Adulthood & Aging

Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being grew out of a conference held in Washington, D.C. in June 2003 on "Workforce/Workplace Mismatch: Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being" sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The text considers multiple...

Stepfamilies represent an increasing number of American households and shape the upbringing of countless stepchildren. Despite their prominence in society, our knowledge about these families is very limited. To address this deficit, the editors have...

This book assembles 11 of the leading thinkers and researchers in the field of family psychology to create a compendium summarizing both what psychology researchers have learned about the family and where the field should be going next. It evolved after...

Any parent who has raised more than one child is likely to be keenly aware of subtle or even striking differences among their offspring. The central premise of this volume is that children bring personal qualities to their relationships with other family...

This book provides evidence of the significance of a society's structure and normative definitions in giving shape to one part of the life course, examining closely a major period of life course transition, the move from adolescence to adulthood in Great...

This book explores the practical application of recent improvements in technology for people living with dementia and highlights the positive outcomes on care, quality of life, and services on patients through exploration of 15 research projects to...

Based on the First Biannual Lifespan Development Conference, this volume offers a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the study of lifespan development in the areas of neuropsychology, cognition, behavior genetics, and perception. The...

Reliable, easily administered, and objective ways of assessing the well-being of the elderly and their use of, and need for, services are rare. The author of this study provides current information on the Multidimensional Functional Assessment of Older...

This volume presents a systematic examination of the impact of social structures on individual behaviors and on their development in adulthood and old age. These papers and responses attempt to improve the reciprocal relationship between changes in...

Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, author of the Eat Right 4 Your Type series-with more than two million copies in print-has developed a brand-new, targeted plan for fighting the effects of advancing years. With specific tools unavailable anywhere else, here is an...

Do you fear that growing old means being trapped in a body filled with aches, pains, sags, and losses? Too many of us do-especially women. Though our youth-obsessed society is partly to blame, Dr. Susan Sands explains there is a deeper and unrecognized...

This book examines the issues and implications that mental health professionals face when dealing with ageing and older adults. The book focuses on the biological, psychological and cultural influences that impact on the work of mental health...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570621680Author Mark GerzonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

The reference is a broad-ranging review of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias from both basic and clinical neuroscience perspectives; it provides scientists and medical professionals with an extensive introduction and an up-to-date review of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432873547Author Mary PipherFormat PaperbackPage Count 526Imprint Large Print PressPublisher Large Print PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926715506Author Erel ShalitFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Fisher King PressPublisher Fisher King PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990268359Author Penny ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Tomas EdwardsPublisher Tomas EdwardsWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316488877Author Claudia M GoldFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Little, Brown SparkPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

Health and social care practitioners are increasingly called upon to provide care to elderly people from a number of different faiths and cultures. This collection of essays examines ageing in the context of the many faiths and cultures that make up...

Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Non-fictionA poignant, complex and hugely resonant memoir about the shift from being a daughter to a guardian and caregiver, by a prizewinning author.From Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250080912Author Jonathan RauchFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733433808Author Rita S WilkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Design Services LtdPublisher Design Services LtdWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)...

Getting Old offers concise advice and practical suggestions for all readers interested in or worried about ageing, either in themselves or in someone they care about. With a focus on a positive view of ageing, it discusses central physical and mental...

It is no exaggeration to say that motivational interviewing (MI) has transformed the culture of clinical practice and the way healthcare practitioners and researchers understand behavior change. MI, as an empirically supported therapeutic approach, has...

This is both a memoir of childhood trauma and a searing work of social criticism. Through his own experience of clerical abuse and his struggle with the system that allowed it to happen, the author documents an important period of social change in...

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end of the twentieth century. It examines age and ageing in...

Great Myths of Aging looks at the generalizations and stereotypes associated with older people and, with a blend of humor and cutting-edge research, dispels those common myths. * Reader-friendly structure breaks myths down into categories such as Body,...

Each year millions of American adults visit a childhood home. Few can anticipate the effect it will have on them. Often serving several important psychological needs, these trips are not intended as visits with people from their past. Rather, those...

In Narratives of Positive Aging, Amia Lieblich presents a qualitative study that explores the life narratives of elderly men and women who engage in practices of "positive aging." They belong to a spontaneous community that assembles daily, early in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733687409Author Marilyn L BusheyFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Choices NextPublisher Choices NextWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533409Author Todd D. NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

This is the only available comprehensive monograph on interrelations and interdependencies between agonistic and sexual behaviors. Integrating theory and research from biology, anthropology, neurophysiology, endocrinology, psychophysiology, and...

How physically and psychologically healthy are Americans at midlife? And why do some experience greater well-being than others? The MacArthur Foundation addressed these questions head-on by funding a landmark study known as "Midlife in the U.S." (MIDUS)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668067369Author Margie LachmanFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 550g

Originally published in 1987, this volume, and the working conference that preceded it, broke new ground in addressing the complex topic of aging, health, and behavior. Taking a bio-behavioral approach to a range of topics, contributors to this book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825449338Author Ron SandisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kregel PublicationsPublisher Kregel PublicationsWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 218mm...

In this book people over the age of 70 talk about how they remain vital. The result is a treasury of humor and profundity by some of the most fascinating and gifted men and women of our time.Book InformationISBN 9781577491477Author Connie GoldmanFormat...

Based on extensive clinical research, this book sheds new light onto how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can be used with older adults as an effective complementary intervention, identifying specific ways in which MBSR programmes can be adapted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416598534Author Wally AmosFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 137g