Gerontology category: 668 books

Practitioners who work with clients at the end of their lives face difficult decisions concerning the client's self-determination, the kind of death he or she will have, and the prolongation of life. They must also remain sensitive to the beliefs and needs of family members and the legal, ethical,...

Learn how gardens and parks can be beneficial to residents Mounting evidence reveals that nature and outdoor environments provide individuals with dementia greater enjoyment in life, lower stress levels, and positive changes to physical well-being. Outdoor Environments for People with Dementia...

Illness may rarely be easy; but it can become a time of growth. Friends, family and professionals no longer have to feel helpless at the bedside of a patient. When all understand the psychological, emotional and spiritual needs that arise at this time of life, they can assist effectively, with wisdom...

An understudied aspect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is the creation of hundreds of thousands of grandparent-headed households that have become home to children bereft of one or both of their parents. Such "skip-generation parenting" presents a host of challenges to the families involved and...

When you read Full Circle: Spiritual Therapy for the Elderly, you’ll discover a brand new therapeutic approach-spiritual therapy-to treating elderly patients with cognitive disorders. This handy guide will assist you in starting your own renowned spiritually therapeutic program for dementia patients. Full...

È confermato: la vecchiaia non esiste più. Gli over sessantacinque oggi fanno yoga, pilates e jogging, si iscrivono a corsi di ceramica e tango, viaggiano per il mondo, navigano in rete, chattano sui social, e soprattutto si innamorano. Di nuovo. Quando non se lo aspettavano più. È un fenomeno...

Benefiting from the authors' many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners, here is a clear, comprehensive, practice-oriented text for public budgeting courses. Rather than presenting each budgeting concern in mind-numbing detail, the book offers a commonsensical view...

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...

As the population of older Americans grows, meaningful perspectives on aging are needed by both the young and the old. Biblical Perspectives on Aging: God and the Elderly takes a detailed look at the views of aging presented in the Old and New Testaments. This wide ranging and insightful survey encompasses...

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Age and Aging, grade: 77.3, Kenyatta University, language: English, abstract: Climatic changes are caused by substantial alterations of weather conditions in the global world. These changes are examined by measuring the significant changes...

Ebersole & Hess’ Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging is the only gerontological nursing text that follows a wellness-based, holistic approach to older adult care. Designed to facilitate healthy aging regardless of the situation or disease process, this text goes beyond simply tracking recommended...

L'allongement de la durée de vie et le poids démographique croissant des personnes âgées au sein des sociétés occidentales ont constitué la vieillesse et le vieillissement comme des problèmes politiques et sociaux majeurs. Les regards sociologiques sur la diversité de la vieillesse et du...

La gérontologie est la science du vieillissement. Son objet est l'étude des modalités et des causes des modifications que l'âge imprime au fonctionnement des êtres vivants, sur tous les plans (biologique, psychologique et social) et à tous les niveaux de complexité (molécule, cellule, organe, ...

La forte augmentation de la part des « vieux » - en particulier des « très vieux » dans la population totale alimente la croissance des activités de service à la personne et favorise la création en nombre d’emplois salariés caractérisés par une féminisation très élevée et une précarité...