This important book addresses a growing international interest in ’age-friendly’ communities. It examines the conflictin......more

Reminiscence is a vital way to stimulate communication and promote confidence and self-worth in people with dementia. Th......more

The book explores the relationship between embodiment and the production of the key structures which frame agency to map......more

Learn the causes of--and consequences from--elder abuse of men For the most part, often only women are considered the vi......more

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What did it mean to be old in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England? This eight-volume edition brings together sel......more

Written by four authors, Philip Silverman (PhD, Cornell University), Laura Hecht (PhD, Indiana University), J. Daniel Mc......more

Enjoying great food doesn t stop during your senior years Coming up with a tasty, nutritious meal is now easier than eve......more

The authors argue that much of the research into later life has neglected ethnic and cultural variation. Their aim is to......more

This text offers a readable and friendly presentation of the important methods, findings, and theories of human aging, w......more

Though exceptional human longevity has captured the imagination for millennia, it has been only in the past fifteen year......more

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The Long Life invites the reader to range widely from the writings of Plato through to recent philosophical work by Dere......more

A Journey Called Aging presents an insightful exploration of the years between the entry into older adulthood and death.......more

Maintaining a connection to nature is increasingly recognised as an important component of caring for a person with deme......more

Memory loss can create problems in every aspect of a person s life. The challenge of communicating thoughts and feelings......more

The volume takes four key themes related to ageing - the experience of old age; intergenerational relations; economics o......more

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This text provides a comprehensive overview of the sociology of aging, and remains the only book of its kind to approach......more

[A]s recently as fifty years ago people believed that reminiscing was a sign of senility....Today, along with a greater ......more

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Significant demographic changes are altering the structure of the American population. Larger numbers of immigrants are ......more

The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ......more

The Golden Years are being redefined. The fastest-growing segment of the population, those beyond the age of fifty, are ......more

For over 60 years, members of the oversized baby boomer generation have made just about everyone crazy: their parents, t......more

The growing focus on performance review and monitoring means that awareness and use of performance indicators has increa......more

Fountain of Youth examines the tactics and the strategies for youth mobilization. While the central focus of the book is......more

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Struggling to hold on to the illusion of youth, Friedan wrote, we have denied the reality and evaded the new triumphs of......more

This volume of original chapters is designed to bring attention to a neglected area of feminist scholarship - aging. Aft......more

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Older persons are often portrayed as social and financial burdens because pensions, health and social care have to withs......more

In most societies of the world, including in Africa, re- sponsibility for the material support of older people unable to......more

Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving depende......more

This is a book about the collective identities of Japanese American elderly in a former sugar plantation community in th......more

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The best health practices are a synthesis of science and art. Surgery is a case in point. Although all competent surgeon......more

This book is a major reassessment of work in the field of critical gerontology, providing a comprehensive survey of issu......more

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Age is a complex cross-cutting notion for at least two reasons: the intricate interweaving of its biological and socio-c......more

From politics to popular culture, baby boomers exert a profound impact on America. As they enter middle age and retireme......more

Gerontological Practice for the Twenty-first Century meets the need for state-of-the-art information on practice approac......more

Methodological Issues in Aging Research is the first volume in the "Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology." This......more

This book attempts to identify two central areas for the study of aging and the epistemological differences and continui......more

Retirement brings with it the promises of leisure and freedom as well as the risks of boredom and isolation. When retire......more

Even today, veneration of older people continues to be the norm among ethnic groups and all other societies be they firs......more

Help stop the widespread problem of medication errors among the elderly The problem of medication errors among the elder......more

We live in ageing societies. Age preoccupies governments as much as individuals. A new affluence has spread across socie......more

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We live in ageing societies. Age preoccupies governments as much as individuals. Most people reaching retirement no long......more

Learn more about age discrimination and how it affects us all The Encyclopedia of Ageism is a comprehensive review of ov......more

The contributors to this volume reference a shared, longitudinal corpus of spontaneous conversation elicited in natural ......more

In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet h......more

Humans automatically categorize others in social perception. Some categorizations - race, gender, and age -- are so auto......more

Never before in human existence have the aged been so numerous - and for the most part - healthy. In this important new ......more

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Rapid fertility declines and improved longevity are now shifting the overall balance of population towards older ages in......more

This book examines the processes by which older people make housing decisions and the impact such decisions have on the ......more

This book examines the links between well-being and development, drawing on examples from low, middle and high-income co......more

Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? In this richly detail......more

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Reviews the way that older people talk about their quality of life and how this differs from the ways that younger peopl......more

Ronald Blythe followed up his famous ’Akenfield’ with this book. In it he allows people from all walks af life to reflec......more

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This book examines the processes by which older people make housing decisions and the impact such decisions have on the ......more

This volume examines the importance of time and place, as applied to aging families. In the first section, chapters focu......more

A practical guide to bridging the generation gap. In How to Say It to Seniors, geriatric psychology expert David Solie o......more

Examining political struggle based on sexuality, gender, and age, this volume explores identity politics from different ......more

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How do our ideas about dying influence the way we live? Life has often been envisioned as a journey, the river of time c......more

Drawing on key research, government policies and real-life case studies, the book assists health and social care profess......more