Written specifically for the growing number of family caregivers,The Handbook of Live-In Care provides practical, how-to guidance on caring for an elderly loved one.

"It is a little secret shared by many who are considering retirement or who have recently retired -- the real fear that retirement equals loneliness. Many people are naturally social people. They walk into a room of people they do not know and they enjoy meeting new people. Social network builders have that special something that allows them to be comfortable with others and to have others be comfortable with them. These people are not a rarity, but they are a minority. For the rest of us, we are either less comfortable meeting new people or are downright nervous in the company of strangers. Those facing retirement can learn a number of things from naturally social people," states BILL ROITER, Ed.D., founder of the MVP RESEARCH GROUP and author of "Beyond Work: How Accomplished People Retire Successfully" (Wiley, May 2008).

If you are like the vast majority of Americans, most of your retirement income will not come from your financial assets. But that doesn’t mean you can’t live well in retirement – if you recognize that there’s more to retirement planning than what’s in your investment portfolio.

"Wall Street ad campaigns and the financial media tend to focus on affluent families -- the households for which the return on financial assets may be the single largest part of retirement income," says Scott Burns, chief investment strategist for AssetBuilder and co-author of the upcoming book "Spend 'Til the End: The Revolutionary Guide to Raising Your Living Standard – Today and When You Retire."

In his new book, "The Stock Market Handbook for Beginners: Volume 1," Harold Robertson shares his expertise in the hopes that he will save new investors money, time and ... well, money. He writes:

" I have spent several thousand dollars at various seminars to get investor information. These seminars always seem to be rapid fire information over a one to three day period. You receive a wealth of risky information, and end up taking home a little workbook and perhaps a couple of other books (at additional cost,) which always seem to gloss over the very basic information that only first hand experience will produce for a step-by-step, safe introduction to the stock market."

IASP Press has announced the release of a new book -- Pain Management for Older Adults: A Self-Help Guide -- to help older people understand and proactively address their chronic pain. Developed by Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos and Dr. Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos and their contributors, this softcover book offers self-assessment checklists, progress charts, photos and illustrations, and simple instructions for managing persistent pain.

America's Health Coach® Dr. Asa Andrew, a board certified physician and founder of The Center for Natural Medicine, has hit the national bestseller list with his new book "Empowering Your Health" (Thomas Nelson), a practical and detailed guide to taking control of your well being.

According to the American Stroke Association, stroke is the third-leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States. Today, 6 million Americans are stroke survivors.

Conquering Stroke, with its solid foundation of prescriptive advice on stroke symptoms, stroke rehabilitation and management of a stroke from world-renowned physicians in this field and the author's inspirational story promises to be the wake up call America needs. Time lost is brain lost.

(Amazon.com) This groundbreaking book should definitely help further the movement of what the authors call "a new gerontology." John Rowe, M.D., and Robert Kahn, Ph.D., both members of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network, thoroughly debunk the myth that aging has to be a painful process of debilitation. Their research has shown that the influence of genetics shrinks proportionately as you get older, while social and physical habits become increasingly integral to your state of health--both mental and physical.

(PRNewswire) Jack LaLanne, the "Godfather" of physical fitness and financial expert Matthew J. Rettick have released their collaborative book, "Fiscal Fitness: 8 Steps to Wealth & Health, From America's Leaders of Fitness and Finance." The book, and underlying message, is written to educate and motivate Americans to "wake up" and regain control of their physical and financial wellbeing today, as well as provide fail-proof strategies for securing health and wealth for a lifetime.

Two years after being thrust into an "instant caregiver role," Lee Woodruff admits she had no blueprint for being a caregiver, relying on trial and error to survive. Her husband, Bob, then co-anchor of World News Tonight, suffered traumatic brain injury from an improvised explosive device while covering the war in Iraq. Woodruff got the news in an early morning phone call from ABC News President David Westin while she was on a trip to Disney World with her children.