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Frauds Against the Elderly
ISBN: 9780786418558 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fraud committed against the elderly has reached epidemic proportions, and the problem will only worsen as a large segment of the American population approaches retirement age. This book explores the disturbing rise in these offenses - crimes aimed at a vulnerable segment of society that is often unable to overcome the consequences - with an eye towards helping seniors protect themselves. This handbook first defines fraud, then discusses why the elderly are targeted, the growing scope of the problem, and why these crimes often go unreported or unsolved. The second section clearly explains 28...
Fraud committed against the elderly has reached epidemic proportions, and the problem will only worsen as a large segment of the American population a...
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The Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune: The Joys of Reaching a Certain Age
ISBN: 9780786868926 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A humorous and touching look at the joys of getting older, introduced by one of the Today show's beloved weathermen. Willard Scott is famous for celebrating the wit and wisdom of age. In The Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune, he asks a wide range of people, "What's the greatest thing about getting older" From expressions of delight in senior citizen discounts to sage advice on life's challenges, the answers are always surprising, often moving, and sometimes very funny. The book's contributors include: -Ed Asner - Dr. Joyce Brothers - Helen Gurley...
A humorous and touching look at the joys of getting older, introduced by one of the Today show's beloved weathermen. Willard Scott ...
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Aging and Developmental Disability: Current Research, Programming, and Practice Implications
ISBN: 9780789010407 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Mental Health and Spirituality in Later Life
ISBN: 9780789021229 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explore pastoral strategies for dealing with mental health problems Mental health is increasingly being recognized as an important issue in later life. This valuable book will help you examine this dimension of aging in the context of pastoral, spiritual, and cultural issues. It explores the relationship between mental health, spirituality, and religion in later life, including the search for meaning, cultural issues, spiritual issues, depression, dementia, and issues of suicide in older people. The first part of Mental Health and Spirituality in Later Life focuses on theology, ethics, and...
Explore pastoral strategies for dealing with mental health problems Mental health is increasingly being recognized as an important issue in later lif...
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Mental Health and Spirituality in Later Life
ISBN: 9780789021236 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explore pastoral strategies for dealing with mental health problems Mental health is increasingly being recognized as an important issue in later life. This valuable book will help you examine this dimension of aging in the context of pastoral, spiritual, and cultural issues. It explores the relationship between mental health, spirituality, and religion in later life, including the search for meaning, cultural issues, spiritual issues, depression, dementia, and issues of suicide in older people. The first part of Mental Health and Spirituality in Later Life focuses on theology, ethics, and...
Explore pastoral strategies for dealing with mental health problems Mental health is increasingly being recognized as an important issue in later lif...
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Older People and Their Caregivers Across the Spectrum of Care
ISBN: 9780789022844 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examine recently developed concepts and strategies to help social workers and caregivers improve the quality of care for senior citizens
Older People and Their Caregivers Across the Spectrum of Care focuses on two major aspects of elderly care: assessment and caregiving. This book examines assessment techniques and models used by social workers and other health care professionals to determine the type and extent of care necessary to meet the needs of the elderly. In addition, it voices recent concerns about the use of standardized models for all older adults. This book also addresses... Examine recently developed concepts and strategies to help social workers and caregivers improve the quality of care for senior citizens
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Anthropology and Aging: Comprehensive Reviews
ISBN: 9780792307433 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book was conceived as a project of the Association for Anthropology and Gerontology, a multidisciplinary and international organization, formed in 1978, that is dedicated to the exploration and understanding of aging within and across the diversity of human cultures. The perspective of the Association is holistic, comparative and international. Membership is drawn from both academic and applied sectors and includes the social and biological sciences, medicine, urban planning, policy studies, social work and the development, administration and provision of services for the aged....
This book was conceived as a project of the Association for Anthropology and Gerontology, a multidisciplinary and international organization, formed i...
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Breaking the Watch
ISBN: 9780801437717 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text follows men and women from a rural American community as they approach and experience the first years of retirement. The author focuses on the efforts people make to find meaning in a stage of life American culture often views in a confused or disdainful way. In conversations and stories, 13 men and 13 women demonstrate a deep commitment to defining their own retirement. They bring to their mature years a diversity of backgrounds, interests and responsibilities: they include former teachers, librarians, doctors, farmers, lawyers, bankers, mail carriers and secretaries. Some are...
This text follows men and women from a rural American community as they approach and experience the first years of retirement. The author focuses on t...
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Public Health and Aging
ISBN: 9780801855597 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Current issues in the public health arena have challenged the system to broaden its traditional focus on infectious disease to include chronic disease as well. As this change in emphasis takes place, professionals must be prepared to address the special chronic health concerns of older people living in the community. This textbook meets the training needs of those professionals. Public Health and Aging examines the role of public health in the planning, coordination, and delivery of health promotion and disease prevention services to older people living outside of... Current issues in the public health arena have challenged the system to broaden its traditional focus on infectious disease to include chronic dise... |
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Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality
ISBN: 9780802827845 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anyone who pays attention to the news today knows how much the elderly and the issues that affect them figure into modern life and politics. This timely volume gathers discussions on aging that are highly relevant both to seniors and to those who care for them, both personally and professionally.
