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Aging in East and West : Families, States, and the Elderly (00 Edition)
by Vern L. Bengston  Publisher Comments Widely recognized experts present the first comparative analysis of recent developments among six Eastern and Western nations concerning population aging and its consequences. Chapters focus on demographic trends, sociocultural contexts, and policy...
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Challenges of the Third Age : Meaning and Purpose in Later Life (01 Edition)
by Robert S. Weiss Publisher Comments The newly retired are entering a time of life that is virtually uncharted, a time in which they are free from social expectations and, to a large extent, from obligations to others. Life's meanings are no longer provided by work and family. Instead, men...
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Productive Aging: Concepts and Challenges
by Nancy Morrow-howell Publisher Comments "This book will find most of its audience among the social gerontologists, but can be read by practitioners with merit... Many trainees could be stimulated by this excellent work to creative thinking." -- Doody's Book of Review Service "A systematic...
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The Living End: The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality
by Guy Brown Publisher Comments The decline of infections, starvation, heart attack, and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age--and ushered in disability, dementia, and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. In chapters echoing Dante's...
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Elder Advocacy (08 Edition)
by Ruth Huber Publisher Comments This text will empower you to effectively solve client problems in the often highly charged, highly interactive elder-service environment....
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The Secret Life of a Snowbird: An Inside Look at Retirement in America's Sunbelt (Hint: It's Humorous, Poignant and Warm!)
by Len Schritter Publisher Comments The Secret Life of a Snowbird provides a window into the life of snowbirds, those refugees from the frozen north who escape winter at home by migrating southward each year. With a keen eye for the absurd as well as the meaningful, author Len Schritter (a...
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Assistive Technology Research Series, #2: Telecommunications for Older People and Disabled People in Europe
by Kevin Cullen Publisher Comments This book presents the result of the MART study, an action funded under the TIDE (Technology Initiative for Disabled and Elderly People) programme of the EU. TIDE supports research and development in assistive technology with the aim of contributing to...
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Age and Inequality: Diverse Pathways Through Later Life
by Angela Orand Publisher Comments In the United States, older populations exhibit the highest levels of economic inequality of all age groups. Across all advanced societies, the inequalities observed in older populations stem from structural and individual processes that differentiate...
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Aging and Diversity; An Active Learning Experience
by Chandra M. Mehrotra Publisher Comments Continuing diversification demands that students of gerontology and service providers for the elderly learn how factors such as ethnicity, gender, social class, and religion affect ageing. The book argues that to better address the health and service...
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Age Is Nothing: Attitude Is Everything
by Peter Stein Publisher Comments Experts on such things talk about the importance of role models for young people. What a bunch of poppycock! After all, being young is a breeze. Getting old-now there's a challenge. As more and more of us peek down the backside of "the hill," we need...
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Old Age Is Always 15 Years Older Than I Am
by Randy Voorhees Publisher Comments Everyone has a choice about how he or she defines "old," and now readers can find some of the best things ever said about the subject in Old Age is Always 15 Years Older Than I Am. This quotation collection is wise and warm, witty and wild. It includes...
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Aging and Diversity
by Chandra M. Mehrotra Publisher Comments Continuing diversification demands that students of gerontology and service providers for the elderly learn how factors such as ethnicity, gender, social class, and religion affect ageing. The book argues that to better address the health and service...
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Taking Care of Mom and Dad
by Mike Rust Publisher Comments In Father to the Man, author Mike Rust explores the mechanics of caring for your parents--everything from establishing power of attorney to making sure money is invested well....
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Person Centred Dementia Care: Making Services Better
by Dawn Brooker Publisher Comments The term person centered care has been widely used, misused and ill-defined. It is used frequently in the aims and objectives for dementia care services and provision, although in practice what lies behind the rhetoric can be questionable. This book...
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Social Work Practice with Ethnically and Racially Diverse Nursing Home Residents and Their Families
by Patricia J. (edt) Kolb Publisher Comments The first of its kind, this volume is a critical companion for service providers who work with African American, American Indian, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mexican American, and Puerto Rican elders and their families in nursing homes and other...
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Information Plus Reference: Growing Old in America #08: Information Plus Reference: Growing Old in America
by Barbara Wexler Synopsis Designed as ready-reference tools providing key data on social concerns, these books save researchers and students from the cumbersome task of locating the various data in pamphlets, legal journals, congressional reports, newspapers and other sources. No...
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Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analys #20: Healthy Longevity in China: Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions
by Y. (edt) Zeng Publisher Comments China is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world. Scholars utilize this unprecedented living experience of human being and the unique Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) datasets with...
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Til Death Do Us Part: A Story of a Lifetime of Devotion
by Suzanne Johnson Publisher Comments Til Death Do Us Part, is the commemoration of a daughters love and admiration for her father and mother. Suzanne Johnson recognized the enduring love that her father always showed for her mother and uses this book to tell the world of that love. Even as...
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Community Mental Health Nursing and Dementia Care: Practice Perspectives (UK Edition)
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Working with Toxic Older Adults: A Guide to Coping with Difficult Elders (Springer Series on Life Styles and Issues in Aging)
by Gloria M. Davenport Synopsis Older adults, like all individuals, have different personalities and temperaments. According to Dr. Davenport, toxicity in older adults manifests itself in negative behaviors and attitudes that can adversely impact interactions with health professionals,...
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