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The Praeger Handbook of Mental Health and the Aging Community
ISBN: 9781440853340 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More people are living past age 65 than ever before in the United States, largely due to medical care advances and increased attention to preventive care. The number of people aged 65 and older has increased from 35 million in 2000 to 40 million in 2010, and the elderly population is expected to reach 72 million by 2030. Additionally, the American Psychological Association estimates at least 20 percent of all people aged 65 and older have a diagnosable mental disorder. There is a clear need to provide additional training support to those in the field of elder care as well as those who are... More people are living past age 65 than ever before in the United States, largely due to medical care advances and increased attention to preventiv... |
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The Longevity Economy: Inside the World's Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market
ISBN: 9781610396639 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the director of the MIT AgeLab, Joseph Coughlin has studied trends in demographics and technology and spearheaded research and innovation to improve the quality of life for older people and those who care for them. Now, in The Longevity Economy, he uses this expertise to break new ground in understanding this market, which composes an ever-increasing share of the total population. While companies see the size and wealth of this market, they all too often use outdated narratives to figure out what this demographic really wants. Coughlin debunks conventional wisdom and provides...
As the director of the MIT AgeLab, Joseph Coughlin has studied trends in demographics and technology and spearheaded research and innovation to improv...
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127,28 |
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Staying in Life: Paving the Way to Dementia-Friendly Communities
ISBN: 9783837638905 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We are constantly growing older, and there are an increasing number of elderly people living with dementia who are merely being taken care of. There is no question that we need alternatives to the established procedures. What can we do to create spaces where we can stay in life, rather than just staying alive? How can we turn the individual environments of people with and without dementia into places of human warmth? In Germany, initiatives attempting to answer these questions are on the rise. Committed individuals from politics, art, churches, and social and volunteer work are creatively...
We are constantly growing older, and there are an increasing number of elderly people living with dementia who are merely being taken care of. There i...
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224,39 |
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Care Home Stories: Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Residential Care
ISBN: 9783837638059 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Institutional care for seniors offers a cultural repository for fears and hopes about an aging population. Although enormous changes have occurred in how institutional care is structured, the legacies of the poor house still persist, creating panicked views of the nursing home as a dreaded fate. The paradoxical nature of a space meant to be both hospital and home offers up critical tensions for examination by age studies scholars. The essays in this book challenge stereotypes of institutional care for older adults, illustrate the changes that have occurred over time, and illuminate the...
Institutional care for seniors offers a cultural repository for fears and hopes about an aging population. Although enormous changes have occurred in ...
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194,46 |
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Connecting Childhood and Old Age in Popular Media
ISBN: 9781496815163 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With populations aging all around the world, awareness of intergenerational relationships and associations surrounding old age is becoming urgent. Connecting Childhood and Old Age in Popular Media caters to this urgency and contributes to age literacy by supplying insights into the connection between childhood and senescence to show that people are aged by culture.
With populations aging all around the world, awareness of intergenerational relationships and associations surrounding old age is becoming urgent. Con...
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438,90 |
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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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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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715,51 |
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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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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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154,56 |
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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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1280,95 |
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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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203,61 |
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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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249,32 |
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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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773,06 |
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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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947,63 |
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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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997,50 |
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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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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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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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249,32 |
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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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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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