wired - Gerontology 2

After a lifetime of marriage, you and your bloke now have your golden years to spend together in blissful retirement - not! If he's always around the house and you are at your wits end, it's time fo……続きを見る

Growing Up: Pastoral Nurture for the Later Years is a sensitive volume devoted to helping older adults retain their status as meaningful members of their congregations and communities. In an honest ……続きを見る

Narrating Midlife: Crisis, Transition, and Transformation is rooted in a discussion about why it is important to address the midlife years in ways that challenge and interrogate the myths that surro……続きを見る

Learn how gardens and parks can be beneficial to residents Mounting evidence reveals that nature and outdoor environments provide individuals with dementia greater enjoyment in life, lower stress le……続きを見る

As the elderly population continues to increase, the need for suitable housing will continue to rise as well. This handbook is designed to help individuals and families determine the feasibility of ……続きを見る

Discover a vital source of volunteers for your organization By the year 2020, there will be 65 million people aged 65 and over living in the United Statesa new generation of active older adults expe……続きを見る

With this insightful and intelligent book, professionals can help institutionalized older adults express themselves creatively. One of only a few books on expressive arts for older people, this uniq……続きを見る

Over the next three decades, the number of Americans over fifty will double, swelling to more than a quarter of the population. Already we are living thirty years longer than a century ago, with fur……続きを見る

Explore how community-based networks can effectively meet the needs and problems of sick, elderly people and their caregivers! Social Work in Geriatric Home Health Care: The Blending of Traditional ……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

Der Übergang in den Ruhestand ist für viele Betroffene ein biographischer Einschnitt. Eine Vielzahl von Aspekten bestimmt dabei die Entscheidung über das „Wann“ und „Wie“ des Renteneintritts. Ein As……続きを見る

Die Begriffe Körper und Gesundheit sind (nicht erst) seit dem sogenannten body-, corporeal- oder somatic-turn Gegenstand sehr unterschiedlicher Disziplinen und Perspektiven: Die Komplexität der Zusa……続きを見る

Gewinnen mit der wachsenden Freizeit produktive auf Kosten konsumtiver Aktivitäten? Zeitbudgetbefragungen zeigen, wie sich mit der wachsenden Freizeit die Verteilung der Freizeit auf produktive und ……続きを見る

Older adults are a diverse cohort with a wide array of capacities, interests, and needs. Despite the fact that aging is a highly individualized and complex process, it continues to be stereotyped, e……続きを見る

Boomers are heading into (very) old age following a pandemic, a time of overt ageism and shamefully deficient eldercare. The front wave, now in their seventies, are on the brink of life changes that……続きを見る

Demographic change is a defining issue of our time. As the worldwide population ages, the healthcare systems of every country will meet challenges of scale in providing for their elderly. Aging with……続きを見る

La gerontología es la disciplina científica dedicada a mejorar la calidad de vida y a promover el bienestar de las personas a medida que envejecen desde una perspectiva bio-psico-social que plantea ……続きを見る

Welche Relevanz haben religiöse Migrantengemeinden für die alltägliche Unterstützung und Pflege von älteren Menschen mit Migrationserfahrung? Professionelle Dienstleistungen der Altenhilfe werden in……続きを見る

Dieses Open-Access-Buch befasst sich kritisch mit der Anwendung freiheitseinschränkender Maßnahmen (FeM) bei Menschen mit Demenz in professionellen Sorgebeziehungen, die sowohl im Hinblick auf ihren……続きを見る

Gray Love narrates stories about the most common themes – searching for and (perhaps) finding love. Forty-five men and women between ages 60 and 94 from diverse backgrounds talk about dating, starti……続きを見る

First published in 1977, Residential Work with the Elderly brings together theoretical and practical approaches of relevance to providing care for older people in residential homes and long-stay ger……続きを見る

Der Umgang mit Menschen, welche unter Alzheimer bzw. Demenz leiden ist nicht einfach. Dieses solide Nachschlagewerk mit allen erforderlichen Informationen bietet Ihnen die unbedingt erforderlichen I……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

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

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

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

In the 1980s, as the proportion of elderly people in the population grew steadily larger, the task of looking after them would fall increasingly on one group – daughters. The government, in promotin……続きを見る

Im Rahmen dieses Buches wird erforscht, inwiefern sich das Alter(n) von queeren Menschen von dem der heteronormativen Mehrheit unterscheidet und wie ein gelingendes Alter(n) dieser spezifischen Mind……続きを見る

In diesem Buch zum Thema Lebensqualität im Alter wird ein inter- und trans-disziplinärer Ansatz gewählt, um neue Einsichten zu vermitteln. Der spezielle Fokus in den Beiträgen liegt dabei auf den Th……続きを見る

As we journey through life, we will all inevitably grow older. It is a natural process that should be embraced, celebrated, and understood. In "Embracing Aging: A Guide to Understanding and Celebrat……続きを見る