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Getting Wise about Getting Old: Debunking Myths about Aging by Véronique Billette
RRP: £21.99£16.94A grey tsunami is sweeping the land, wreaking social and financial havoc in its wake. Sound familiar? This myth about aging, along with twenty-eight others, is the focus of Getting Wise about Getting Old, which paints a far more accurate and nuanced... -
Meeting the Challenges of Elder Care: Japan and Norway by Yayoi Saito
£83.14Based on comparative and collaborative studies of Japanese and Norwegian specialists, this book focuses upon the critical analysis of 'rationality of care' with an empirical examination of care services in the two countries.The book argues that elder... -
Creative Arts-Based Research in Aged Care: Photovoice, Photography and Poetry in Action by Evonne Miller
RRP: £38.99£34.22Of interest to all academics and researchers in gerontology, social work, psychology and nursing, as well as those interested in visual and innovative creative arts-based research methods. Uses innovative qualitative research methods in action, including... -
On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear by Lynn Casteel Harper
RRP: £16.95£11.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646220564Author Lynn Casteel HarperFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CatapultPublisher CatapultWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 16mm -
Aging People, Aging Places: Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges of Growing Older in Canada by Maxwell Hartt
RRP: £80.00£60.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781447352563Author Maxwell HarttFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Policy PressPublisher Policy PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Growing Old in a New China: Transitions in Elder Care by Rose K. Keimig
RRP: £29.99£25.99Growing Old in a New China: Transitions in Elder Care is an accessible exploration of changing care arrangements in China. Combining anthropological theory, ethnographic vignettes, and cultural and social history, it sheds light on the growing movement... -
Long Lives Are for the Rich: Aging, the Life Course, and Social Justice by Jan Baars
RRP: £35.99£32.09Long Lives Are for the Rich is the title of a silent ominous program that affects the lives of millions of people. In all developed countries disadvantaged and, especially, poor people die much earlier than the most advantaged. During these shorter lives... -
Ageing, Men and Social Relations: New Perspectives on Masculinities and Men’s Social Connections in Later Life by Ben Hicks
RRP: £85.00£65.36While there has been a gradual increase in scholarship on men, ageing and masculinities, little attention has been paid to the social relations of men in later life and the implications for enhancing their social wellbeing and counteracting ageist... -
Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age by Joao Paolo Guimaraes
RRP: £43.99£35.94The sustained expansion of the life span and the attendant demographic changes in the West have fuelled the production of cultural texts that explore alternative representations of aging and old age. The contributors to this volume show how artists in... -
Retirement Migration and Precarity in Later Life by Marion Repetti
RRP: £79.99£60.86The last few decades have seen an increase in the migration of ageing people from richer Northern and Western countries to poorer Southern and Eastern countries. This book seeks to understand the motivation behind retirement migration and how precarity... -
COVID-19, Inequality and Older People: Everyday Life during the Pandemic by Camilla Lewis
RRP: £27.99£21.57EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws upon novel qualitative longitudinal research which recorded the... -
Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe: Societal and Policy Implications by Andreas Hoff
RRP: £48.99£42.66During the 1990s, Europe became the first continent with a 'mature society', where people aged 60 years and older outnumber children and as this trend continues, the resulting 'ageing societies' will differ from previous societies in their make-up, in... -
The Lotos-Eaters: Aging and Identity in a Yacht Club Community by Carol A. B. Warren
RRP: £135.00£117.28As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that capture the dynamics of aging. This new book is based on years of participant observation in "the Sands," a beautiful ocean community of well-off individuals and couples seeking... -
Insights in the Economics of Aging by David A. Wise
RRP: £95.00£91.08For thirty years, the National Bureau of Economic Research's Program on the Economics of Aging has produced new research on the health and economic circumstances of individuals as they age. During this time, the demographics that motivate this research... -
Understanding and Preventing Harmful Interactions Between Residents with Dementia by Eilon Caspi
RRP: £44.95£36.71For the first time, those at the front lines of care have access to a single source for a comprehensive set of practical tools to effectively address distressing and harmful interactions between residents with dementia. This prevalent but... -
Disability and Ageing: Towards a Critical Perspective by Ann Leahy
RRP: £26.99£20.84Establishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disability studies. It investigates the subjective experiences of two groups rarely considered together in research –... -
Changes in Care: Aging, Migration, and Social Class in West Africa by Cati Coe
RRP: £134.00£114.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978823259Author Cati CoeFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Changing Worlds and the Ageing Subject: Dimensions in the Study of Ageing and Later Life by Britt-Marie Oberg
RRP: £135.00£117.28Research into ageing and later life has tended to describe old age in relation to society's problems concerning health and social care. Today demographic changes, current advancements in technology, and political and socio-cultural developments also... -
Health Care for an Aging Society: Cost-Conscious Community Care and Self-Care Approaches by David Haber
RRP: £46.99£40.97First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781560322276Author David HaberFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Taylor & Francis IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams)... -
Mental Health in Later Life: Taking a Life Course Approach by Alisoun Milne
RRP: £74.99£57.14Focusing on mental health rather than mental illness, this book adopts a lifecourse approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing in later life. Well-respected author and scholar Alisoun Milne explores the influences of lifecourse experiences,... -