Written by physicians, healthcare professionals, theologians, and ministers, this book explores the experience of aging itself, examines a range of ethical issues that confront seniors today, and offers practical advice on caring for the elderly. Rather than offering dry assessments of the nature... Anyone who pays attention to the news today knows how much the elderly and the issues that affect them figure into modern life and politics. This time...
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Family Relationships in Later Life
ISBN: 9780803933224 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in Later Life provides an innovative new collection of research-based descriptions on family relations of older people. Each chapter summarizes existing literature on the topic and provides up-to-date original research. Topics addressed include: sibling relationships in later life; widowhood; ethnic differences; elder abuse and mistreatment; family care; and health problems.
Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in La...
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Life′s Career-Aging: Cultural Variations on Growing Old
ISBN: 9780803960008 / Angielski / Miękka / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part of the library of every social gerontologist' -- Contemporary Sociology 'A unique contribution to cross-cultural studies in aging' -- Choice 'Worthwhile reading for any human service professional dealing with the aged' -- Social Work
'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part of the library of every social gerontologist' -- Contempor...
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Development in the Workplace
ISBN: 9780805811919 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally presented at the Sixth Adult Development Symposium, the papers in this volume examine possible relationships between the fields of organizational and (adult) developmental psychology with particular emphasis given to the grand developmental theories of Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Heinz Werner, and their descendants. On the most general level, the papers on development in the workplace are organized on the basis of the authors' chosen units of analysis -- the individual, the dyad and group, and the organizational culture. The editors conclude by uncovering...
Originally presented at the Sixth Adult Development Symposium, the papers in this volume examine possible relationships between the fields of organiza...
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Through the Wilderness of Alzheimer's: A Guide in Two Voices
ISBN: 9780806638911 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nearly four million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating neurological disorder affecting the memory that places great stress on the sufferer as well as the caregivers. Robert and Anne Simpson share the story of Bob's early onset of Alzheimer's in order to give families accurate, firsthand information about the disease and to give support and practical help to both patients and caregivers. Their dramatic story, told from both of their perspectives, uses journal entries, conversations, letters and prayers, to trace the onset, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease. All who are...
Nearly four million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating neurological disorder affecting the memory that places great stress on the suff...
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The Nursing Home Market: Supply and Demand for the Elderly
ISBN: 9780815332015 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Analyzes data from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey, which represent a national probability sample of those at risk for entering a nursing home; previous studies have been limited to data from specific populations. Explicating the relationship between financing policy for nursing home ca
Analyzes data from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey, which represent a national probability sample of those at risk for entering a nursing...
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Pastoral Care to the Aged: A Handbook for Visitors
ISBN: 9780819222138 / Angielski / Miękka / 115 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here, in handy pocket- or purse-sized format, is a nuts-and-bolts guide to visiting the elderly in a variety of settings to offer pastoral care and spiritual comfort. Kirkwood offers readers a thorough overview of the aging process, including the challenges of dementia and a look at the unique emotional and spiritual needs of the elderly.
This book offers help to those who want to make visits to the elderly more meaningful. Here, in handy pocket- or purse-sized format, is a nuts-and-bolts guide to visiting the elderly in a variety of settings to offer pastoral care and sp...
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Challenges of Biological Aging
ISBN: 9780826100825 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides the non-biologist an overview of what is known about the physiological bases of aging. The author examines the many basic theories and emerging hypotheses underlying the molecular, cellular, and systemic processes involved in senescence. He addresses the normal physiological changes that characterize the aging phenotype, and also considers the role of many age-associated diseases in growing older. Masoro synthesizes a much-needed "unified theory" of biological aging to which explains how and why the body grows into the condition we call "old." This text is intended for...
This volume provides the non-biologist an overview of what is known about the physiological bases of aging. The author examines the many basic theorie...
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Resilient Widowers: Older Men Speak for Themselves
ISBN: 9780826114860 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This is a most impressive work on a much needed and neglected area of older men who lost their spouses. Moore and Stratton listened to what these men had to say and presented us with such a rich mosaic of feelings, experiences, and hypotheses for future research." Based on the authors' intensive qualitative study of a diverse group of 51 widowers, this unique book sets widowhood within the context of life experience. It... "This is a most impressive work on a much needed and neglected area of older men who lost their spouses. Moore and Stratton listened to what these ... |
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Successful Aging Through the Life Span: Intergenerational Issues in Health
ISBN: 9780826125644 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores concepts and practices for productive aging: What factors contribute to successful aging? What is the role of exercise and nutrition? What is the role of children and adults in interaction with elders? The chapters identify the best practices for successful aging, examine trends in intergenerational caregiving, and define roles and responsibilities across the life span. Topics addressed include:
This book explores concepts and practices for productive aging: What factors contribute to successful aging? What is the role of exercise and nutri... |
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Growing Older & Wiser
ISBN: 9780830830442 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These nine studies offer a biblical perspective on aging and show how powerfully God can use those who have grown wiser with the years. (Biblical Studies)
These nine studies offer a biblical perspective on aging and show how powerfully God can use those who have grown wiser with the years. (Biblical Stud...
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