Gerontology

Transitions and the life course: Challenging the constructions of 'growing old' explores and challenges dominant interpretations of transitions as they relate to ageing and the life course. It takes a unique perspective that draws together ideas about...

In this timely and authoritative overview on social gerontology and social theory, Chris Phillipson outlines the changing contexts and experiences associated with later life as we move into a new century. The book critically reviews the different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788395705380Author Luis LukesunFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Luis LukesunPublisher Luis LukesunWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 8mm

Today, concerns about the financial stability of Social Security, trends in disability, health care costs, and the supply of caregivers are all driven by the coming explosion inthe number of people over the age of 65. Aging in America focuses on the...

Featuring essays by leading feminist scholars from a variety of disciplines, this key text explores the latest developments in autobiographical studies. The collection is structured around the inter-linked concepts of genre, inter-subjectivity and memory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307456281Author Susan JacobyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 275gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies 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

This book focuses on older people as makers of meaning and insight, highlighting the evolving values, priorities and ways of communicating that make later life fascinating. It explores what creating 'meaning' in later life really implies, for older...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788395819452Author Luis LukesunFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Luis LukesunPublisher Luis LukesunWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 8mm

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic has made unpaid care more visible through its absence, while also increasing the need for it. Drawing on a range of research projects covering Canada, Germany,...

Ageing, meaning and social structure is a unique book advancing critical discourse in gerontology and makes a major contribution to understanding key social and ethical dilemmas facing ageing societies. It confronts and integrates approaches that have...

'This is an excellent textbook for which there is currently a niche in the market. The chapters on rationing, professionalism, politics of clinical knowledge and the politics of democracy and participation are particularly strong and will be invaluable...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826514288Author David Barton SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

Due to falling fertility rates, the ageing of the baby-boom cohort, and increases in life expectancy, the percentage of the population that is elderly is expected to increase rapidly in the United States and Japan over the first two decades of the 21st...

"This extraordinary book is yet another example of a growing tradition-a literature of compelling and edifying oral history. Dr. Salber has worked for years in one of North Carolina's rural areas, and doing so, has come to know certain elderly people...

A book whose purpose is to offer guidance to individuals, organizations and agencies on how to develop day care programmes for patients with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. A range of programme aspects are covered from administrative details...

This work is based upon a research study whose purpose was to collect new information about the special benefits and drawbacks of formal organizations' efforts at social network building for older women. In it, a two-tiered investigation was carried out:...

Despite the abundance of retirement communities in the US, none compare to The Villages in Central Florida. Home to nearly 150,000 residents and spanning an area larger than Manhattan, it is the world's largest retirement community and the only one that...

Despite the abundance of retirement communities in the US, none compare to The Villages in Central Florida. Home to nearly 150,000 residents and spanning an area larger than Manhattan, it is the world's largest retirement community and the only one that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636804286Author Peter H DiamandisFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Ethos CollectivePublisher Ethos CollectiveWeight(grams) 485g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636804279Author Peter H DiamandisFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Ethos CollectivePublisher Ethos CollectiveWeight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620972014Author Ai-Jen PooFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The New PressPublisher The New Press

This volume is subtitled "New Frontiers in Socialization". With a combination of invited and author initiated papers - all anonymously peer reviewed - this volume seeks to produce a cohesive source of information on socialization and the life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798885045131Author Keren` EtkinFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 386g

In this important new book, Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard demonstrate how an effective sociology of later life is critical for understanding the ageing societies of the twenty-first century.Rethinking the Sociology of Ageing situates ageing firmly within...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039132856Author Deacon William BellFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989547000Author Ph D Marian Leah KnappFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Loagy Bay PressPublisher Loagy Bay PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700124733Author Susanne FormanekFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544523149Author Annemarie HayekFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 499g

The book presents critical perspectives on population ageing. In particular, the contributions take issue with the demographic determinism (apocalyptic demography) that has taken hold in Canada whereby population ageing, specifically the ageing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951985929Author Debbie Ann ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Virtualbookworm.com PublishingPublisher Virtualbookworm.com PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218032920Author Ann Burack-WeissFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint University of OrangePublisher University of OrangeWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786075913193Author Martinique Acha AlemánFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Editorial NunPublisher Editorial NunWeight(grams) 222g

Healthy Aging in Action: Roles, Functions, and the Wisdom of Elders helps readers gain a deeper understanding of what it means to age healthfully throughout the lifespan, but especially during the later stages of life when new identities, roles,...

This important book addresses a growing international interest in 'age-friendly' communities. It examines the conflicting stereotypes of rural communities as either idyllic and supportive or isolated and bereft of services. Providing detailed information...

Evidence of widening inequalities in later life raises concerns about the ways in which older adults might experience forms of social exclusion. Such concerns are evident in all societies as they seek to come to terms with the unprecedented ageing of...

Health programmes that offer >help to self-help< are meant to empower ageing adults to remain independent and self-sufficient at home for as long as possible. But what happens when the private home becomes a political realm in which state intervention...

This examination of the history, development, activities, successes, and limitations of the largest membership organization in the country will be of interest to anyone who belongs to or is curious about this sometimes-controversial group. AARP is one of...

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781560321248Author Nelda SamarelFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Taylor & Francis IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...