Aging in an Aging Society. Critical Reflections, Paperback - Monique Lanoix

This volume presents contributions from academics, practitioners and researchers who reflect on aging and argue that while the financial impact of ...

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How and why do ""ordinary"" women engage in various forms of social-change work at different times in their lives? What does it mean for these wome...

End-of-life issues are increasingly central to discussions within medical anthropology, the anthropology of political action, and the study of Budd...

The Aging Mind offers an accessible introduction to what research has revealed about how our bodies and brains age, and how these changes affect ou...

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Reducere. The second edition of this engaging text reflects a welcome new paradigm for aging--that of aging as a positive stage of life. Written for undergra...

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Young-Old examines contemporary architectural and urban mutations that have emerged as a consequence of one of the key demographic transformations ...

DescriptionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel...

INSTANT TOP 10 BESTSELLER *New York Times *USAToday *Washington Post *LA Times Debunks the idea that aging inevitably brings infirmity and unhappin...

Reducere. Nan Narboe's 56 thoughtfully selected essays offer an intimate and lyrical account of aging through the decades. Authors Judy Blume, Andrew McCarth...

Reducere. This book examines what causes aging. It describes the influence of aging on the structure and function of each body part, and it explains what imp...

Bringing together academic research, practitioner reflections and personal narratives from older adults across Canada, this text provides a rare sp...

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Reducere. Acclaimed and beloved prize-winning essayist Roger Rosenblatt has commented on most of the trends and events of our time. His columns in Time magaz...

Golden Years, Golden Hours is Paul Vang's second book, following Sweeter than Candy: a Hunter's Journal, writing about his passion for the outdoors...

Publisher: Sounds True IncAuthor(s): Kristen WixtedNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 236 x 160 x 27Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

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Tina Maschi and Keith Morgen offer a data-driven and compassionate analysis of the lives of incarcerated older people. The book draws on extensive ...

Financial Decision Making and Retirement Security in an Aging World - Olivia S. Mitchell, P. Brett Hammond, Stephen P. Utkus

Reducere. This is a comprehensive and practical resource for answering the following questions: How is God involved in Aging? How Do I prepare to Grow Old? H...

Discover the extraordinary power of Positive Aging to prepare you for the greatest challenge of your life--growing old.Americans now live longer th...

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Reducere. Aging refers to the process of becoming older that is associated with changes in the physiological, biological, environmental, psychological and so...

Updated throughout with relevant new examples, research, and photos, this book brings a social problems approach to the interdisciplinary study of ...

Reducere. Flip-flops After 50;will amuse, enlighten, and provoke readers to think about the topics that affect all of us. Who hasn't dealt with the emotions ...

Reducere. In Stop Aging Now , Jean Carper -- winner of the 1995 Excellence in Journalism Award from the American Aging Association (the nation's leading grou...

Written by a renowned scholar and practitioner of gerontology and aging, this is a concise, reader-friendly overview of key concepts of geropsychol...

Reducere. By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewhere in Asia and around the ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 16 color and 56 bw illusNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 230 x 23Co...

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Known for a tradition of Confucian filial piety, East Asian societies have some of the oldest and most rapidly aging populations on earth. Today th...

As older adults and their families opt out of nursing homes, a range of home and community-based services have risen up to provide care. This book ...

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With a broad geographical scope, Care across Distance explores the multiple ways in which care across regional and national borders materializes fr...

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Reducere. The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life's Promise is the healing vision of a woman who is a scholar in the fields of adult and ...

Tom Phuong Le offers a novel explanation of Japan's reluctance to remilitarize that foregrounds the relationship between demographics and security....

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This book provides a definitive account of the intersection between music, wellness, and aging from the perspective of gerontology, psychology, hea...

Reducere. Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down. The emotional fallout can be devastating, but it doesn't have to be tha...

Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co IncNumber of pages: 382Collection: Handbooks of AgingPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 217 x 276 x 24Cove...