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This edited book explores multi-species approaches to dementia care. Drawing on work linking social and veterinary scien......more

Since the birth of their nation, Americans have acted on the belief that theirs was a land of youth, a place destined to......more

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Employing adulthood as a category of historical analysis. Who gets to be an adult--and who decides? This book argues tha......more

Can older racists change their tune, or will they haunt us further once they’re gone? Rich in mystery and life’s lessons......more

Can older racists change their tune, or will they haunt us further once they’re gone? Rich in mystery and life’s lessons......more

Journalist William J. Kole, reluctant but newly minted member of the AARP, explores the looming era of super-aging--incr......more

The second edition of this best-selling book continues to provide an essential guide to best practice in adult safeguard......more

A bracing spotlight on the avoidable causes of the COVID-19 eldercide in the United States. Twenty percent of the Americ......more

What does later life look like when it is lived in the companionship of other species? Similarly, how do other species a......more

In the 21st century, global demographics are rapidly changing, with a higher population of middle-aged people than ever ......more

Health is not just the absence of disease. In an era when living to 100 is becoming more common, our concept of ageing m......more

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Over the last century, we have gained decades of life, and many of us may live beyond 100--a prospect that offers exciti......more

In a world where many are granted an extended lease on life, how do we make the most of our elder years? Journey with tw......more

How are long-term residential care and the construction of late-life identities connected in North American film and fic......more

This book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for ......more

Literature on sex, intimacy and sexuality in later life has been heavily influenced by perspectives from more affluent r......more

Gender diversity and non-conformity are becoming increasingly visible within society. As more trans and non-binary servi......more

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In the genre of horror, elderly people are often used as a trope to evoke both a fear of death and a fear of aging. Old ......more

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How can we design, develop and adapt urban environments to be......more

A brief but engaging look at getting older. In Age, biogerontologist Suresh Rattan delves into the fascinating biology a......more

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Many elderly patients have long-term physical disability and in order for them to maintain a certain level of independen......more

Providing a critical humanities approach to ageing, this book addresses new directions in age studies: the meaning and w......more

This book is about older women’s strength, freedom, tenacity, determination, resilience, independence, social and politi......more

Following the development of anti-retroviral therapies (ARVs), many people affected by HIV in the 1980s and 1990s have n......more

Originally published in 1989, Day Brought Back My Night explores the lives of people who have lost sight in late life as......more

In the early 1980s, it had only recently been appreciated that what was known of the epidemiology of dementia in the eld......more

Originally published in 1977, Old Age in European Society provides an historical perspective on aging, a process which h......more

In the 1980s, as the proportion of elderly people in the population grew steadily larger, the task of looking after them......more

In the late 1980s, the relationship between physical activity or exercise and aging was one of great contemporary intere......more

In the 1960s, planning the development of services for the elderly was a subject of considerable importance in Britain, ......more

By the early 1980s, industrialised countries had experienced a dramatic increase in the number of people who survive int......more

In the 1980s work with elderly people was making up an increasing proportion of the workload of speech therapists, due t......more

Originally published in 1988, the purpose of this book was to introduce the student and practicing physiotherapist to th......more

In 1980 old people comprised over half the clients of Local Authority Social Services Departments and accounted for abou......more

The care of elderly people, particularly those who are frail, is a major task facing society. Originally published in 19......more

Originally published in 1984, the overall purpose of this book was to provide ideas and suggestions about the usefulness......more

The twentieth century saw twin developments in Britain: changes in the pattern of employment, producing the institution ......more

Originally published in 1960 and revised in 1964 the blurb for Facing Retirement read: "Mature men and women are not afr......more

By the early 1970s the psychology of age had become an extremely important topic in the field. In the present book, orig......more

Visual disability (including blindness) is of major significance among the elderly, and since it is so crucial to the qu......more

Originally published in 1983, this cross-national study had three aims. First, to examine the cross-national differences......more

What is it like to be an isolated old widow, living alone on the bare old-age pension? In the 1960s, the question had be......more

Originally published in 1984, Gerontology: Social and Behavioural Perspectives presents a selection of the contributions......more

Originally published in 1985, Ageing: Recent Advances and Creative Responses contains a selection of the papers contribu......more

Originally published in 1987, Social Gerontology presents papers from the British Society of Gerontology annual conferen......more

Although all recorded societies have contained a few people of extreme old age, they have been the exception rather than......more

At the beginning of the 1980s, the previous few decades had been characterised by a ’population explosion’ amongst the o......more

Up to the 1990s, the influence of brain function disturbances and causes of dementia in the elderly had mostly been over......more

Originally published in 1987, this volume, and the working conference that preceded it, broke new ground in addressing t......more

Originally published in 1985, the chapters in this book were, with two exceptions, first prepared for and discussed at a......more

In the 1980s the need for long-term care for elderly people in Western societies was quite obvious from the increasing n......more

First published in 1976, Caring for Elderly People rapidly established itself as a standard guide for anyone dealing on ......more

In the 1980s there was growing interest in the topic of ageing and learning disabilities, for two principal reasons. Fir......more

Originally published in 1984, Domiciliary Services for the Elderly looks at the field of elderly care and particularly d......more

The studies included in this edited volume explore discourses surrounding the aging population, those who assist them, t......more

"A manifesto to guide the longevity revolution" (David Sinclair) for individuals, institutions, and society to adapt to ......more

In September 2023, the Committee on Population at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a w......more

One of Elle’s Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2024 A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as "Ac......more

While there has been a gradual increase in scholarship on men, ageing and masculinities, little attention has been paid ......more

Chiu and Law identify and examine important issues of healthy ageing after COVID-19 from research and policy perspective......more

Covering a wide range of topics, this collection of original essays deals with the consequences and challenges of our gr......more

Aging Families in Chinese Society focuses on the accelerated social and demographic changes in China and examines their ......more

There were many challenges, successes, and concerns in providing long-term care to older adults during the COVID-19 pand......more

Fear of anger can ultimately be as destructive as expressed rage, fomenting social isolation, injustice, and misundersta......more

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Aging, Biohacking and Technology focuses on a broad range of issues that cover everythi......more

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Aging, Biohacking and Technology focuses on a broad range of issues that cover everythi......more