, thousands of aging people face unnecessary suffering, hospitalizations, nursing home stays, and even death due to complications that could have been prevented or treated. Even more troubling, many healthcare professionals have had little or no training in the care of older adults. The Gift of Caring reveals these pitfalls and provides families with tools they can use to avoid them. Interspersed with every few chapters of Marcy’s riveting story, Dr. Eckstrom shares professional medical insights, compiled from the latest research, into what Marcy could have done to safeguard her parents. She shows us how to navigate the system, how we can become our loved one’s best advocate, and what we need to know to achieve healthy aging and meaningful, compassionate final years. Honest, at times humorous, and ultimately uplifting, The Gift of Caring sheds new light on aging from twin perspectives: a story of a daughter desperately seeking help for the parents she loves, and a geriatrician who gives us the knowledge we need to insist upon a better way.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1630760986

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9781630760984

The Gift of Caring

Saving Our Parents-and Ourselves-from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom,Jennie Chin Hansen

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Saving Our Parents-and Ourselves-from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom,Jennie Chin Hansen

In a powerful blending of memoir and practical strategies from a medical doctor's perspective, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents - and ourselves - from the Perils of Modern Healthcare reveals the hidden side of modern healthcare practices for aging Americans. This ground-breaking book, co-written by award-winning author Marcy Houle and nationally-recognized geriatrician and public health advocate, Elizabeth Eckstrom MD MPH, sheds new light on aging by showing it from twin perspectives: the story of a daughter desperately seeking help for the parents she loves, and a geriatrician who offers life-changing strategies that can protect our loved ones and ourselves. Today, for many older adults, the medical delivery system is confusing, fragmented, and ill-equipped to provide comprehensive, person-centered care. Under our current healthcare model, thousands of aging persons face unnecessary suffering, hospitalizations and nursing home stays, and even preventable death. Seniors and families often feel powerless as they travel this sad journey. Not having knowledge of aging's changes, they resign themselves to believing there is nothing anyone can do to help, while some health care professionals simply write off symptoms seniors endure as "just old age." But as Marcy Houle discovered in caring for her parents, many of the problems often are not "just old age." Further, the real issue is not that the answers to ease suffering don't exist. Rather, what we need to know is generally not available to the general public. Even more concerning, many health care professionals have had little or no training in the care of older adults. The Gift of Caring hopes to change that. It is written to give empowerment to all older adults, family members, and health care professionals, by sharing much needed knowledge and practical strategies. The Gift of Caring shows the best ways to advocate for our parent's health care ... and our own ... by giving us the tools we need to insist upon the better way. Your parents and you deserve the best healthcare as you age- But there are so many reasons why that's not happening.You can change that.

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336

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1493034081

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Wings for My Flight

The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock

By: Marcy C. Houle

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Wings for My Flight

The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock

By: Marcy C. Houle

Describes the habits, behavior, and personalities of a group of peregrine falcons nesting near Chimney Rock, Colorado, and tells of the efforts of two biologists to protect the birds' habitat from encroachment by developers

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208

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Addison-Wesley Longman

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0201608189

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9780201608182

The Gift of Aging

Growing Older with Purpose, Planning and Positivity

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom

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The Gift of Aging

Growing Older with Purpose, Planning and Positivity

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom

Award-winning authors Marcy Houle and Elizabeth Eckstrom have teamed up again following the success of their critically acclaimed book The Gift of Caring, winner of the 2016 National Christopher Award. This new book blends frontline science with inspirational stories and insights from wise elders for aging with health, joy, and purpose. The book explains how our bodies and brains age, defining what can be expected with aging and what is unusual. It demonstrates ways we can significantly increase our chances for a positive aging experience into our 80s, 90s and 100s. It offers key strategies for meeting the challenges of aging, informs us of issues of inclusion and equity, and advises on handling legal and financial affairs. The Gift of Aging illustrates how we can make the third act of our lives meaningful and fulfilling, ensuring we as elders can make a difference in our world.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009330764

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The Gift of Caring

Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle,Elizabeth Eckstrom

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Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare

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A Generous Nature

Lives Transformed by Oregon

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle

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A Generous Nature

Lives Transformed by Oregon

By: Marcy Cottrell Houle

A Generous Nature: Lives Transformed by Oregon offers profiles of twenty-one conservationists and activists who have made enduring contributions to the preservation of Oregon's wild and natural places and its high quality of life. These stories speak to their courage, foresight, and actions-at times against great odds-to save places, enact legislation, and motivate others to cherish and protect the places that make Oregon unique. Taken from personal interviews conducted by the author over a decade, these stories will help readers understand the histories of Oregon's exceptional places, innovative planning efforts, and laws. They provide insight into the principles and values that motivated individuals to preserve the beauty and natural resources of Oregon, craft legislation to further protect them, and educate others about their value. Places as diverse as the Columbia River Gorge Natural Scenic Area, the wild and scenic Sandy River, and Tryon Creek State Park are featured, along with background on critical laws such as the Beach Bill, Diack Act, and Senate Bill 100, and organizations such as SOLVE and the High Desert Partnership. A Generous Nature is a testament to the vision and hard work of people who loved Oregon and fought to protect its ecosystems and habitats for the benefit of all. These stories do more than educate. They will inspire readers and demonstrate that individually we can make a difference. They underscore that the natural wonders of our state should be guarded and not taken for granted. In these times of unsettled political polarization and divisiveness, A Generous Nature is a crucial reminder of our individual and collective responsibility to stand for and defend the places, ideals, and laws that make Oregon a progressive model for the rest of the nation"--

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0870719807

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