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  • Retirement Communities

    An American Original

    This insightful book focuses on state-of-the-art retirement communities in the United States today. Experts from the fields of urban planning, architecture, and aging present in-depth profiles of a variety of retirement communities. The changing function and character of retirement communities--resulting from changes in supply and demand, alternate lifestyles, and other environmental needs of an ... Leer más

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  • Aging Our Way: Independent Elders, Interdependent Lives

    de Meika Loe ...
    America is quickly going grey. There are more Americans alive today over the age of 80 than ever before in our history; by 2030, that number is expected to almost triple. But when we discuss how long people live, we must also consider how well they live. Aging Our Way follows the everyday lives of 30 elders (ages 85-102) living at home and mostly alone to understand how they create and maintain ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Aging Our Way

    Lessons for Living from 85 and Beyond

    de Meika Loe ...
    In 1998, Hallmark unveiled their new "One-Hundredth-Birthday" cards, and by 2007 annual sales were at 85,000. America is rapidly graying: between now and 2030, the number of people in the U.S. over the age of 80 is expected to almost triple. But how long people live raises the question of how well they live. Aging Our Way follows the everyday lives of 30 elders (ages 85-102) living at home and ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Suddenly Senior

    The Funny Thing About Getting Older

    de Tom Hay ...
    'You know you’re getting old when you can pinch an inch on your forehead.'John MendozaYou might be getting a bit thin on top, plump at the middle and creaky around the knees, but that doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten how to enjoy yourself! This collection of witty quotations, light-hearted yarns and cheerful jokes will help you chalk that last ‘senior moment’ down to experience, forget the grey hairs ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Ageism and Mistreatment of Older Workers

    Current Reality, Future Solutions

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book promotes an understanding of ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, incorporating an international human rights perspective. The impact of ageism on the mistreatment of older adult workers has not to date been examined in depth through the lens of international human rights instruments, nor has discrimination against older adults in the workplace been framed as a ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Therapeutic Activities With the Impaired Elderly

    Edición de Phyllis M. Foster ...
    This highly practical volume presents valuable insights for all professionals who provide activities for the impaired elderly. It will serve as a helpful resource for both those who work directly with the aged in institutional settings, as well for those who train activities counselors.Therapeutic Activities With the Impaired Elderly addresses a number of pertinent issues and provides useful ... Leer más

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  • Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 33, 2013

    Healthy Longevity

    Developed countries and certain regions of economically emerging nations have displaying a rapidly growing population of the oldest-oldónonagenarians, centenarians, and supercentenarians. As this trend continues, we must redirect some of our research on aging to the experience of advanced old age and discovering individual and community factors that improve the quality of life during this life ... Leer más

    $85.99 USD

  • The End Game

    How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years

    Winner 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 people accumulate over the course of their lives make their final years especially difficult? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent ... Leer más

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  • Person-Centered Communication with Older Adults

    The Professional Provider's Guide

    Providers serving older adults face a growing problem. Older adults are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with service quality citing deficits in provider communication and relationship skills. The author argues this dissatisfaction is largely related to three widespread issues: ageism, use of professional jargon, and age-related changes in the older adult. To address these concerns, Dr. Storlie ... Leer más

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  • Conceptual and Methodological Issues on the Adjustment to Aging

    Perspectives on Aging Well

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book approaches the concept of adjustment to aging and endeavors to build reader understanding of this construct through a critical review and discussion. Once the reader understands the origins and nature of adjustment to aging, a second innovation encompasses the development of a proposed empirical model of adjustment to aging and the analysis of its components and correlates. Measures to ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Molecular Gerontology

    Research Status and Strategies

    Edición de S.I. Rattan, Olivier Toussaint ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Esteemed researchers from different European laboratories provide state-of-the-art studies on biology and ageing, along with guidelines for future investigations. They cover such issues in molecular gerontological research as regulation of gene expression from DNA to RNA to functional proteins, origin of various age-associated diseases, genetic regulation of ageing and longevity, and different ... Leer más

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  • Ageing, Wellbeing and Climate Change in the Arctic

    An interdisciplinary analysis

    Series series Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
    The Arctic and its unique natural resources have become objects of increasing concern. Rapid climate change and ageing of the population are transforming the living conditions in the region. This translates into an urgent need for information that will contribute to a better understanding of these issues.Ageing, Wellbeing and Climate Change in the Arctic addresses the important intersection of ... Leer más

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