The Child–Parent Caregiving Relationship in Later Life: Psychosocial Experiences by Bethany Morgan Brett
RRP: £79.99£60.86This book presents a sensitive account of the challenges faced by adult children when making difficult decisions about care for and with their ageing parents in later life. It offers new insights into the practical, emotional and physical effects that... -
Aging in a Changing World: Older New Zealanders and Contemporary Multiculturalism by Molly George
RRP: £134.00£114.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978809413Author Molly GeorgeFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Old Age by John Vincent
RRP: £37.99£33.38Recent decades have seen a fundamental change in the age structure of many western societies. In these societies it is now common for a fifth to a quarter of the population to be retired, for fewer babies to be born than is required to sustain the size... -
Research Findings in the Economics of Aging by David A. Wise
RRP: £115.00£109.83The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The social and economic effects of this shift are significant, and in "Research Findings in the Economics of Aging", a group of... -
A Senior Moment: Cultural Mediations of Memory and Ageing by Line Grenier
RRP: £42.99£35.55Ageing and memory two aspects of life everybody has to face eventually. The contributions to this volume explore the cultural mediations of these categories. Through a series of approaches focused on practices and acts of memory, narratives,... -
A Personal Guide to Living with Progressive Memory Loss by Sandy Burgener
RRP: £15.99£15.25Memory loss can create problems in every aspect of a person's life. The challenge of communicating thoughts and feelings can be made even harder by other people's negative perceptions of dementia.This book provides practical guidance for coping with... -
Retiring to Spain: Women's Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community by Anya Ahmed
RRP: £79.99£60.86This book is a study of nostalgia, belonging and community which provides a new theoretical framework for understanding retirement migration. It is the first account of retirement migration that focuses on the voices of retired working-class British... -
Aging Behind Prison Walls: Studies in Trauma and Resilience by Tina Maschi
RRP: £42.00£32.43Today, more than 200,000 men and women over age fifty are languishing in prisons around the United States. It is projected that by 2030, one-third of all incarcerated individuals will be older adults. An already overcrowded and underserved prison system... -
Aging Nationally in Contemporary Poland: Memory, Kinship, and Personhood by Jessica Robbins
£33.63Active aging programs that encourage older adults to practice health- promoting behaviors are proliferating worldwide. In Poland, the meanings and ideals of these programs have become caught up in the sociocultural and political-economic changes that... -
Critical Humanities and Ageing: Forging Interdisciplinary Dialogues by Marlene Goldman
RRP: £125.00£107.86Providing a critical humanities approach to ageing, this book addresses new directions in age studies: the meaning and workings of "ageism" in the twenty-first century, the vexed relationship between age and disability studies, the meanings and... -
Desexualisation in Later Life: The Limits of Sex and Intimacy by Paul Simpson
RRP: £26.99£20.84Despite evidence of a more sexually active 'third age', ageing and later life (50+) are still commonly represented as a process of desexualisation. Challenging this assumption and ageist stereotypes, this interdisciplinary volume investigates the... -
New Dimensions in Spirituality, Religion, and Aging by Vern L Bengtson
RRP: £36.99£32.53New Dimensions in Spirituality, Religion, and Aging expands the traditional focus of religiosity to include and evaluate recent research and discoveries on the role of secular spirituality in the aging process. Contributors examine the ways conventional... -
Global Aging and Challenges to Families by Vern Bengtson
RRP: £43.99£38.44The recent explosion in population aging across the globe represents one of the most remarkable demographic changes in human history. There is much concern about population aging and its consequences for nations, for governments, and for individuals. It... -
Through Japanese Eyes: Thirty Years of Studying Aging in America by Yohko Tsuji
RRP: £38.00£32.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978819559Author Yohko TsujiFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 355g -
The Privatization of Care: The Case of Nursing Homes by Pat Armstrong
RRP: £36.99£32.53Nursing homes are where some of the most vulnerable live and work. In too many homes, the conditions of work make it difficult to make care as good as it can be. For the last eight years an international team from Germany, Sweden, Norway, the UK, the US... -
Growing Old in America: New Perspectives on Old Age by Beth Hess
RRP: £42.99£38.55Modern industrial societies are characterized by long-term declines in fertility and steady increases in life expectancy. Together, these trends result in an aging population. The United States is no exception; since 1969 the median age has risen from 29... -
The Meanings of Age: Selected Papers of Bernice L.Neugarten by Bernice L. Neugarten
RRP: £40.00£38.95Covering more than forty years of scholarship, this volume brings together Bernice Neugarten's contributions in four areas: "Age as a Dimension of Social Organization; The Life Course; Personality and Adaptation; and Social Policy Issues". Each... -
Old People in Three Industrial Societies by Ethel Shanas
RRP: £49.99£43.90Robert and Helen Lynd's Middletown set the format in sociological theory and practice for hundreds of studies in the decades following its publication in 1929. Old People in Three Industrial Societies may well set similar standards for studies in its fi... -
Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change by Robbyn R. Wacker
RRP: £121.00£106.50Community Resources for Older Adults provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on programs, services, and policies pertaining to older adults. Authors Robbyn R. Wacker and Karen A. Roberto build reader awareness of programs and discuss how to better... -
Researching the Lifecourse: Critical Reflections from the Social Sciences by Nancy Worth
RRP: £79.99£60.86The lifecourse perspective continues to be an important subject in the social sciences. Researching the Lifecourse offers a distinctive approach in that it truly covers the lifecourse (childhood, adulthood and older age), focusing on innovative methods...