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“This is one of the best mental health and aging books I have ever read. [It] is one that I will turn to often in my teaching of doctoral students, and in my work with older adults. One of the pheno……続きを見る
It is increasingly recognized that an individual's experience of old age is fundamentally influenced by their earlier life experiences. This volume of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics……続きを見る
As the population of retirees between the ages of 65 and 75 continues to grow, professionals, researchers, and educators in all areas of the health care and the business sectors will require more ex……続きを見る
Mix the latest and most rigorous scientific research, irrepressible old-fashioned entrepreneurship, and the ancient human desire to live forever (or at least a lot longer) and the result is today’s ……続きを見る
Women Ageing provides a better understanding of what ageing is like for women and challenges the myths which have grown up around the ageing process. Blending the scholarly, the personal and the pol……続きを見る
著者:Robin Rio
出版社: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
発売日: 2009年02月15日
For people with dementia, the world can become a lonely and isolated place. Music has long been a vital instrument in transcending cognitive issues; bringing people together, and allowing a person t……続きを見る
This sensitive and compassionate book provides older people who are nearing the end of life and their loved ones, as well as the professionals who work with them, with a greater depth of understandi……続きを見る
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Seventh Edition, provides extensive reviews and critical evaluations of research on the social aspects of aging. It also makes available major references a……続きを見る
The Russian Booker Prize winning novel “The Time of Women” tells the story of three old women raising a small mute girl, Suzanna, in a communal apartment in the Soviet Union of the 1960s. Memories o……続きを見る
Continuing in the tradition of the first edition, Whitbourneís identity process model serves to integrate the physiological with a psychological perspective. The effects of physical changes on the i……続きを見る
著者:Iris Chi
出版社: Taylor and Francis
発売日: 2013年08月27日
Who pays for long-term care? Discover the unique approaches of seven countries around the Pacific Rim!
Long-Term Care in the Twenty-First Century discusses policies and programs for long-term care i……続きを見る
著者:Bob G. Knight
出版社: SAGE Publications
発売日: 2012年07月22日
This Third Edition of the bestselling Psychotherapy with Older Adults continues to offer students and professionals a thorough overview of psychotherapy with older adults. Using the contextual, coho……続きを見る
"Aldwin and Gilmer have supplied an interesting textual model for examining health, illness, and aging. Their homogenized approach to aging research is refreshing and insightful."--Anthropology and ……続きを見る
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan today: population decline and ageing.
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Wanted: Gerontology Workers, Gerontological Specialists, and Gerontologists for careers now and into the future.
As our population of persons aged 65 and over grows and lives longer through these ag……続きを見る
Focusing on the broad but practical notions of how to care for the patient, The Encyclopedia of Elder Care, a state-of-the-art resource features nearly 300 articles, written by experts in the field.……続きを見る
The volume takes four key themes related to ageing – the experience of old age; intergenerational relations; economics of and social policy for ageing; longevity and the culture of ageing - and exam……続きを見る
Developed countries and certain regions of economically emerging nations have displaying a rapidly growing population of the oldest-oldónonagenarians, centenarians, and supercentenarians. As this tr……続きを見る
Learn how to focus your ministry’s programs and services on the elderly
By 2030, 20% of the people living in the United States will be age 65 or older, with unique spiritual needs that can affect th……続きを見る
What is age? A simple question but not that easy to answer. 'Unmasking Age' addresses it using data from a series of research projects relating to later life. This is supplemented by material from a……続きを見る
When you read Full Circle: Spiritual Therapy for the Elderly, you’ll discover a brand new therapeutic approach-spiritual therapy-to treating elderly patients with cognitive disorders. This handy gui……続きを見る
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The population of older adults is expected to explode in the coming years. Linking Housing and Services for Older Adults:……続きを見る
Personal life narratives can serve as a rich source of new insights into the experience of human aging. In this comp;rehensive volume, an international team of editors and contributors provide effec……続きを見る
PRESERVING A LIFE OF PEACE AND DIGNITY FOR THE AGING
This ground-breaking volume offers a new, collaborative approach geared to enhance case review, improve victim safety, raise abuser accountabilit……続きを見る
"This volume represents a major step forward in the literature by placing its focus squarely on the caregiving context, its dimensions and how it shapes the process and outcomes of family care. The ……続きを見る
著者:Anne Millar
出版社: Philip Garside
発売日: 2015年08月07日
Growing in Age draws on Anne Millar’s years of working with older people through nursing, counselling and pastoral care.
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This book provides accessible treatment to state-of-the-art approaches to analyzing longitudinal studies. Comprehensive coverage of the most popular analysis tools allows readers to pick and choose ……続きを見る
This book is designed to foster quality care to home care recipients. It is written for companions, home health aides, and other care givers who deliver non-medical home care. Prieto provides inform……続きを見る