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Fair Share: Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance by Gary Alan Fine
RRP: €30.94€29.57A deeply researched ethnographic portrait of progressive senior activists in Chicago who demonstrate how a tiny public wields collective power to advocate for broad social change. If you've ever been to a protest or been involved in a movement for... -
Communication and Assertion Skills for Older Persons by Leilani Doty
RRP: €119.00€103.54First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780891164005Author Leilani DotyFormat HardbackPage Count 110Imprint Taylor & Francis IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams)... -
Contemporary Issues in Gerontology: Promoting Positive Ageing by Victor Minichiello
RRP: €51.16€44.73Written by leading international experts, this book helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population. It examines: how services can be provided to meet the expectations and needs of a growing... -
Caring For Life And Death by Nelda Samarel
RRP: €42.83€37.71First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138965393Author Nelda SamarelFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint CRC PressPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 290g -
Framing Age: Contested Knowledge in Science and Politics by Benoit Majerus
RRP: €160.65€139.56Ageing populations have gradually become a major concern in many industrialised countries over the past fifty years, drawing the attention of both politics and science. The target of a raft of health and social policies, older people are often identified... -
Our Bodies Not Ourselves: WOMEN AGING FROM MENOPAUSE TO ONE HUNDRED by Kathryn A. Kirigin
RRP: €44.02€38.71In 1970, the best-seller Our Bodies Ourselves was published. The focus of the authors, the Boston Health Collective, was on the youthful female body: on reproduction, sexuality, genitalia, intimacy and relationships in the context of North American... -
Social Exclusion in Europe: Problems and Paradigms by Paul Littlewood
RRP: €52.35€45.74Exclusion has come to hold a prominent place in the political discourse of all governments in the European Union and in the European Commission itself. As such, it figures importantly in various research agencies' funding priorities attracting academics... -
Researching Social Gerontology: Concepts, Methods and Issues by Sheila Peace
RRP: €67.83€55.05This accessible introduction to key concepts, methods and issues in social gerontological research presents a unique view of the research process by focusing on the relationships between conceptual definition and research methodology and between... -
Lives Through the Years: Styles of Life and Successful Aging by Claudine G. Wirths
RRP: €52.35€45.74Growing old - what is it like? What are the main problems of the aging? Lack of fulfillment in their work and life? Loneliness? Anxiety about sickness and disability? Fear of death? This well-documented, theoretically systematic, and vivid account of the... -
From the Inside Looking Out: Competing Ideas about Growing Old by Jeanette A Auger
RRP: €32.13€25.43In From The Inside Looking Out, Auger, Tedford-Litle and Wallace-Allen seek to overcome the "us" and "them" dichotomy that characterizes much of the literature on aging. By asking older people to talk about their experiences and... -
Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: A Global Perspective by Tine Buffel
RRP: €102.33€78.66As the drive towards creating age-friendly cities grows, this important book provides a comprehensive survey of theories and policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people living in urban areas. In this book, part of the Ageing in a... -
Ageing and Globalisation by Martin Hyde
RRP: €95.19€72.42Population ageing and globalisation represent two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred. This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how they interact. Ageing has been conventionally framed within the... -
Fear of Crime Among the Elderly: A Multi-Method Study of the Small Town Experience by Mary Dale Craig
RRP: €113.04€98.00First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780815337843Author Mary Dale CraigFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint CRC Press IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams) 295g -
Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures by Sally M. Newman
RRP: €57.11€49.75Understand how multigenerational family relationships can benefit all generations! Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures focuses on how family and community relationships are affected by pressing social... -
Aging Social Policies: An International Perspective by Robbyn R. Wacker
RRP: €143.99€125.55In Aging Social Policies: An International Perspective the authors consider how policy - domestic and international - affects and will continue to affect the lives of our aging population. Key Features Two approaches-international comparisons on aging... -
Gerontological Social Work: A Task-Centered Approach by Matthias Naleppa
RRP: €83.30€63.95This eminently practical book applies the task-centered model to gerontological practice across various settings (community based, hospital based, home healthcare, etc.). After an introductory chapter presenting demographic background information and... -
Digital Welfare for the Third Age: Health and social care informatics for older people by Brian D. Loader
RRP: €29.74€25.95This book is about the ways digital technology can contribute to the welfare of older people. The Internet, mobile phones and other technologies have changed how we live and work. Such technologies also shape how services for older people are organised... -
Faces of Women and Aging by Ellen Cole
€59.43Discover the diverse ways aging women attempt to deal with the universal challenges of loss, sickness, and death along with the problems of being old women in a society that values women mainly as sexual partners or producers of children. Old women are... -
Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities: Multidisciplinary International Perspectives by Andrew King
RRP: €32.12€24.80Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. With an increasingly diverse ageing population, we need to expand our understanding of how social divisions intersect to affect outcomes in later life. This edited collection examines ageing, gender, and... -
Ageing in Everyday Life: Materialities and Embodiments by Stephen Katz
RRP: €34.50€26.53Applying interdisciplinary perspectives about everyday life to vital issues in the lives of older people, this book maps together the often taken-for-granted aspects of what it means to age in an ageist society. Part of the Ageing in a Global Context... -
