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Authors from across Europe consider the diverse theoretical and conceptual issues in understanding ageing in late modern society with an emphasis on active ageing. Integrated approaches are emphasis……続きを見る

Explores the mother-daughter relationship in the context of caregiving Jeanne Lord provides valuable emotional support and information for daughter caregivers to mother patients during a stressful a……続きを見る

This book introduces the Japanese urban food desert (FD). Currently, Japan has the most rapidly aging society in the world, with a shrinking population and food desert issues in connection with the ……続きを見る

MAKE YOUR THIRD ACT SPECTACULAR Long life is a divine gift ー here are the tools and teachings to optimize, revitalize and redefine your world.It’s your time to shine! Let go of worry and stress Ac……続きを見る

A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Ageーwhen there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteenーand explores what it could mean for our collective fu……続きを見る

There is a complex set of public policies and associated programs that constitute the social safety net in the United States. In Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies, the authors encoura……続きを見る

A Gerontologia é a ciência que estuda fenômenos psicológicos, fisiológicos e sociais relacionados ao envelhecimento do ser humano. Esse processo tem despertado um grande interesse de várias áreas do……続きを見る

Easy Way To Managing Stress When Taking Care Of Ageing Parents is a compassionate and practical guide created for anyone navigating the emotional, physical, and mental demands of caring for an elder……続きを見る

Forfatter og samfundsdebattør Tage Voss diskuterer med sin baggrund som praktiserende læge aldring set i et samfundsmæssigt perspektiv. Aldring er en naturlig del af livet, der kommer til udtryk båd……続きを見る

Denne bog er en brugsbog. Den handler om overgangen fra arbejdsliv til pension. Hvis du står for at skulle gå på pension, har du sikkert gjort dig nogle tanker om, hvilke forandringer det vil medfør……続きを見る

Grethe Dirckinck-Holmfeld har denne gang været rundt i landet for at tale med børn om deres opfattelse af ´det grå guld´. Er der ting, vi bliver bedre til med alderen? Hvem bestemmer, hvornår vi ska……続きを見る

Newly revised and updated, this classic text examines the impact of social forces on the aging process. It considers aging from personal, family, community, societal, and global perspectives. The si……続きを見る

Health & Economic Status of Older Women is a collection of research issues and data sources. This book is organized in three parts. Part 1 sets the stage for the more focused discussion of health an……続きを見る

Despite increased awareness of sexual diversity, older people's accounts of sex and intimacy remain marginalised. This edited volume addresses diversity in sexual and intimate experience later in li……続きを見る

According to the United Nations, the number of older-age adults across the world has almost quintupled in the last 65 years and by 2050 1 in 6 people in the world will be over the age of 65, up from……続きを見る

For about a decade, one of the most influential forces in US anti-immigrant politics was the Minuteman Project. The armed volunteers made headlines patrolling the southern border. What drove their e……続きを見る

This book provides concrete scientific basis that we can conceive the possibility of modifying or even completely canceling aging process, despite the fact that aging is commonly regarded as the res……続きを見る

Sie selbst reden ungern darüber. Und was andere dazu sagen, Frauen zum Beispiel, stimmt höchstens als Außenansicht: Männer im Alter 60 plus - ihr Lebensgefühl, ihre Wünsche und Herausforderungen in ……続きを見る

Here is detailed, practical advice for the administrator or practitioner of long-term and senior care services. Experts offer effective techniques for increasing the visibility and scope of those se……続きを見る

A unique volume reflecting the state of the art in hospice nursing, Nursing in Hospice and Terminal Care addresses the special concerns of nurses--the primary professional caregivers in a hospice--i……続きを見る

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, ag……続きを見る

Relates how the self-direction movement was developed, the research that supports it, how the model has spread across the country and the globe, and recommendations and prospects for the future. In ……続きを見る

"This is my personal guide to help face who you are, accept who you are and love who you are, so you can watch your dreams and accomplishments flourish...If I can do it, you can do it too." Jillian ……続きを見る

Despite evidence of a more sexually active ‘third age’, ageing and later life (50+) are still commonly represented as a process of desexualisation. Challenging this assumption and ageist stereotypes……続きを見る

Establishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disability studies. It investigates the subjective experiences……続きを見る

Why do we still tolerate stereotypes and discrimination based on age? This bold account of the history and present-day realities of ageism by a nationally recognized gerontologist and speaker uncove……続きを見る

The novel coronavirus and the resultant COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected older adults in terms of the number of lives lost, concerns about safety of institutional and home and comm……続きを見る

The dominant narratives of both science and popular culture typically define aging and human development as self-contained individual matters, failing to recognize the degree to which they are shape……続きを見る

Access to justice is a core element of the rule of law. Achieving effective access to justice such that older persons can realize the full benefits of the human and civil rights to which they are en……続きを見る

Age Friendly: Ending Ageism in America is a rallying call to make the United States a more equitable and just nation in terms of age. "Age friendliness" means being inclusive towards older people as……続きを見る