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  • Queer Aging

    The Gayby Boomers and a New Frontier for Gerontology

    par Jesus Ramirez-Valles ...
    As the first generation of gay men enters its autumn years, these men's responses to the physical and emotional tolls of aging promise to be as revolutionary as their advances in AIDS and civil rights activism. Older gay men's approaches to friendship, caregiving, romantic and sexual relationships, illness, and bereavement is upending conventional wisdom regarding the aging process, LGBTQ ... En savoir plus

    $47.19 CAD

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  • Quarterly Essay 57 Dear Life

    On Caring for the Elderly

    par Karen Hitchcock ...
    Collections Livre 57 - Quarterly Essay
    In this moving and controversial Quarterly Essay, doctor and writer Karen Hitchcock investigates the treatment of the elderly and dying through some unforgettable cases. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions, frailty and dementia, over-treatment and escalating costs.Ours is a society in which ageism, often disguised, threatens to turn the elderly into a “burden” – ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Dear Life

    On Caring for the Elderly

    par Karen Hitchcock ...
    In this short, powerful book, Karen Hitchcock shines a light on ageism in our society. Through some unforgettable case studies, she shows what care for the elderly and dying is really like – both the good and the bad. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions and over-treatment, frailty and dementia.Dear Life is a moving and controversial argument against the creeping ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • Ethics, Aging, and Society

    The Critical Turn

    par Martha B. Holstein, PhD, Mark Waymack, PhD, Jennifer A. Parks, PhD ...
    "Ethics, Aging and Society...is the first major work in ten years to critically address issues and methodologies in aging and ethics...This well-organized volume begins theoretically and offers new ways of thinking about ethics that can handle the complexities and realities of aging in particular social contexts."--Choice"This new research-based book, by experts in the field of ethics, is ... En savoir plus

    $86.99 CAD

  • Aging Together

    Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities

    par Susan H. McFadden, John T. McFadden ...
    Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age—roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as they age. This seismic demographic shift will force us all to rethink how we live and deal with our aging population.Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden propose a radical reconstruction of our societal understanding of old age. Rather than ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Longevity Revolution

    The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life

    par Robert N. Butler ...
    Pulitzer-prize winning author Dr. Robert Butler coined the term "ageism" and made "Alzheimer's" a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge and experience in aging issues to a recent and unprecedented achievement: the extension of human life expectancy by thirty years. As Butler shows, our society had not yet adapted to this change.The U.S. has not made a research investment in aging. ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Reforms in Long-Term Care Policies in Europe

    Investigating Institutional Change and Social Impacts

    Modifié par Costanzo Ranci, Emmanuele Pavolini ...
    Collections series Social Sciences (R0)
    Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries. Citizens have seen their pensions, unemployment benefits, and general healthcare policies shrink as “belt tightening” measures are enforced. But in contrast, long-term care has seen a general growth in public financing, an expansion of beneficiaries, and, more generally, an attempt ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians

    par Jean K Quam ...
    Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians is an important new reference that provides those in the helping professions with practical information on how to work with the older gay and lesbian population. Although older gays and lesbians are the same in many ways as their heterosexual counterparts, they have an extra “layer” of concerns that are unique to their sexual orientation, including ... En savoir plus

    $48.08 CAD

  • Environmental Gerontology in Europe and Latin America

    Policies and Perspectives on Environment and Aging

    Modifié par Diego Sánchez-González, Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez ...
    Collections series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book looks at the relationships between the physical-social environment and the elderly in Europe and Latin America, from the Environmental Gerontology perspective and through geographical and psychosocial approaches. It addresses the main environmental issues of population ageing, based on an understanding of the complex relationships, adjustments and adaptations between different ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work

    par Parin Dossa, Cati Coe, Neda Deneva, Yanqiu Rachel Zhou, Kristin Elizabeth Yarris, Erin L. Raffety, Mushira Mohsin Khan, Karen Kobayashi, Loretta Baldassar0, Delores V. Mullings1 ...
    Collections series Global Perspectives on Aging
    Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work documents the social and material contributions of older persons to their families in settings shaped by migration, their everyday lives in domestic and community spaces, and in the context of intergenerational relationships and diasporas. Much of this work is oriented toward supporting, connecting, and maintaining kin members and kin ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Effects of Aging and Environment on Vision

    Modifié par Donald Armstrong, Michael F. Marmor, J. Mark Ordy ...
    Collections series Medicine (R0)
    This book derives from a symposium conducted in San Francisco CA, entitled "Environmental Design for Optimum Vision in the Elderly" that was sponsored by the American Aging Association, October 11-12, 1985. Presentations from this symposium comprise the core content of this volume. However, manuscripts have also been accepted from additional authors whose topics and research findings increase the ... En savoir plus

    $115.29 CAD

  • Conceptual and Methodological Issues on the Adjustment to Aging

    Perspectives on Aging Well

    par Sofia von Humboldt ...
    Collections series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book approaches the concept of adjustment to aging and endeavors to build reader understanding of this construct through a critical review and discussion. Once the reader understands the origins and nature of adjustment to aging, a second innovation encompasses the development of a proposed empirical model of adjustment to aging and the analysis of its components and correlates. Measures to ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD