Age groups: the elderly books

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Self and Meaning in the Lives of Older People: Case Studies over Twenty Years

Self and Meaning in the Lives of Older People: Case...

Author: Peter G. Coleman (University of Southampton) ,  Christine Ivani-Chalian
ISBN: 9781107617230
Format: Paperback
$87.98

Through ongoing interviews with a group of forty older people over more than twenty years, this book studies how...  Read More >>

The Little Book of Senior Moments: A Timeless Collection of Comedy Quotes and Quips for Growing Old, Not Up

The Little Book of Senior Moments: A Timeless Collection...

Author: Freddie Green
ISBN: 9781849537896
Format: Hardback
$17.99

You know you're having a senior moment when you decide it's time to pull up your socks, and realise you forgot...  Read More >>

Sunny Shores 1954 to Westminster Shores 2014: A Pictorial History

Sunny Shores 1954 to Westminster Shores 2014: A Pictorial...

Author: Anne M Fagan ,  Harold and Joan Jensen
ISBN: 9780692421505
Format: Hardback
$36.96

A Place Called Westminster Shores Westminster Shores is a place that exists because of a dream. A dream that began...  Read More >>

Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit

Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit

Author: Rabbi Rachel Cowan ,  Dr. Linda Thal
ISBN: 9780874419214
Format: Paperback
$34.99

National Jewish Book Award FinalistHow can we make aging a good and powerful experience? Aging can feel like an...  Read More >>

52 Programs That Pop: A year of fun programming for senior adults in nursing homes, adult daycare, and church groups,

52 Programs That Pop: A year of fun programming for...

Author: Debbie Ann Scott
ISBN: 9781621376941
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Retirement

Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Retirement

Author: N. Sappleton ,  F. Lourenco
ISBN: 9781137398376
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book presents a collection of nine studies which contribute to a more robust and richer understanding of entrepreneurship,...  Read More >>

How Old Am I in Dog Years?: And Other Thoughts about Life from the Far Side of the Hill

How Old Am I in Dog Years?: And Other Thoughts about...

Author: Susan Goldfein
ISBN: 9781634133920
Format: Paperback
$39.47

The essays in this collection have previously appeared on the author's blog 1000thingstosaybeforeidie.com; the prologue...  Read More >>

Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow

Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly...

Author: Sharona Hoffman
ISBN: 9781440838910
Format: Electronic book text
$100.29

Everyone ages, and nearly everyone will also experience having to support aging relatives. Being prepared is the...  Read More >>

Individual Retirement Accounts: Size of Balance Issues & Enforcement of IRS Rules

Individual Retirement Accounts: Size of Balance Issues...

Author: Jake Silva
ISBN: 9781634821766
Format: Hardback
$424.32

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Take My Hand Again – A Faith–Based Guide for Helping Aging Parents

Take My Hand Again – A Faith–Based Guide for Helping...

Author: Nancy Parker Brummett
ISBN: 9780825443718
Format: Paperback
$34.29

Practical, humorous and faith-filled Addressing the difficult decisions adult children face when roles change and...  Read More >>

Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas

Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas

Author: William A. Vega ,  Kyriakos S. Markides
ISBN: 9783319125978
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book examines one of the most important demographic changes facing the United States: an overall aging population...  Read More >>

Population Ageing from a Lifecourse Perspective: Critical and International Approaches

Population Ageing from a Lifecourse Perspective: Critical...

Author: Kathrin Komp (University of Helsinki) ,  Stina Johansson (Department of Social Welfare, Umea University, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781447310716
Format: Hardback
$176.95

This much-needed volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, combines insights from different disciplines...  Read More >>

Ageing through Austerity: Critical Perspectives from Ireland

Ageing through Austerity: Critical Perspectives from...

Author: Kieran Walsh (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, National University of Ireland, Galway.) ,  Gemma M. Carney (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, National University of Ireland, Galway.)
ISBN: 9781447316237
Format: Hardback
$197.95

A carefully crafted study of ageing in Ireland, one of the countries hardest hit by the Eurozone financial crisis,...  Read More >>

Resilienz bis ins hohe Alter – was wir von Johann Sebastian Bach lernen können: Für alle Interessierten

Resilienz bis ins hohe Alter – was wir von Johann Sebastian...

Author: Andreas Kruse
ISBN: 9783658083328
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Die Biografie Johann Sebastian Bachs wird unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Resilienz betrachtet: Wie ist es dem großen...  Read More >>

Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The Relevance of Context

Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The...

Author: Fredrica Nyqvist ,  Anna K. Forsman
ISBN: 9789401796149
Format: Hardback
$290.37

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Women in Late Life: Critical Perspectives on Gender and Age

Women in Late Life: Critical Perspectives on Gender...

Author: Martha Holstein
ISBN: 9781442222878
Format: Paperback
$76.99

Women in Late Life explores thorny issues related to gender and aging, including ageism, cultural expectations,...  Read More >>

Care Giving for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Compassionate Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones

Care Giving for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Compassionate...

Author: Verna Benner Carson ,  Katherine Johnson Vanderhorst
ISBN: 9781493924066
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Veteran clinicians offer a unique framework for understanding the psychological origins of behaviors typical of...  Read More >>

Women in Late Life: Critical Perspectives on Gender and Age

Women in Late Life: Critical Perspectives on Gender...

Author: Martha Holstein
ISBN: 9781442222861
Format: Hardback
$220.00

Women in Late Life explores thorny issues related to gender and aging, including ageism, cultural expectations,...  Read More >>

The Caregivers: A Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love

The Caregivers: A Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss,...

Author: Nell Lake
ISBN: 9781451674156
Format: Paperback
$52.77

""From a gifted writer who spent two years in a support group for people caring for elderly and ill spouses, parents,...  Read More >>

Dementia, Culture and Ethnicity: Issues for All

Dementia, Culture and Ethnicity: Issues for All

Author: Omar Khan, Ma ,  Ajit Shah
ISBN: 9780857008817
Format: Electronic book text
$118.80

With contributions from experienced dementia practitioners and care researchers, this book examines the impact of...  Read More >>

Ethics and the Elderly: The Challenge of Long-Term Care

Ethics and the Elderly: The Challenge of Long-Term Care...

Author: Sarha M. Moses ,  Sarah M Moses
ISBN: 9781626981317
Format: Paperback
$100.32

"A study of long-term care through the lens of the Catholic ethical tradition, offering a history of the ethics...  Read More >>

Financial Capability and Asset Holding in Later Life: A Life Course Perspective

Financial Capability and Asset Holding in Later Life:...

Author: Nancy Morrow-Howell ,  Margaret Sherrard Sherraden
ISBN: 9780199374304
Format: Hardback
$85.95

In Financial Capability and Asset Holding in Later Life: A Life Course Perspective the concept of Financial Capability...  Read More >>

Nutrition, Exercise and Epigenetics: Ageing Interventions

Nutrition, Exercise and Epigenetics: Ageing Interventions...

Author: Byung Pal Yu
ISBN: 9783319148298
Format: Hardback
$448.77

Nutrition, Exercise and Epigenetics: Ageing Interventions  Read More >>

The Age of Dignity Lib/E: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America

The Age of Dignity Lib/E: Preparing for the Elder Boom...

Author: Ai-Jen Poo ,  Emily Woo Zeller
ISBN: 9798200013593
Format: Audio
$44.85

By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double today's 5 million, living...  Read More >>

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