Gerontology

This book introduces a process-based, patient-centered approach to palliative care that substantiates an indication-oriented treatment and radical reconsideration of our transition to death. Drawing on decades of work with terminally ill cancer patients...

Meaningful touch is an essential part of truly person-centred dementia care, yet its value is often viewed as secondary to its perceived risks. This book restores trust in the power of touch, demonstrating the vital role it plays in supporting...

As the 'grey market' perpetuates the quest for eternal youth, the biological realities of deep old age are increasingly denied. Ageing and Popular Culture traces the historical emergence of stereotypes of retirement and documents their recent demise,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250297259Author Ashton ApplewhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Celadon BooksPublisher Celadon BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm...

"This is my personal guide to help face who you are, accept who you are and love who you are, so you can watch your dreams and accomplishments flourish...If I can do it, you can do it too."Jillian Celentano lived most of her life not accepting who she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062427182Author Jane IsayFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

This book examines narratives of dementia in contemporary literary texts, studying what is now a pressing issue with deep political, economic, and social implications for many ageing societies. As part of the increasing visibility of dementia in social...

As the director of the MIT AgeLab, Joseph Coughlin has studied trends in demographics and technology, and has spearheaded groundbreaking research and innovation on improving the quality of life for older people and those who care for them. Now, in The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345422958Author Carolyn G. HeilbrunFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374532215Author Sara Lawrence-LightfootFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617759222Author Justine BatemanFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient pioneers a radical change in how we interact with older loved ones, especially those experiencing dementia, as she introduces a proven method that uses the creative arts to bring light and joy to the lives of elders. In...

Population 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...

Focusing 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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250061713Author Josh MitteldorfFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm...

The twentieth century bequeathed us a fabulous gift: thirty more years of life on average. Supersized life spans are going to radically alter society, and present an unprecedented opportunity to change our approach not only to old age but to all of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593196717Author Shelby ForsythiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint ZeitgeistPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345425928Author Jimmy CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770415133Author Alison WearingFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

`Ageing in Society brings forth exciting new questions, fresh perspectives, and a necessary critical approach to key issues - this is indeed an authoritative introduction. The authors not only have made significant contributions to gerontology, but offer...

Despite increased awareness of sexual diversity, older people's accounts of sex and intimacy remain marginalised. This edited volume addresses diversity in sexual and intimate experience later in life (50+) and captures international research and...

This book is unique in its examination of Domestic Mental Abuse. It delves into the root cause of Emotional Abuse and provides readers with a new approach to dealing with it. It illustrates how subtle forms of abuse can impact many women without them...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849354967Author Eric LaursenFormat PaperbackPage Count 648Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637307069Author Keren` EtkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

"People are now planning better for physical old age," the authors write, "but a different kind of planning is necessary for the enjoyment of it. That is where we hope this book will help." One of the twentieth century's most notable psychologists, B. F...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640092006Author Nell PainterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 141mm * 27mm

Half a century of UK gerontology research, theory, policy and practice are under the spotlight in this landmark critical review of the subject that places the country's achievements in an international context. Drawing on the archives of the British...

Americans enjoy longer lives and better health, yet we are becoming increasingly obsessed with trying to stay young. What drives the fear of turning 30, the boom in anti-aging products, the wars between generations? What men and women of all ages have in...

Winner of the 2021 Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activity Award from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Finalist for the 2021 American Book Fest Best Book Awards Aging is one of the most compelling issues today, with record numbers of seniors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788395819438Author Luis LukesunFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Luis LukesunPublisher Luis LukesunWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374538194Author John LelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Sarah Crichton BooksPublisher Sarah Crichton BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

The prevailing wisdom in gerontology is that people routinely adjust to old age just as they adjust to earlier life stages. But aging presents unusual circumstances, and the transition processes that typify earlier passages fail to operate in the...

As today's baby boomers reach retirement and old age, this timely study looks back at the first generation who aged in the British welfare state. Using innovative research methods, Charlotte Greenhalgh sheds light on the experiences of elderly people in...

"This sensitive and well-written anthropological study of the aged deaf describes a vital subculture of disabled persons . . Thought provoking implications are drawn from the deaf aged for the more general experience of being old in America."--Science...

When systems fail people from birth to death, democracy itself is at risk.In RAGEism, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings reveals the hidden architecture of systemic injustice that has shaped American policy for generations. Using the term "Rageism" to describe...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY 4.0. This book shares insights from the Healthy Ageing Challenge, bringing research, business, policy and practice together to create age-friendly homes, workplaces and communities. Spanning co-design with...

What if we reimagined ageing, illness and disability not as barriers to sexuality - but as starting points for new forms of desire, intimacy and pleasure? This groundbreaking book challenges the silence and stigma surrounding the sexuality of older, ill...

This book is an important and timely look at issues of ethics inaging. It reflects the complexity of these questions, but develops themin relation to a single general theme: that of the involvement of theelderly in the design of social policy and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541705012Author Ken SternFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint PublicAffairs,U.S.Publisher PublicAffairs,U.S.Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 159mm * 25mm

In What Does It Mean to Grow Old? essayists come to grips as best they can with the phenomenon of an America that is about to become the Old Country. They have been drawn from every relevant discipline-gerontology, social medicine, politics, health,...