The Environments of Ageing: Space, Place and Materiality by Sheila Peace
RRP: €95.20€72.91Providing the first UK assessment of environmental gerontology, this book enriches current understanding of the spatiality of ageing. Sheila Peace considers how places and spaces contextualise personal experience in varied environments, from urban and... -
Other Ways of Growing Old: Anthropological Perspectives by Pamela T. Amoss
RRP: €35.69€30.93As anthropologists, we offer this book about aging in a wide variety of human societies in the hope of its making three contributions. First, this book will help to remedy a massive neglect of old age by the discipline of anthropology. The pioneering... -
Emerging Trends in Psychological Practice in Long-Term Care by Victor Molinari
RRP: €61.87€53.78Update your knowledge of mental health services delivery in long-term care settings! Authored by experts in the field of psychology practice in long-term care (LTC), this valuable book is designed to update psychologists and educators on developments... -
Mainstreaming Ageing: Indicators to Monitor Sustainable Progress and Policies by Dr Asghar Zaidi
RRP: €92.81€81.99The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing, is the first international agreement that specifically recognises the potential of older people to contribute to the development of their societies... -
Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care by Moira Welsh
RRP: €21.41€14.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770415218Author Moira WelshFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada -
Intimacy and Ageing: New Relationships in Later Life by Torbjorn Bildtgard 9781447326502
RRP: €32.12€24.80To begin new relationships in later life is increasingly common in large parts of the Western world. This timely book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive... -
The New Age of Ageing: How Society Needs to Change by Caroline Lodge 9781447326830
RRP: €19.03€15.29As we age, society's negative assumptions mean we become a burden, a problem and the excluded 'other'. With a convincing call to embrace all that is positive about ageing comes this timely book from the authors of Retiring with Attitude. Debunking the... -
The End Game: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years by Corey M. Abramson
RRP: €24.93€19.66Winner of the Outstanding Publication Award, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological AssociationSenior citizens from all walks of life face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do the disadvantages some... -
The Short Guide to Aging and Gerontology by Kate De Medeiros
RRP: €21.41€17.03As the field of aging and gerontology grows worldwide, this exciting guide introduces students to key issues and concepts. It covers topics related to the phenomena of advancing aging, including how older age has been defined historically, cultural... -
Safeguarding Older People from Abuse: Critical Contexts to Policy and Practice by Angie Ash 9781447305675
RRP: €33.31€25.67The mistreatment of older people is increasingly recognised internationally as a significant abuse of elders' human rights. 'Scandals' and inquiries into the failure to protect older people from abuse in health and social care systems rarely address, and... -
More-than-Human Aging: Animals, Robots, and Care in Later Life Cristina Douglas 9781978840942
RRP: €128.52€109.24What does later life look like when it is lived in the companionship of other species? Similarly, how do other species age (or not) with humans, and what sort of (a)symmetries, if any, are brought to light around how we understand and think about aging?... -
Retirement Migration and Precarity in Later Life Marion Repetti 9781447358220
RRP: €32.12€27.30The 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... -
No Country for Old Age: America's War on Aging from Valley Forge to Silicon Valley Mischa Honeck 9781469680972
RRP: €35.64€30.30Since the birth of their nation, Americans have acted on the belief that theirs was a land of youth, a place destined to offer a fresh start to an aging world. No Country for Old Age tells this story from the founding period to our present moment, but... -
No Country for Old Age: America's War on Aging from Valley Forge to Silicon Valley Mischa Honeck 9781469680965
RRP: €116.62€99.13Since the birth of their nation, Americans have acted on the belief that theirs was a land of youth, a place destined to offer a fresh start to an aging world. No Country for Old Age tells this story from the founding period to our present moment, but... -
The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond Debra Whitman 9780393867657
RRP: €28.55€24.26As she approached her fiftieth birthday, Debra Whitman, a globally recognized expert on aging, wanted to delve deeper into why so many Americans struggled to live well as they aged. And she began to wonder what was in store for her own second fifty... -
Care of Older Persons: Emerging International Perspectives Mala Kapur Shankardass 9781032345666
RRP: €160.65€136.55This book explores the implications and significant ethical, social, economic and health challenges that an ageing world population presents. It provides valuable insights on concerns related to providing, organizing, planning and managing care of older... -
Multi-Species Dementia Studies: Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach Nicholas Jenkins 9781447368793
RRP: €95.20€80.92Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Responding to the global dementia challenge, however, affects more than humans alone. We live in a multi-species world but often think about dementia in mono-species ways... -
Later Life, Sex and Intimacy in the Majority World Sheren El Feki 9781447368410
RRP: €95.20€80.92Literature on sex, intimacy and sexuality in later life has been heavily influenced by perspectives from more affluent regions, perpetuating the belief that the West is more sexually progressive and liberal than other cultures. This book challenges this... -
Care of Older Persons: Emerging International Perspectives Mala Kapur Shankardass 9781032866390
RRP: €44.02€37.41This book explores the implications and significant ethical, social, economic and health challenges that an ageing world population presents. It provides valuable insights on concerns related to providing, organizing, planning and managing care of older... -
Trans and Gender Diverse Ageing in Care Contexts: Research into Practice Michael Toze 9781447370017
RRP: €95.20€80.92Gender diversity and non-conformity are becoming increasingly visible within society. As more trans and non-binary service users ‘come out’ and trans populations age, practitioners and service providers working in health care, social care, welfare...