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Aging: The Social Context
ISBN: 9780761987314 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gender throughout.
NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gend...
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Pensions, Politics and the Elderly: Historic Social Movements and Their Lessons for Our Aging Society
ISBN: 9780765605191 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an historical exploration of the US pensioner movements of the late 1920s through to the early 1950s, and the insights they offer policy analysts and researchers on how the forthcoming retirement of the Baby-Boom generation could proceed.
This is an historical exploration of the US pensioner movements of the late 1920s through to the early 1950s, and the insights they offer policy analy...
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Into the House of Old: A History of Residential Care in British Columbia: Volume 14
ISBN: 9780773525023 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spanning the period from the 1890s to the 1960s, this publication details the lives and survival strategies of elderly people as they struggle to remain independent. Megan Davies opens the door to the institutional world of the old age home, demonstrating how the legacy of the poor law and the demands of the emerging welfare state worked together to shape residential care facilities for seniors. She looks at the experiences of elderly people on British Columbia's economic and social margins both before and after the advent of old age pensions, analysing the myriad strategies used by the...
Spanning the period from the 1890s to the 1960s, this publication details the lives and survival strategies of elderly people as they struggle to rema...
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488,78 |
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How to Get Families More Involved in the Nursing Home: Four Programs That Work and Why
ISBN: 9780789000569 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Health care providers and social workers at nursing homes may feel they have little time to design programs for the family members of their residents, yet you will learn in How to Get Families More Involved in the Nursing Home that the benefits of such programs are immense and the time investment will pay off. You learn of four family programs that can be put into use immediately or can be changed or expanded to fit the needs of an individual setting. In addition, you will witness how educational workshops, support groups, family councils, and holiday socials increase family involvement in...
Health care providers and social workers at nursing homes may feel they have little time to design programs for the family members of their residents,...
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830,92 |
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Adventures in Senior Living: Learning How to Make Retirement Meaningful and Enjoyable
ISBN: 9780789002549 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If retirement is approaching or you've recently retired, Adventures in Senior Living can help you prepare for the opportunities, needs, problems, and challenges that retirement often brings. Through 31 lively and interesting interviews, you learn how other people have found positive and rewarding ways to make their retirement years meaningful and enjoyable. Opening windows into their own lives, these inspiring retirees share with you a wide range of retirement ideas that pertain to volunteer work, travel, selecting your living arrangements, and getting involved in your...
If retirement is approaching or you've recently retired, Adventures in Senior Living can help you prepare for the opportunities, needs, problems, and ...
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171,02 |
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Intergenerational Approaches in Aging : Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice
ISBN: 9780789003560 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Intergenerational Approaches in Aging: Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice, leading practitioners and academics from a variety of disciplines come together to discuss theoretical issues, current practice, and future directions for this rapidly developing field. The authors address key topics such as defining the intergenerational field, the effects of the segregation of groups by age on social function and organization in our communities, and designing, implementing, and assessing programs that create cross-generational connections. Exploring ways to provide services to...
In Intergenerational Approaches in Aging: Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice, leading practitioners and academics from a variety of disc...
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Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings
ISBN: 9780789004352 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings emphasizes the major research and clinical findings realized in five years of research on mental health issues in older urban medical patients, many of whom represent minority groups. Chapters cover the high comorbidity of health and mental health problems in geriatric patients, neuropsychological (or cognitive) assessment, depression, alcohol abuse in health care settings, emerging behavioral medicine issues, and family relations and their tie to medical settings. As a practitioner, you ll find this book helps your practice by...
Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings emphasizes the major research and clinical findings realized in five years of research on men...
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234,56 |
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Old, Female, and Rural
ISBN: 9780789006714 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In reading Old, Female, and Rural, you ll discover just that--the reality concerning the daily living situations of the nation s older female populations in rural places. This scholarly collection will help you and others dispel the romantic frontier myths of the stoic, tenacious, and independent rural woman. Instead, you ll find real direction for change in the statistics that truly reflect the older rural woman s mental, physical, economical, and social existence.Old, Female, and Rural will show you stark realities concerning the older rural female s economic well-being,...
In reading Old, Female, and Rural, you ll discover just that--the reality concerning the daily living situations of the nation s older female populati...
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117,25 |
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Issues in Global Aging
ISBN: 9780789014399 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gain a new perspective on the international implications of our aging population This comprehensive book examines a broad array of international concerns in gerontology. Issues in Global Aging addresses the implications of the rapid growth in elderly populations in both the Third World and industrialized nations including the US, Israel, Pakistan, and the UK. It examines successful policy and programmatic approaches to dealing with the practical needs of older citizens for health care, pensions, work, and personal care.Issues in Global Aging brings together case studies,...
Gain a new perspective on the international implications of our aging population This comprehensive book examines a broad array of internati...
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Issues in Global Aging
ISBN: 9780789014405 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gain a new perspective on the international implications of our aging population This comprehensive book examines a broad array of international concerns in gerontology. Issues in Global Aging addresses the implications of the rapid growth in elderly populations in both the Third World and industrialized nations including the US, Israel, Pakistan, and the UK. It examines successful policy and programmatic approaches to dealing with the practical needs of older citizens for health care, pensions, work, and personal care.Issues in Global Aging brings together case studies,...
