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The Lioness in Winter: Writing an Old Woman's Life
ISBN: 9780231151849 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought would help when she got old herself. It was not until she hit her mid-seventies that she realized she had packed sneakers to climb Mount Everest, not anticipating the crevices and chasms that constitute the rocky terrain of old age. The professional gerontological and social work literature offered little help, so she turned to the late-life works of beloved women authors who had bravely climbed the mountain and sent back news from the summit. Maya Angelou,...
When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought would help when ...
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The Lioness in Winter: Writing an Old Woman's Life
ISBN: 9780231151856 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought would help when she got old herself. It was not until she hit her mid-seventies that she realized she had packed sneakers to climb Mount Everest, not anticipating the crevices and chasms that constitute the rocky terrain of old age. The professional gerontological and social work literature offered little help, so she turned to the late-life works of beloved women authors who had bravely climbed the mountain and sent back news from the summit. Maya Angelou,...
When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought would help when ...
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102,06 |
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52 Programs That Pop: A year of fun programming for senior adults in nursing homes, adult daycare, and church groups,
ISBN: 9781621376941 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you lead programs of senior adults and find yourself stuck for fresh ideas for programs, activities, and events? Perhaps you have been overcome with meetings interruptions, paperwork, and problem-solving and just have not had the time to develop creative and fun programs from scratch. 52 Programs That Pop can be your lifesaver. Drawing on decades programming experience in long-term care and senior adult ministry, gerontologist Debbie Scott has created a year's-worth of interesting and creative programs that you can implement on short notice. Each program idea includes themes, crafts, food...
Do you lead programs of senior adults and find yourself stuck for fresh ideas for programs, activities, and events? Perhaps you have been overcome wit...
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127,50 |
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Aging Into the 21st Century: The Exploration of Aspirations and Values
ISBN: 9781138869196 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aging Into the 21st Century draws on developmental theory and gerontological research to provide a framework for the creation of "value-friendly" long-term care settings and for psychotherapy with the elderly.
Aging Into the 21st Century draws on developmental theory and gerontological research to provide a framework for the creation of "value-friendly" long...
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227,80 |
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Aging in Place: The Role of Housing and Social Supports
ISBN: 9781138881839 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this highly practical volume, the contributing authors explore some of the dimensions associated with aging in place. There are increasing numbers of older Americans who are faced with fundamental changes in their economic circumstances, health, and marital status which have an impact on their ability to age in place. Without the necessary supports many may have no other choice but to be prematurely or inappropriately placed in costly health care facilities or be forced to move into unfamiliar, less safe, less satisfactory housing environments. Aging in Place explores some of the...
In this highly practical volume, the contributing authors explore some of the dimensions associated with aging in place. There are increasing numbers ...
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227,80 |
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Normal Aging II: Reports from the Duke Longitudinal Studies, 1970-1973
ISBN: 9780822303114 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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547,81 |
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Social Patterns in Normal Aging: Findings from the Duke Longitudinal Studies
ISBN: 9780822304586 / Angielski / Twarda / 147 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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261,79 |
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What Does It Mean to Grow Old?: Reflections from the Humanities
ISBN: 9780822305453 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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562,35 |
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Neoliberalising Old Age
ISBN: 9781107535541 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the effect of neoliberalism on the recent ageing and social policy agenda in the UK and the USA.
This book examines the effect of neoliberalism on the recent ageing and social policy agenda in the UK and the USA.
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189,98 |
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Neoliberalising Old Age
ISBN: 9781107115187 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the effect of neoliberalism on the recent ageing and social policy agenda in the UK and the USA.
This book examines the effect of neoliberalism on the recent ageing and social policy agenda in the UK and the USA.
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Ageing, Insight and Wisdom: Meaning and Practice Across the Lifecourse
ISBN: 9781847425591 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking a novel approach to aging, this book focuses on older people as makers of meaning and insight, highlighting the evolving values, priorities, and ways of communicating that make later life fascinating and rich. Ricca Edmondson explores what creating meaning in later life really implies, for older people themselves, for how older people are conceptualized, and for relationships between generations. Offering a language for discussing types and issues of lifecourse meaning, including those concerning the ethical and temporal ways older people interpret their experiences, form part of...
