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Senior Moments: Growing Old is Not for Sissies
by Don Core  Publisher Comments "Senior Moments" is a humorous look at the aging process, as seen through the eyes for a person whose mind says, "Let's go, live it up" and whose body says "Been there, done that, forget it". A lively and wise, but cautious, senior citizen. Growing Old...
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Poverty Transitions among Elderly Widows
by Hiroko H. Dodge Book News Annotation Research shows that among the aged in the US, the risk of falling into poverty is highest following the husband's death, but that poverty is not a permanent condition among many widows. This work inquires into the mechanisms that cause a devastating...
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The Many Faces of Dependency in Old Age
by Margaret M. Baltes Publisher Comments Margret Baltes provides new insights into the social foundation of dependency with a blend of theoretical and empirical argument....
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The Social Context of Ageing: A Textbook of Gerontology
by C. Victor Publisher Comments Why do some people live to an advanced old age while others do not? And what does old age really mean in modern society? Gerontology is a multi-disciplinary science concerned with the study of aging, which integrates biological, psychological and...
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Sociology of Aging; Disciplinary Approaches to Aging
by Donna Lind Infeld Publisher Comments This is the third volume in the six-volume collection "Disciplinary Approaches towards Aging." This set systematically presents the most recognized and informative scholarship from the range of disciplines currently exploring the effects of aging. This...
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The Meanings of Age: Selected Papers of Bernice L. Neugarten
by Bernice Levin Neugarten Publisher Comments One of the most distinguished psychologists of the century, Bernice L. Neugarten is best known for her groundbreaking contributions to the study of adult development and aging. Covering more than forty years of scholarship, this volume brings together...
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Complaint to the Lord: Historical Perspectives on the African American Elderly
by Leslie James Pollard Synopsis Complaint to the Lord provides historical perspectives on the African American elderly. Based on the assumption that Black history and culture should inform old-age policy formulation, the book combines the macro-perspective of the community taking care...
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Aging in the Church: How Social Relationships Affect Health
by Neal M. Krause Publisher Comments A growing number of studies indicate that social ties that are formed by older people in the church have a significant positive impact on their physical and mental health. Aging in the Church: How Social Relationships Affect Health by Neal Krause...
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Aged Care: Old Policies, New Problems
by Diane Gibson Publisher Comments This important book examines issues and policy responses at national, international and conceptual levels....
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Economics of Aging; Disciplinary Approaches to Aging
by Donna Lind Infeld Publisher Comments This is the fifth volume in the six-volume collection "Disciplinary Approaches towards Aging." This set systematically presents the most recognized and informative scholarship from the range of disciplines currently exploring the effects of aging. This...
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Topics in the Economics of Aging
by David A. Wise Publisher Comments The original essays and commentary in this volume—the third in a series reporting the results of the NBER Economics of Aging Program—address issues that are of particular importance to the well-being of individuals as they age and to a...
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Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies & the Fear of Senility in Japan
by John W. Traphagan Publisher Comments Traphagan (anthropology, California State U.) explores the cultural construction of categories of senility in modern rural Japan. He focuses upon those older people who have managed to maintain social continuity at the level of community membership...
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Old Age (Key Ideas)
by John A. Vincent Publisher Comments In today's western societies, it is quite common for nearly a quarter of the population to be retired, for fewer babies to be born than is required to sustain the size of the population and for life expectancy to exceed eighty years old. This book...
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Methodological Issues in Aging Research (Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology)
by Cindy S. Bergeman Publisher Comments This volume, written for early career scholars and young researchers from around the nation, focuses on methodological issues that are especially relevant to aging research....
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Memory Improved
by Bonnie J. F. Meyer Publisher Comments This unique text presents a systematic study of a proven method for increasing the memory and reading comprehension of older adults by using a program based on discourse processing. The program facilitates the encoding and retrieval of information...
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On Aging: Revolt and Resignation
by Jean Amery Publisher Comments On Aging, the first of Jean Amery's books after At the Mind's Limits, is a powerful and profound work on the process of aging and the limited but real defenses available to those experiencing the process. Each essay covers a set of issues about growing...
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Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives
by Gail Wilson Publisher Comments Providing a comprehensive overview of issues of ageing from a global perspective this ambitious text introduces the reader to a wide range of issues and policies on ageing. Topics examined include: theoretical perspectives on ageing in society...
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Advances in the Economics of Aging (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)
by David A. Wise Publisher Comments This volume presents innovative research on issues of importance to the well-being of older persons: labor market behavior, health care, housing and living arrangements, and saving and wealth. Specific topics include the effect of labor market rigidities...
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Transgenerational Design: Products for an Aging Population
by James J. Pirkle Book News Annotation A brilliant, beautiful guide that sensitizes readers to the realities of aging by exploring changes in abilities that occur throughout one's lifetime, and explains how to make intelligent decisions during the design, production, marketing, promotion...
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Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics: Biological, Clinical, Behavioral & Social Issues, Vol. 2
by Eisdorfer Publisher Comments The second volume in this long-running series presents the usual critical and intensive review chapters divided into five sections but also addresses particular topics of special interest, including drugs and their use, and misuse, among the aged; the...
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