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  • Remainder of Their Days

    Domestic Policy & Older Families in the United States & Canada

    Edited by Carolyn J. Rosenthal, Jon Hendricks ...
    First published in 1993. This present volume, co-edited by two sociologists, Jon Hendricks of the United States and Carolyn Rosenthal of Canada, focuses on a comparative, cross-national discussion of social policies of the United States and Canada, especially those related to health care. The uniqueness o f this work lies in the fact that it views family experiences from both a Canadian and an ... Read more

    $96.99 USD

  • The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society

    A Global Perspective

    by Jason L. Powell, Jon Hendricks ...
    In recent years, major social forces such as: ageing populations, social trends, migration patterns, and the globalization of economies, have reshaped social welfare policies and practices across the globe. Multinational corporations, NGOs, and other international organizations have begun to influence social policy at a national and local level. Among the many ramifications of these changes is ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • The Need for Theory

    Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology

    by Simon Biggs, Jon Hendricks, Ariela Lowenstein ...
    Series series Society and Aging Series
    The "Need for Theory" speaks to the burgeoning need for critical thinking in social gerontology. The editors have brought together some of the foremost contributors to theoretical advances in the field. This volume incorporates state-of-the-art theorizing with a focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world. Using their keen insights into substantive issues, the ... Read more

    $170.00 USD

  • The Ties of Later Life

    by Jon Hendricks ...
    Series series Perspectives on Aging and Human Development Series
    Helps you recognise the continuity that runs across the generations from grandparents to grandchildren. This work provides a clear perspective on the actual experiences of the lives of our family and friends. ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • Health and Health Care Utilization in Later Life

    by Jon Hendricks ...
    Series series Perspectives on Aging and Human Development Series
    The debate over national health insurance has renewed attention on the health and health care utilization of the elderly. Few questions have been more poignant than the health of the United States' elderly. As a broad-ranging critical look, "Health and Health Care Utilization in Later Life" brings the central questions facing the elderly into bold relief. It spans the range of health concerns the ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • Institutionalization and Alternative Futures

    by Jon Hendricks ...
    Series series Perspectives on Aging and Human Development Series
    No one wants to put an aging relative in a "home." But very few people have an understanding of the issues involved and options available for an older person who needs outside care. This important book offers a variety of new insights into ways of maximizing choice, independence, and well-being, and minimizing the emotional stunting often associated with institutionalization. Both imaginative ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • In the Country of the Old

    by Jon Hendricks ...
    Series series Perspectives on Aging and Human Development Series
    Aging is a universal experience, and an individual one. But it is also a cultural phenomenon. Our ethnic and social background has a strong influence on how we deal with growing old. This collection draws on research from around the world to explore how cultural context shapes and defines the aging process. Studies examine differing patterns in the lives of the aged in Portugal, Polynesia, Sweden, ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Meaning of Reminiscence and Life Review

    by Jon Hendricks ...
    Series series Perspectives on Aging and Human Development Series
    Robert Butler's call for life reviews has exerted a key influence on the way gerontologists have looked at reminiscence and remembering. Widely thought to be a helpful mechanism for integrating past and future, the process of life review needs better specification and evaluation based on sound research. ""The Meaning of Reminiscence and Life Review"" brings together both research and application ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Lessons on Aging from Three Nations

    The Art of Caring for Older Adults

    by Sara Carmel, Carol A. Morse, Fernando M. Torres-Gil, Jon Hendricks ...
    Series series Society and Aging Series
    The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific, economic, and technological advancements is a blessing for humanity. These fundamental changes, however, create new needs and problems in all areas of life, often difficult to address. In some countries, the trend is towards compression of the period of age-related morbidity - fewer years of living with ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • New Dynamics in Old Age

    Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives

    by Hans-Werner Wahl, Clemens Tesch-Romer, Dr. Andreas Hoff, Jon Hendricks ...
    This book was nurtured by the belief that the new dynamics of today's and tomorrow's aging has not yet been treated well in the gerontology literature. Several questions drove the choice of substance for the book: What kind of new dynamics of aging deserves consideration? What kinds of theories and fields are at the core of treating such a new dynamics? And what kind of empirical evidence should ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Handbook of Asian Aging

    by Hyunsook Yoon, Jon Hendricks ...
    In western countries, the rising tide of population aging took 100 years to alter the face of societies, but Asia is experiencing comparable changes in not much more than a quarter of a century. Contributors to "The Handbook of Aging" describe the magnitude of these changes and their effects on the aged and on societies attempting to adapt to the dramatic improvements in life expectancy brought on ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Being and Becoming Old

    Edited by Jon Hendricks ...
    Series series Perspectives on Aging and Human Development Series
    How does aging affect the interaction between people and their social environment? This intriguing book examines that question from various perspectives, exploring in detail the social and psychological dimensions of the aging process. Drawing on the insights of many disciplines, articles investigate such issues as subjectively evaluated age, facts influencing adjustment, and attitudes, ... Read more

    $87.99 USD