Taking a novel approach to aging, this book focuses on older people as makers of meaning and insight, highlighting the evolving values, priorities, an...
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153,04 |
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Aging and the Digital Life Course
ISBN: 9781782386919 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book presents us with an interesting study of how various technologies, including web-based tools and information and communication technologies, are embedded in particular social processes and experiences of aging and the life course. Instead of taking the usual position that 'technology' is something that is consumed and thrust upon us . . . this book shows how technologies are themselves a set of relations and processes that are open to change." - Philip Kao, University of Pittsburgh
." . . a comprehensive view of a topic that is becoming increasingly important in health care but... "This book presents us with an interesting study of how various technologies, including web-based tools and information and communication technologies...
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504,18 |
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The Big Move: Life Between the Turning Points
ISBN: 9780253020642 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When her husband's ill health forces them to move into an assisted living facility, Anne M. Wyatt-Brown suddenly finds herself surrounded by elderly residents. In this lively and provocative collection, other distinguished gerontologists reflect on Anne's moving account of her transition to becoming a member of a vibrant and sociable community that offers care-giving support, while encouraging her to pursue her own interests, including exercising, reviewing articles for scholarly journals, serving on committees, and singing. By redefining notions of care and community, undoing the stigmas... When her husband's ill health forces them to move into an assisted living facility, Anne M. Wyatt-Brown suddenly finds herself surrounded by elderl... |
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Come Home to Aston
ISBN: 9781478745082 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What Is Independent Living Really Like? As the Baby Boomer generation ages, our population of retired adults is becoming exponentially larger. Whether it's a parent, a relative, or you yourself-most of us have preconceived ideas about what it means to move to an Independent Living Community. Come Home to Aston is a memoir about the vivid, engaging lives of the residents at Aston Gardens, from resident Barbara Maltby. If you think that an Independent Living facility means loss of freedom, Barbara's experiences will change your perspective. She will draw you into the day-to-day adventures of...
What Is Independent Living Really Like? As the Baby Boomer generation ages, our population of retired adults is becoming exponentially larger. Whether...
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Multidisciplinary Public Health: Understanding the Development of the Modern Workforce
ISBN: 9781447300328 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the most comprehensive and detailed look ever taken at the development and makeup of the public health workforce in England. It traces the history of public health in England through to the present day, covering policy changes and alterations in status and public recognition, as well as offering a reflection on the newest changes to the public health system in England and making useful comparisons with the rest of the United Kingdom. The result will be of use to scholars and practitioners alike.
This book is the most comprehensive and detailed look ever taken at the development and makeup of the public health workforce in England. It traces th...
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The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care
ISBN: 9781609384135 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Of the 15,000 nursing homes in the United States, how many are places you d "want "to visit, much less live in? Now that people are living longer and more of the population are elderly, this question is more important than ever, particularly for people with disabilities. We must transform long-term care into an experience we and our loved ones can face without dread. It can be done. "The Penelope Project "shows how by taking readers on an ambitious journey to create a long-term care community that engages its residents in challenging, meaningful art-making.
At Milwaukee s Luther Manor, a... Of the 15,000 nursing homes in the United States, how many are places you d "want "to visit, much less live in? Now that people are living longer and ...
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Handbook of Theories of Aging
ISBN: 9780826129420 / Angielski / Miękka / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This state-of-the-art handbook will keep researchers and practitioners in gerontology abreast of the newest theories and models of aging. With virtually all new contributors and content, this edition contains 35 chapters by the most highly respected luminaries in the field. It addresses theories and concepts built on cumulative knowledge in four disciplinary areas√>=biology, psychology, social sciences, and policy and practice√>=as well as landmark advances in trans-disciplinary science. With its explicit focus on theory, the handbook is unique in providing essential knowledge... This state-of-the-art handbook will keep researchers and practitioners in gerontology abreast of the newest theories and models of aging. With vir... |
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Management of Aging & the Dark Side of Modernity
ISBN: 9781629485331 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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3071,95 |
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Aging, Risk & Globalization
ISBN: 9781628089028 / Angielski / Twarda / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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357,16 |
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Aging Body
ISBN: 9781628083804 / Angielski / Miękka / 71 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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357,16 |
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