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09 - Social WorkResponse to the White House Conference on Aging highlightskey resolutions made at the 1995 WHCOA to provide a blueprint for revisingprograms and policies that benefit the aging population. Edited by ConstanceCorley Saltz, this book hopes to establish ways to maximize the qualityof life for elders through independent and productive living. Topics coveredinlcude: the social benefits of elder contributions, unmet mental healthneeds, demands of a growing elderly and disabled population, moral linksbetween generations, social work education, and emerging issues in socialwork and aging. 1997. Haworth Press 

10 - Home Wisdom.In today's busy world, it seems like thereare more things to do and less time to do them. How do we do it all ...tend to our homes, make things last, find satisfaction in our work andbe happy ... without setting impossible goals? Jon Vara and the editorsof "The Old Farmer's Almanac" have collected age-old and new advice tohelp with these problems. "Home Wisdom" (Time-Life Books, $12.95) is acommonsense guide to solving everyday problems that offers practical adviceto people who want to make their busy lives much less aggravating, a littlemore thrifty, and a lot more enjoyable. Readers will learn how to livesimply and sensibly, and feel fulfilled doing it. Along with helpful hintson managing the household, it incorporates humorous, interesting digressionson the challenges keeping house has presented throughout history. 

11 - Houdini andthe Federal Budget Hoax. Billed as a specialreport on how the Social Security pension fund is used to hide the federaldeficit, author Jack Steineger believes that the federal government misleadsthe American people. Steineger argues that since 1969 the federal governmenthas been hiding the country's financial condition behind the Unified Budget,which conceals the true amount of the United States' deficit. Readers areexposed to governmental budgeting terms,accounting terms, and federal legislationwhich reveal that the Unified Budget is not a budget at all, but rathera mere mathematical calculation to determine how much money the governmentneeds to borrow from the public. (1997, 128 pages). American Patriot Publishing,P.O. Box 934, Carpinteria, CA 93014-0934. $12.95 plus $3 S/H. 

12 - Long-Term CarePlanning. Recent changes in federal lawhave greatly enhanced the attractiveness of long-term care insurance policiesand resulted in mushrooming demand from consumers for information and helpin making intelligent purchasing decisions. In response to this demand,United Seniors Health Cooperative has published its new edition of "Long-TermCare Planning: a dollar and sense guide". The guide offers a practical,nuts-and-bolts approach to deciding what kind, and how much, long-termcare insurance is needed. $15. Available from UnitedSeniors Health Cooperative. 

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