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Winner, 2020 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, given by the Society for Medical Anthropology The troubling dynamic of the Am......more
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As the older population in the United States is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, it is important to unders......more
In 1970, the best-seller Our Bodies Ourselves was published. The focus of the authors, the Boston Health Collective, was......more
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"As the twin demographic shifts of population aging and diversity speed forward in America, it is hard to imagine a time......more
This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews o......more
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In 1970, the best-seller Our Bodies Ourselves was published. The focus of the authors, the Boston Health Collective, was......more
What does it mean to age in an ageist society? Applying interdisciplinary perspectives about everyday life to vital issu......more
As today s baby boomers reach retirement and old age, this timely study looks back at the first generation who aged in t......more
As today s baby boomers reach retirement and old age, this timely study looks back at the first generation who aged in t......more
Presents an insightful, interdisciplinary approach for preventing elder abuse Encompassing the contributions of leading ......more
World-wide migration has an unsettling effect on social structures, especially on aging populations and eldercare. This ......more
In the coming decades, challenges and risks associated with rapid population ageing will be paramount in Asia-Pacific. E......more
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Thanks to improved food, medicine, and living conditions, the average age of the population is increasing throughout the......more
Are you a young person? Middle-aged? Old? It doesn’t really matter. Each of us grows older every second. Most of us age ......more
Are you a young person? Middle-aged? Old? It doesn’t really matter. Each of us grows older every second. Most of us age ......more
People are living longer, creating an unexpected boom in the elderly population. Longevity is increasing not only in wea......more
As older adults and their families opt out of nursing homes, a range of home and community-based services (HCBS) have ri......more
The time has come to further challenge biomedical and clinical thinking about dementia, which has for so long underpinne......more
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Over the past few decades, there has been a sharp increase in the number of elderly prisoners, and hence a rise in the n......more
Human aging is a complex, multi-faceted experience that unfolds over an entire lifetime. While human aging is universal,......more
The time has come to further challenge biomedical and clinical thinking about dementia, which has for so long underpinne......more
This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 2, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews o......more
Filled with key insights and field-tested knowledge, this is a concise, hands-on guide to how interdisciplinary team str......more
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Finding Meaning in Later Life: Gathering and Harvesting the Fruits of Women’s Experience is an exploration in understand......more
This book provides multinational evidence on active and healthy ageing. It generates authoritative new knowledge for mut......more
Retirement is being ’reconstructed’, with the UK following the US path of abolishing mandatory retirement and increasing......more
This important book provides a comprehensive survey of different strategies for developing age-friendly communities, and......more
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This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 2, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews o......more
People are leading significantly longer lives than previous generations did, and the proportion of older people in the p......more
A comprehensive book written by experienced practitioners, this single-volume work describes clinical competencies, spec......more
This book, set within a social gerontology and transport behaviour studies paradigm, examines current debates and issues......more
The world is growing older and this is a historically unprecedented phenomenon. Negotiating such change, personally, soc......more
This examination of the history, development, activities, successes, and limitations of the largest membership organizat......more
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Offers an account of the process of aging that provides answers and dispels once and for many of the myths surrounding t......more
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How come I can never find my keys? Why don t I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same sto......more
In this intriguing volume, futurist and author Michael G. Zey imagines a time in which technology has stretched human li......more
Population ageing and globalisation represent two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred. This bo......more
Institutional care for seniors offers a cultural repository for fears and hopes about an aging population. Although enor......more
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No society can escape population ageing. This demographic phenomenon has profound social consequences on the lifestyles ......more
Winner of the Outstanding Publication Award, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association Sen......more
This in-depth description of life in a nursing/care home for 70 residents and 40 staff highlights the daily care of frai......more
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Across the life course, new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, and practices for engaging in work, healthca......more
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When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skill......more
Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people th......more
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Invitation to the Life Course: Toward New Understandings of Later Life discusses in depth the challenges of age, time, a......more
Research Design in Aging and Social Gerontology provides a review of methodological approaches and data-collection metho......more
The story of how and why some women choose to use, while others refuse, cosmetic intervention. What is it like to be a w......more
Aging is a preoccupation shared by beauty bloggers, serious journalists, scientists, doctors, celebrities--arguably all ......more
Provides recommendations by foremost scholars regarding best practices and future directions in LGBT aging With its crit......more
Women have always made up the majority of older people: this examination of the lives of elderly women in Britain in the......more
This book is a major reassessment of work in the field of critical gerontology, providing a comprehensive survey of issu......more
The Handbook of Gerontology Research Methods offers a clear understanding of the most important research challenges and ......more
As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that capture the dynamics of aging. This new book is based......more
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Social Work with the Aged and Their Families presents the functional-age model (FAM) of intergenerational treatment, an ......more
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"With great rigour, yet an enviable lightness of touch, Susan Pickard has written an engaging and accessible book that s......more
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How do we sustain agency and identity amidst the frailty of advanced old age? What role does care play in this process? ......more
As the field of aging and gerontology grows worldwide, this exciting guide introduces students to key issues and concept......more
Pushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by ageing, and t......more
This Brief is based on a research study of aging adults’ perceptions and fear of crime in their community of Ferguson, M......more
A far-reaching but accessible sociological account of the life course, and how it can be used to conceptualise key issue......more
Focusing on under-researched aspects of social, economic and political change, this volume offers fresh insights into ag......more
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As we age, society’s negative assumptions mean we become a burden, a problem and the excluded ’other’. With a convincing......more
Awarded third place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Information Technology Two mega-trends of modern culture,......more
First published in 1998. It is likely that as long as dementia has been in existence, caregivers of cognitively-impaired......more
Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan and Indonesia, this book ......more
Previous research on this topic has not focused on nutrition-specific social support for elderly women. This unique stud......more
The first graduate text to address health literacy in the aging population Low health literacy is a critical issue among......more
Growing old doesn’t have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity.......more
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In-depth ethnographic analysis provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who a......more
This controversial book argues that concepts such as â ~successful’ and â ~active’ ageing are potentially dangerous para......more
This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how population ageing and globalisation - two of the m......more