Gerontology 35

Description Are you tired of feeling tongue-tied in conversation? Do you struggle to get your point across or connect with others? Communication is a crucial skills in all aspect of life, yet it's o……続きを見る

Este libro tiene como propósito brindar un panorama general sobre la vejez y el envejecimiento. Envejecer es un proceso inevitable por el que atravesamos la mayoría de los seres vivos. Tener conocim……続きを見る

This book delves into the consequences of rapid population aging for Mexico and U.S. Latinos, impacting various institutions, including families, the labor force, and healthcare systems. It examines……続きを見る

A damning portrait of the dire realities of retirement in the United Statesーand how we can fix it. While the French went on strike in 2023 to protest the increase in the national retirement age, wo……続きを見る

Completado poco antes de su partida, este libro póstumo de uno de los periodistas más respetados y queridos propone una mirada reflexiva y humorística sobre el difícil arte de envejecer, los achaque……続きを見る

Osho nos remite a las raíces del significado de crecer y nos recuerda los beneficios que sólo la madurez nos puede aportar. En una cultura obsesionada con la juventud y empeñada en evitar a toda cos……続きを見る

**"Chock-full of information." ーHoda Kotb, Today Show Expert guidance for living a longer, healthier, more meaningful second half of life.** As she approached her fiftieth birthday, Debra Whitman, ……続きを見る

There were many challenges, successes, and concerns in providing long-term care to older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking at central North Carolina, the authors highlight the implication……続きを見る

Written by researchers and experienced health professionals from Hong Kong, China, Chiu and Law identify and examine important issues of healthy ageing after COVID-19 from research and policy perspe……続きを見る

Gerontology is a discipline with a very strong interdisciplinary orientation - ageing can probably only be understood through a synergy-rich linking of different fields of study. In this fully revis……続きを見る

This book provides an overview of the psychological foundations of gerontology and explains the psychology of ageing from a lifespan point of view. It represents a compendium on gerontopsychology an……続きを見る

"Niemand will Antisemit sein. Erst recht nicht in Subkulturen und Bewegungen mit einem progressiven, emanzipatorischen Selbstbild. Judenhass geht aber auch underground – ob Rapper gegen Rothschilds,……続きを見る

An informed and often moving account of the crucial role of place in the lives of elders and what researchers and city planners are doingーand need to doーto make communities more age-friendly. Elde……続きを見る

A longevidade é um fato no mundo inteiro. O Brasil não é o país mais velho - título que cabe ao Japão -, mas é o que envelhece mais velozmente. Medicina, educação e urbanização nos permitem sonhar c……続きを見る

Longtime spiritual counselor and teacher, Jo Ann Levitt outlines ways to transform the joys and challenges of aging into a novel spiritual path, taking advantage of the built-in spirituality within ……続きを見る

An “essential” (The New Republic) account of the history of old age in modern America, showing how we created unprecedented security for some and painful uncertainty for others On farms and in facto……続きを見る

You know you're having a senior moment when you decide it's time to pull up your socks - and realize you forgot to put any on! Age is just a number and you're only as old as you feel, but if you're ……続きを見る

Drawing on empirical research with older South Asian migrant women, this book puts forth new understandings on how older, settled, migrant women construct and understand age through recollections of……続きを見る

The recently widowed experience many complex problems, and an understanding of their needs and the kinds of difficulties they encounter is essential if appropriate services and help are to be mobili……続きを見る

Originally published in 1984, Domiciliary Services for the Elderly looks at the field of elderly care and particularly domiciliary work from the perspective of social services. Starting with the ear……続きを見る

In the early 1980s, it had only recently been appreciated that what was known of the epidemiology of dementia in the elderly living in the community was just the tip of a large iceberg. Originally p……続きを見る

Originally published in 1984, Gerontology: Social and Behavioural Perspectives presents a selection of the contributions from the annual British Society of Gerontology conference, held at the Univer……続きを見る

Visual disability (including blindness) is of major significance among the elderly, and since it is so crucial to the quality of life of the elderly, it is necessary for all professional staff conce……続きを見る

Originally published in 1987, Social Gerontology presents papers from the British Society of Gerontology annual conference held at the University of Glasgow in September 1986. It shows much of the m……続きを見る

In 1980 old people comprised over half the clients of Local Authority Social Services Departments and accounted for about half of their resources, yet until then residential care of the aged had bee……続きを見る

By the early 1980s, industrialised countries had experienced a dramatic increase in the number of people who survive into old age. The provision of a high standard of health care for these elderly c……続きを見る

Originally published in 1989, Day Brought Back My Night explores the lives of people who have lost sight in late life as a result of age-related visual disorders. As life-expectancy in western socie……続きを見る

In the 1980s much research into the needs of the elderly was undertaken from the perspective of a ‘sickness’ model, a model which reinforced labels of elderly people as frail, disabled, dependent an……続きを見る

During the 1970s and 1980s prescription and over-the-counter drugs had come to play a major role in the health care of older people. Originally published in 1986, this book reviews the historical ba……続きを見る

In the late 1980s, an increasing proportion of all prescribed medicines went to people over 65 years of age, not only because they constituted a growing sector of the population but also because the……続きを見る