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Writing Out Loud: What a Blind Teacher Learned from Leading a Memoir Class for Seniors
ISBN: 9780998442921 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write. She's never taught a class in her life. But when the City of Chicago calls on blind writer Beth Finke to teach a memoir-writing class for older adults, she reluctantly agrees. What she learns about her students, their stories, and herself will move and inspire you. Written the way Beth hears life, you will come to know and love Minerva, Wanda, Hannelore, and the whole colorful cast of characters who build a community around Beth's classes. Generously sprinkled with excerpts in her students' own... You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write. She's never taught a class in her life. But when the City of Chicago calls on blind... |
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68,23 |
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Social Work Practice With Older Adults: An Actively Aging Framework for Practice
ISBN: 9781506334295 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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500,36 |
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The Age of Longevity: Re-Imagining Tomorrow for Our New Long Lives
ISBN: 9780810895607 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With longer life spans, adult vigor can be extended well into the ninth decade of life. What does this mean for us as individuals and as a society? From re-imagining the workplace to rethinking marriage, sex, and social connections, this book examines how our institutions and attitudes must change to accommodate our new longer lives.
With longer life spans, adult vigor can be extended well into the ninth decade of life. What does this mean for us as individuals and as a society? Fr...
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145,74 |
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Psychology of Aging: A Biopsychosocial Perspective
ISBN: 9780826137289 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The book goes well beyond the information in undergraduate texts and provides stimulating and useful coverage of key topics in biopsychosocial aging. Psychology is not prepared for the future growth of our older adult population, and I suggest Psychology of Aging: A Biopsychosocial Perspective as required reading for students" --William E. Haley, PhD; Professor; School of Aging Studies; College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, Tampa, FL "This book distinguishes itself from previous publications on the topic with a thorough review of the history... "The book goes well beyond the information in undergraduate texts and provides stimulating and useful coverage of key topics in biopsychosocial... |
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398,80 |
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Reconstructing Retirement: Work and Welfare in the UK and USA
ISBN: 9781447326199 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This assessment of the prospects for work and retirement at age 65-plus in the UK and US is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners interested in the late careers and the future of retirement.
This assessment of the prospects for work and retirement at age 65-plus in the UK and US is essential reading for researchers, students and practition...
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143,13 |
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Adherence to Medical Plans for an Active & Healthy Ageing
ISBN: 9781536122930 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1247,64 |
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Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism
ISBN: 9783319738192 / Angielski / Twarda / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This open access book provides a comprehensive European perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageism, as well as ways to respond to and research ageism.
This open access book provides a comprehensive European perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageis...
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201,24 |
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From Nursing Homes to Home Care
ISBN: 9781138974777 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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228,27 |
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Aging and Popular Music in Europe
ISBN: 9781138121478 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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704,38 |
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Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents: What Care Receivers Want
ISBN: 9781138430587 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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874,41 |
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Ministry with the Aging: Designs, Challenges, Foundations
ISBN: 9781138430822 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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922,99 |
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Leadership for Older Adults: Aging With Purpose And Passion
ISBN: 9781138462946 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world, issues that are emerging in many developing countries and have yet to be experienced in others. Wherever rapid population ageing is coupled with a view of old people as useless and a burden, challenging questions arise: how do we develop the resources and leadership potential of our ageing population? How do we turn old age from an expensive wasteland into a fertile period of growth and development?
This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world, issues that are emerging...
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874,41 |
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The Global Age-Friendly Community Movement: A Critical Appraisal
ISBN: 9781785336676 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an introduction to the global phenomenon of the age-friendly community movement, through an extensive collection of international case studies by researchers and practitioners. It explores current tensions in the movement and offers a wide-ranging set of recommendations for advancing age-friendly community development.
This book provides an introduction to the global phenomenon of the age-friendly community movement, through an extensive collection of international c...
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498,18 |
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Sweet Home Chicago?: Mexican Migration and the Question of Belonging and Return
ISBN: 9783837641318 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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242,84 |
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Silver Universe: Views on Active Living
ISBN: 9781498552325 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Silver Universe explores the topic of aging through an interdisciplinary lens and promotes a high quality life for aging individuals through the idea of active living, which encourages patients to exercise, have a healthy diet, and engage in disease prevention efforts.
Silver Universe explores the topic of aging through an interdisciplinary lens and promotes a high quality life for aging individuals through the idea ...
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529,50 |
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International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly
ISBN: 9781138973084 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within the context of long-range planning, this book examines the changing responsibilities of the state and family toward elders in different societies around the world. International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly presents a fresh range of lucid analyses of family caregiving policy from Canada, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Austria, Denmark, Israel, and the People’s Republic of China. Different institutional structures, levels of economic development, and cultural values, among other factors, impact policy development in various...
Within the context of long-range planning, this book examines the changing responsibilities of the state and family toward elders in different societi...
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145,69 |
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Older People: Improving Health and Social Care: Focus on the European Core Competences Framework
ISBN: 9783319976099 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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362,27 |
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Families and Aging
ISBN: 9781538104347 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Families and Aging is a core text for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses such as Families and Aging, Sociology of Aging, and Introduction to Gerontology in departments of family studies, sociology, social work, and gerontology.
Families and Aging is a core text for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses such as Families and Aging, Sociology of Aging, and Introd...
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272,03 |
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Interrogating the Neoliberal Lifecycle: The Limits of Success
ISBN: 9783030007690 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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402,53 |
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65+. The Best Years of Your Life: With lessons for people of every age
ISBN: 9781622734450 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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210,47 |