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From the picturesque valleys of Wales to the stunning Italian island of Sardinia Welsh-Italian cook Michela Chiappa visits 100 year olds, longevity experts and her own long-lived family in order to ……続きを見る

People are living longer, creating an unexpected boom in the elderly population. Longevity is increasing not only in wealthy countries but in developing nations as well. In response, many policy mak……続きを見る

Through the autobiographical perspectives of 16 preeminent researchers and scholars of Environmental Gerontology, this state-of-the-art Annual Review critically examines the broad range of topics th……続きを見る

Human aging is a complex, multi-faceted experience that unfolds over an entire lifetime. While human aging is universal, it is also wildly variable, shaped by individual, social, cultural, political……続きを見る

The time has come to further challenge biomedical and clinical thinking about dementia, which has for so long underpinned policy and practice. Framing dementia as a disability, this book takes a rig……続きを見る

Over the past few decades, there has been a sharp increase in the number of elderly prisoners, and hence a rise in the number of prisoners dying in custody. In this book, Khechumyan questions whethe……続きを見る

老龄产业发展对策研究在对我国人口老龄化的现状、老年人服务需要及其挑战进行分析的基础上，明确了老龄产业的内涵、性质、特征、框架、相关基本理论以及产业状况，深入探讨了我国老龄产业发展的总体思路、根本宗旨……続きを見る

"O futuro de uma importante agência de publicidade passa pelo sucesso do seu projeto mais ousado e ambicioso, ao qual está vinculado não só o destino da empresa, mas também o dos homens que a tornar……続きを見る

Critical Gerontology Comes of Age reflects on how baby boomers, caretakers, and health professionals are perceiving and adapting to historical, social, political, and cultural changes that call into……続きを見る

Print version of the book includes free access to the app (web, iOS, and Android), which offers interactive Q&A review plus the entire text of the print book! Please note the app is included with pr……続きを見る

Applying interdisciplinary perspectives about everyday life to vital issues in the lives of older people, this book maps together the often taken-for-granted aspects of what it means to age in an ag……続きを見る

This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to doing life course research, including an “inside view” of how they designed and carried out influential longitud……続きを見る

Presenting clergy and chaplains with unique therapeutic tools for helping senior adults enrich their later years, this book gives advice on how to strengthen relationships, find meaning in life and ……続きを見る

This innovative and sensitive guide to providing spiritual care to people with dementia features original methods drawn from the author's experiences of working with over 1,000 individuals with deme……続きを見る

In the popular imagination, retirement promises a well-deserved restーidle days spent traveling, volunteering, pursuing hobbies, or just puttering around the house. But as the nature of work has cha……続きを見る

This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. Together they report the outcomes of the……続きを見る

"As the twin demographic shifts of population aging and diversity speed forward in America, it is hard to imagine a timelier or more needed work." - Paul Irving, Chairman, Milken Institute Center fo……続きを見る

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end……続きを見る

Learn to detect elder abuseand provide the help that your neglected or abused elderly clients need! Even to clinicians experienced in managing difficult client situations, elder abuse is perplexing,……続きを見る

Volunteerism in Geriatric Settings is an instructional tool for activity directors and others interested in successful volunteer program management. It examines three dimensions of volunteerism: the……続きを見る

Here is the first detailed study of the economic, social, and administrative implications for the establishment of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Leaders in the field of optional li……続きを見る

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TORONTO BOOK AWARD AS SEEN ON GLOBAL NEWS TV'S THE MORNING SHOW A CBC CANADIAN BOOK TO READ FOR MENTAL HEALTH WEEK Drawing on the author’s seven years of caring for his mother th……続きを見る

In 1970, the best-seller Our Bodies Ourselves was published.The focus of the authors, the Boston Health Collective, was on the youthful female body: on reproduction, sexuality, genitalia, intimacy a……続きを見る

Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bomba……続きを見る

New Dimensions in Spirituality, Religion, and Aging expands the traditional focus of religiosity to include and evaluate recent research and discoveries on the role of secular spirituality in the ag……続きを見る

Men, Masculinities, and Aging introduces readers to the gendered nature of aging men’s lives. Edward H. Thompson, noted for his work on men and aging, explores the intersections of ethnicities, clas……続きを見る

DIE ZWEITE LEBENSHÄLFTE IST BESSER ALS IHR RUF! In der Mitte des Lebens kann einem schon mal die Puste ausgehen. Alles stresst gleichzeitig: Beruf, Kinder, Eltern und die ersten körperlichen Macken,……続きを見る

This book is a rich exploration of the baby boomers - those coming of age in the sixties and now entering old age - the influences that have shaped how they perceive ageing appearance, how they defi……続きを見る

‘An inspirational call to arms’ DAILY MAIL ‘This book is so sensible, so substantially researched, so briskly written, so clear in its arguments, that one wishes Baroness Cavendish was still whisper……続きを見る

This is the first book to explore how religion, belief and spirituality are negotiated in hospice care. Specifically, it considers the significant place that spiritual care has in hospice care and c……続きを見る