Age groups: adults books

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This volume presents research on issues of importance to the well-being of older persons, including: labour market...  Read More >>

This volume pinpoints the most recent trends in the survival of the elderly and in their physical and mental health....  Read More >>

No other reference provides such a comprehensive and timely overview of theory and research on family relationships,...  Read More >>

Address the different ways in which continuity is affected by change over the life course, as well as how individuals...  Read More >>

This text provides a theoretical approach to what gerontology does. It combines the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu...  Read More >>

As the definitive study of the universal problem of growing old, The Coming of Age is ""a brilliant achievement""...  Read More >>

The exercise programming guidelines provided in this book focus on functional fitness training and safety and demonstrate...  Read More >>

Gathering together in a structured curriculum of seminars and discussion groups and calling themselves the University...  Read More >>

""Don't let therapists and counselors keep this unique book to themselves! Every man and woman who feels 'the first...  Read More >>

Volunteerism in Geriatric Settings is an instructional tool for activity directors and others interested in successful...  Read More >>

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A provocative sequel to and a significant extension of Sheehy's international bestseller Passages. Sheehy finds...  Read More >>

A Volume in the Jossey--Bass Library of Current Clinical TechniqueFew mental health professionals are adequately...  Read More >>

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The book explores the psychological sequelae of severe trauma in elderly patients and the manifestations in old...  Read More >>

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The blessing of longer life has brought with it a host of new issues faced by the elderly, their families, and their...  Read More >>

Until recently, older men were not a social phenomenon commanding great attention. They constitute a distinct minority...  Read More >>

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This study offers insight into a range of social and political issues relating to the elderly, such as health care,...  Read More >>

aeoA highly accessible, and comprehensive, introduction to changing patterns of inequality in contemporary societies....  Read More >>

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