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This book provides a picture of the abuse of older adults, organized by World Health Region and locating the problem within an area’s historic and present societal treatment of older persons. An act……続きを見る

Caregiving includes activities undertaken by others to ensure that those with a significant ongoing loss of physical or mental capacity can maintain a level of ability to be and to do what they have……続きを見る

23% of the persons in the US who were age 65 and over in 2017 (11.8 million) were members of racial or ethnic minority populationsー9% were African Americans (not Hispanic), 4% were Asian (not Hispa……続きを見る

L’infirmière à domicile, au-delà des soins physiques, apaise les blessures émotionnelles et les parcours de vie marqués. Elle incarne la présence, l’écoute et la bienveillance, offrant un accompagne……続きを見る

Dieses Handbuch integriert und erörtert eine wachsende Evidenzbasis zur individuellen Entwicklung im mittleren und späten Erwachsenenalter. Das Buch enthält eine umfassende Analyse dessen, was Wachs……続きを見る

Waardig ouder worden Integratie in zorgzame buurten Duurzaamheid Schaalvergroting en menselijke zorg Leiderschap Stervenskunst Zorg als passie De ouderenzorg staat voor gigantische uitdagingen. Daar……続きを見る

Demens er ikke ensbetydende med et totalt menneskeligt forfald, og der er derfor behov for et humanistisk syn på lidelsen. "Hverdagen med demens" er Christine E. Swanes ph.d.-afhandling fra 1996. Af……続きを見る

Ageing of the Oppressed: A Pandemic of Intersectional Injustice explores what it is like to grow older with accumulating and intersecting discrimination. It condemns ageism and other "isms." Despite……続きを見る

Rose Rouse, a journalist, and Suzanne Noble, a serial entrepreneur– created Advantages of Age out of a conversation in a hot tub in 2016. ‘We didn’t like how we were being depicted in the media as w……続きを見る

This timely book provides an understanding of how an ageing population can maintain health in the ageing process in their preferred homes and neighbourhoods while coping with global crises of climat……続きを見る

There has been significant societal and global change in recent years with accompanying shifts in how older people are perceived by societies across the world. Different treatment and care possibili……続きを見る

Der er mange fordomme om det at blive ældre. Men hvor stammer de fra? Afhandlingen ”Da alderen blev en diagnose” er skrevet som led i forskningsprojektet ”Ældrebilledet i Sundhedsvæsenet”, der er st……続きを見る

Andelen af ældre i samfundet vokser, og det bliver ofte beskrevet med bekymring af politikere, medier og interesseorganisationer. I bogen ”Det grå guld”, som udkom første gang i 1999, giver læge Hen……続きを見る

Man kan ikke løbe fra sin alder, men hvis man passer godt på sin krop med motion, søvn, sex samt god og sund mad, kan man gøre rigtig meget for, at den bliver ved med at fungere hele livet. Det samm……続きを見る

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Aging, Biohacking and Technology focuses on a broad range of issues that cover everything from the most basic ways technology and biohacking influence people’s every……続きを見る

Menschen mit Demenz sind in den letzten Jahren ihres Lebens von vielfältigen Abschieden und Verlusten betroffen, wobei ihr dementierendes Verhalten und Erleben und die gesellschaftliche Reaktion dar……続きを見る

”Da vi ikke ved præcis, hvornår man er gammel, ved vi ikke præcis, hvem der er gamle, og derfor er det naturligvis svært at vide, hvad og hvordan det er at være gammel. Der er mange forskellige muli……続きを見る

Står du på tærsklen til livet som senior? Læge og ældreforsker Henning Kirk giver i ”Snart senior” en række praktiske anvisninger til, hvordan man holder sig i gang fysisk, psykisk og socialt og får……続きを見る

Winner, 2020 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, given by the Society for Medical Anthropology The troubling dynamic of the American home care industry where increased independence for the elderly conflic……続きを見る

Fear of anger can ultimately be as destructive as expressed rage, fomenting social isolation, injustice, and misunderstanding. In Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage, Amanda Smith Barusch argues tha……続きを見る

How do older queer adults navigate space, community, and social environments? Focussing on the lived experiences of a group of queer adults, often ignored by social policy, community planning, and a……続きを見る

Clear and concise, The Handbook of Structured Life Review synthesizes 30 years of research and practice using the Structured Life Review process. Structured Life Review is a one-on-one therapeutic t……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

When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought would help when she got old herself. It was not until she hit he……続きを見る

Today, more than 200,000 men and women over age fifty are languishing in prisons around the United States. It is projected that by 2030, one-third of all incarcerated individuals will be older adult……続きを見る

As life unfolds, things tend to accumulate. When older adults undergo health, residential, and marital changes, they will face a reckoning with their lifelong store of possessionsーspecial, ordinary……続きを見る

First place winner, 2024 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in Palliative Care and Hospice Hospice and palliative care professionals are experts at caring for individuals and familie……続きを見る

About 30 percent of hospice patients report a “visitation” by someone who is not there, a phenomenon known in end-of-life care as a deathbed vision. These visions can be of dead friends or family me……続きを見る

What happens when the avant-garde grows old? Examining a group of writers and artists who continued the modernist experiment into later life, Scott Herring reveals how their radical artistic princip……続きを見る

Over The Hill But Not Under It - Essays On Aging And Caregiving is a call to reshape the narrative around aging -- to celebrate later life as a period rich with potential and joy. It is an invitatio……続きを見る