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Arthritis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier is a compendium of tips, techniques and life-task shortcuts all learned from personal experience. Author Shelley Peterman Schwarz has lived with a chronic disease for years and as a result had to develop these creative ideas to make her life easier. These useful tips will make all the daily tasks of household management easier, less frustrating and more enjoyable. The book gives valuable information on organising workdays, households, activities, chores and making homes more accessible. Helpful for both health professionals working with people living with Arthritis and also of great use for people with Arthritis to learn very simple and practical tips for everyday life. The book is well organised by topic, easy to read, clearly written and has up-to-date references which include addresses, phone and web sites.

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9781932603675

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This thorough book actually has over 400 suggestions to make life easier for patients with arthritis...The author does an excellent job of encouraging patients to become their own advocates and make the best of their situations. Particularly useful is the list of resources and shopping sites. -- Doody's Reviews A lot of useful information into one handy resource. Given the number of arthritis sufferers this is a good purchase for a Consumer Health Collection. -- CAPHIS Consumer Collections

This thorough book actually has over 400 suggestions to make life easier for patients with arthritis...The author does an excellent job of encouraging patients to become their own advocates and make the best of their situations. Particularly useful is the list of resources and shopping sites. -- Doody's Reviews A lot of useful information into one handy resource. Given the number of arthritis sufferers this is a good purchase for a Consumer Health Collection. -- CAPHIS Consumer Collections

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Shelley Peterman Schwarz and her husband, Dave, live in Madison, Wisconsin. At the time of her diagnosis in 1979, Shelley was working part-time as a teacher of the deaf. Since 1985 she has published more than 300 articles and received numerous awards including the Mother of the Year from the Wisconsin Chapter of the National MS Society, the Partner in Health award from the Combined Health Appeal of America, and the Spirit of the American Woman award from J.C. Penney. Her nationally syndicated, """"""""Making Life Easier"""""""" column appears in numerous newspapers and magazines across the country.

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