This book fosters a deeper understanding of the growing Latino elderly population and the implications on society. It ex......more

This book fosters a deeper understanding of the growing Latino elderly population and the implications on society. It ex......more

Most social studies of older people in the United States have focused upon problems and conditions encountered in urban ......more

Japan is aging rapidly, and its government has been groping with the implications of this profound social change. In a p......more

A brave book with a polemical argument on the paradoxes, struggles and advantages of aging. How old am I? Don t ask, don......more

This book explores the connections between sound and memory across all electronic media, with a particular focus on radi......more

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’Active ageing’ has become a key phrase in discourses about challenges and remedies for demographic ageing and the enrol......more

In this intriguing volume, futurist and author Michael G. Zey imagines a time in which technology has stretched human li......more

The mistreatment of older people is increasingly recognised internationally as a significant abuse of elders’ human righ......more

Older people in the countryside are vastly under-researched compared to those in urban areas. This innovative volume, th......more

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This concise guide to long-term services and supports introduces a broad array of topics and presents ideas on how to ge......more

This book will no doubt support a growing number of us who see [narrative gerontology] as a field with much potential, w......more

Which countries are most prepared to meet the challenge? And which countries are least prepared? CSIS’s Global Aging Pre......more

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Let’s face it: almost everyone fears growing older. We worry about losing our looks, our health, our jobs, our self-este......more

"This is one of the best mental health and aging books I have ever read. [It] is one that I will turn to often in my tea......more

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This essay collection develops new perspectives on constructions of old age in literary, legal, scientific and periodica......more

An eminently readable and accessible book, By Himself sheds new light on the social meaning of being a widower....more

This timely book contains ground-breaking studies of migration flows of older people in North America, Latin America, th......more

This important and timely volume brings together a distinguished set of international scholars who provide rich informat......more

The array of topics covered is amazing, making this book a valuable, significant resource for many disciplines...This mu......more

This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through it......more

As one who is involved in the culture change movement and is trying to review the huge volume of available resources, I ......more

The only textbook to outline the skills social workers need to conduct effective client interviews, this volume synthesi......more

Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for he......more

’Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment’ argues that both ageing as a unitary social process and agedness as a distinct soc......more

A wide range of contributors focus on major issues in ageing such as autonomy, agency, frailty, lifestyle, social isolat......more

Across the globe, populations are getting older. Hayashi surveys the development of residential care in Britain and Japa......more

In the first book to focus on the experiences of older Americans of mixed race, Cathy J. Tashiro explores questions of i......more

This newest edition of a core graduate level textbook has added six new chapters to further enrich the "gerontological i......more

Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas of life will remain untouche......more

Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas of life will remain untouche......more

Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topi......more

Since the 1971 White House Conference on Aging in the United States, the need to move from religiosity into new areas su......more

Yallop looks at how people in eighteenth-century England understood and dealt with growing older. Though no word for ag......more

In 1998, Hallmark unveiled their new "One-Hundredth-Birthday" cards, and by 2007 annual sales were at 85,000. America is......more

Margaret Cruikshank’s Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social ......more

Margaret Cruikshank’s Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social ......more

Population ageing - a growth in the proportion of a population that is in older age - is now occurring in every region a......more

This book explores the adoption of ’active ageing’ policies by EU15 nations and the impact on older peoples’ work and re......more

Drawing on research across a wide range of European countries, this book analyzes the key issues at stake in developing ......more

The average age of the world s population is increasing at an unprecedented rate and this increase is changing the world......more

Developed countries throughout the world are experiencing population ageing and the new challenges that arise from this ......more

How we grow old depends upon the way we live throughout our life and the kind of social conditions that we create. Here ......more

The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film examines the onscreen construction of adolescent, elderl......more

A fascinating report on the astounding economic and political ramifications we face as the majority of the world s popul......more

Baars explores philosophers from Plato to Foucault as they consider the meaning of aging--and wisdom--in our society. In......more

This comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook and reference volume in family gerontology reviews and critiques the recen......more

With the longest life expectancy for men and the second longest for women, Hong Kong typifies our planet’s aging populat......more

Evidence of widening inequalities in later life raises concerns about the ways in which older adults might experience fo......more

Synopsis: In this warm, sensitive, fact-filled book, Paul Tournier deals specifically with many aspects of aging: societ......more

Population aging is a matter of global concern. It often occurs in tandem with changes in the health profile of the popu......more

In the context of global ageing societies, there are few challenges to the underlying assumption that policies should pr......more

One of the most well-established relationships in the economics of aging is that between health and wealth. Yet this rel......more

This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining kn......more

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This collection critically examines twenty-first century representations of ageing, focusing on various media images and......more

In his seminal text Society of Captives, Gresham Sykes discusses the general pains of imprisonment to which all prisoner......more

Ever since I have inhabited old age, I have looked and listened, mostly in vain, for news of what it is like for others ......more

In an era when people live longer and want (or need) to work past the traditional retirement age, the Vita Needle Compan......more

In an era when people live longer and want (or need) to work past the traditional retirement age, the Vita Needle Compan......more

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The second edition contains updated resources, research institution information and a listing of treatment and care faci......more

Transitions and the life course: Challenging the constructions of ’growing old’ explores and challenges dominant interpr......more

Transitions and the life course: Challenging the constructions of ’growing old’ explores and challenges dominant interpr......more

Recommended."--CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Coughlin and D’Ambrosio’s edited volume is a welcome contr......more

This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporar......more

This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporar......more

This collection critically examines twenty-first century representations of ageing, focusing on various media images and......more

In the first book to focus on the experiences of older Americans of mixed race, Cathy J. Tashiro explores questions of i......more

Older people in Tanzania are disadvantaged and marginalized in many ways. They lack adequate formal social protection. T......more