Gain a new perspective on the international implications of our aging population This comprehensive book examines a broad array of internati...
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Whistling Women : A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians
ISBN: 9780789024121 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Claassen (anthropology, Appalachian State U., North Carolina) reports findings from interviews of 44 middle- and upper-class lesbians from Florida and North Carolina, between 62 and 82 years of age, conducted during 1997-2001. The text explores the subjects' experiences of growing up during the Depression and WWII; marriage and families; issues of
Claassen (anthropology, Appalachian State U., North Carolina) reports findings from interviews of 44 middle- and upper-class lesbians from Florida and...
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757,61 |
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Whistling Women : A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians
ISBN: 9780789024138 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectives--from growing up during the Depression and World War II, to retirement and old age at the height of the gay liberation movement. This unprecedented resource captures a first-person view of lesbian history and documents the struggles and achievements of the women who lived it.
Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground wi...
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Diversity and Aging in the Social Environment
ISBN: 9780789026750 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This single source is designed to help social service professionals provide effective services to America's vastly diverse and rapidly growing elderly population. Diversity and Aging in the Social Environment explores the impact of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and geographic location on elders' strengths, challenges, needs, and resources to provide you with a more complete understanding of the issues elders face.
This single source is designed to help social service professionals provide effective services to America's vastly diverse and rapidly growing elderly...
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Diversity and Aging in the Social Environment
ISBN: 9780789026767 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today, nearly one of every eight Americans is 65 or older, and by 2030, over 20% of the population will be in this age group. Are you prepared to work with this vastly diverse and rapidly growing population This single source is designed to help social service professionals provide effective services to America's vastly diverse and rapidly growing elderly population. Diversity and Aging in the Social Environment explores the impact of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and geographic location on elders' strengths, challenges, needs, and resources to provide you with a more complete...
Today, nearly one of every eight Americans is 65 or older, and by 2030, over 20% of the population will be in this age group. Are you prepared to work...
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Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging Services
ISBN: 9780789027337 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gain an understanding of the increased role religious congregations now play in providing social support to the elderly
Religious congregations and faith-based organizations (FBO) from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions have worked on behalf of older adults for centuries. But the initiation of President Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives has raised many questions from both the traditional secular and sectarian services as well as many nontraditional services found in each community. Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging Services addresses the issues of the separation... Gain an understanding of the increased role religious congregations now play in providing social support to the elderly
Religious congregat... |
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Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging Services
ISBN: 9780789027344 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addresses the issues of the separation of church and state, the concerns involved in developing social services in religious congregations, and the larger public policy implications of this office. Offers perspectives from traditional and nontreaditional faith based groups, as well as experts in volunteerism.
Addresses the issues of the separation of church and state, the concerns involved in developing social services in religious congregations, and the la...
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Linking Housing and Services for Older Adults: Obstacles, Options, and Opportunities
ISBN: 9780789027788 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Packaging supportive services with housing--a pressing issue for older adults
The population of older adults is expected to explode in the coming years. Linking Housing and Services for Older Adults: Obstacles, Options, and Opportunities examines a crucial, complex, and often overlooked issue for policymakers and the public at large: older adults' increasing needs for housing and supportive long-term care services. As baby boomers strive to help their parents make difficult decisions about their options, pressure mounts for policymakers to develop appropriate housing and services.... Packaging supportive services with housing--a pressing issue for older adults
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Linking Housing and Services for Older Adults: Obstacles, Options, and Opportunities
ISBN: 9780789027795 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Packaging supportive services with housing--a pressing issue for older adults
The population of older adults is expected to explode in the coming years. Linking Housing and Services for Older Adults: Obstacles, Options, and Opportunities examines a crucial, complex, and often overlooked issue for policymakers and the public at large: older adults' increasing needs for housing and supportive long-term care services. As baby boomers strive to help their parents make difficult decisions about their options, pressure mounts for policymakers to develop appropriate housing and services.... Packaging supportive services with housing--a pressing issue for older adults
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Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families : Policy and Practice Implications
ISBN: 9780789028761 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The coming boom in the population of the aging will impact families at several levels. Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families: Policy and Practice Implications explores this trend, presenting the latest original research on the changing roles of caregivers along with the economic and emotional effects on the family unit. Respected authorities discuss in detail long-term care and the standard of living of families, with a focus on the effects of changing family structures on families themselves and society at large. Detailed tables provide clarity of thought while comprehensive bibliographies...
The coming boom in the population of the aging will impact families at several levels. Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families: Policy and Practice Impli...
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Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families : Policy and Practice Implications
ISBN: 9780789028778 / Angielski / Miękka / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examine the changing structure of the family as America's population ages! As the United States' economy evolves and manufacturing jobs disappear, the prospect of each generation experiencing a standard of living that exceeds that of their parents' generation also disappears. Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families: Policy and Practice Implications explores this trend, presenting the latest original research on the changing roles of caregivers along with the economic and emotional effects on the family unit. Respected authorities discuss in detail long-term care and the standard of living of...
Examine the changing structure of the family as America's population ages! As the United States' economy evolves and manufacturing jobs disappear, th...
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