Gerontology category: 668 books
Aging Across the United States
Matching Needs to States’ Differing Opportunities and Services
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
Older Americans experience stages of aging with distinct priorities. For younger retirees, climate can be most important; for older retirees, quality of health care. Various states support these and other priorities to sharply different degrees. While many Americans know which states offer mild climates...
Social class in later life
Power, identity and lifestyle
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
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Researching the lifecourse
Critical reflections from the social sciences
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
The lifecourse perspective continues to be an important subject in the social sciences. Researching the Lifecourse offers a distinctive approach in that it truly covers the lifecourse (childhood, adulthood and older age), focusing on innovative methods and case study examples from a variety of European...
The Penelope Project
An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Of the 15,000 nursing homes in the United States, how many are places you’d want to visit, much less live in? Now that people are living longer and more of the population are elderly, this question is more important than ever, particularly for people with disabilities. We must transform long-term...
Ageing in everyday life
Materialities and embodiments
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2018
Applying 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 series, the two parts address the materialities...
Silver Shades of Grey
Memos for Successful Ageing in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Are you a young person? Middle-aged? Old? It doesn't really matter. Each of us grows older every second. Most of us age without taking charge of our life course, without a plan for our ageing. This book offers some operating instructions for life, a guide to engaging passionately with age!
Dealing...
Contesting Elder Abuse and Neglect
Ageism, Risk, and the Rhetoric of Rights in the Mistreatment of Older People
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
The mistreatment of diverse older people in varying ways is categorized in many societies as “elder abuse and neglect,” yet this concept has not been subjected to rigorous critical inquiry. Instead, it has most often represented the interests of professionals, academics, and governments, while...
Grandparents as Carers of Children with Disabilities
Facing the Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Older adults caring for developmentally disabled children have special needs. Are you and your agency doing all you can to help?
Grandparents as Carers of Children with Disabilities: Facing the Challenges provides the first comprehensive picture of grandparents caring for children with developmental...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
The recent explosion in population ageing across the globe represents one of the most remarkable demographic changes in human history. Population ageing will profoundly affect families. Who will care for the growing numbers of tomorrows very old members of societies? Will it be state governments?...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
The study of LGBT aging is in its infancy. In the absence of federal data on this often hidden population, community groups and organizations from across the country have taken it upon themselves to understand and assess the needs of this first cohort to reach later life in a time of LGBT public consciousness.
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End-Of-Life Stories
Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2005
End-of-life experiences are often viewed in terms of only one perspective such as medicine. In this volume, a variety of end-of life experiences are presented and each case is analyzed from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. These range across a broad array of the helping professions, and disciplines...
Creating Culturally Appropriate Outside Spaces and Experiences for People with Dementia
Using Nature and the Outdoors in Person-Centred Care
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Demonstrating that it is essential to be sensitive to the cultural backgrounds of people with dementia in order to provide truly person-centred care, this book shows that it is possible to create culturally appropriate outdoor spaces and experiences that resonate with people with dementia on a fundamental...
Circles of Care
How to Set Up Quality Care for Our Elders in the Comfort of Their Own Homes
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2001
"My parent needs help, but refuses to consider a nursing home." That’s the dilemma facing millions of baby boomers today. How can we ensure responsible, compassionate, even uplifting care for our aging parents at home?
Mindfulness is key, Ann Cason writes. Good care begins with...
The Importance of Food and Mealtimes in Dementia Care
The Table is Set
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Mealtimes are about much more than just re-fuelling, and the importance of mealtimes in the care of people with dementia cannot be overestimated. Using her extensive experience of working with older people with dementia, Grethe Berg explains how mealtimes can be used as natural opportunities for meaningful...