Age groups: the elderly books

6096 books were found.

Supporting People with Dementia at Home: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century

Supporting People with Dementia at Home: Challenges...

Author: David Challis ,  Caroline Sutcliffe
ISBN: 9781282344624
Format: Electronic book text
$364.16

A study of an intensive case management scheme designed for older people with dementia at risk of entry to residential...  Read More >>

Aging and Older Adulthood

Aging and Older Adulthood

Author: Joan T. Erber
ISBN: 9781405170055
Format: Paperback
$211.07

The second edition of Aging and Older Adulthood reflects the most up-to-date scientific research and theoretical...  Read More >>

Aging Identity: A Dialogue with Postmodernism

Aging Identity: A Dialogue with Postmodernism

Author: Jason Powell ,  Tony Gilbert
ISBN: 9781607411918
Format: Hardback
$229.68

Viewing ageing and identity through the lens of contemporary gerontology theory and postmodernist concepts, this...  Read More >>

Family practices in later life

Family practices in later life

Author: Pat Chambers (School of Social Relations, Keele University) ,  Graham Allan (School of Social Work and Family Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
ISBN: 9781847420527
Format: Paperback
$61.95

This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The...  Read More >>

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: Place attachment and social exclusion

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: Place attachment and...

Author: Allison E. Smith
ISBN: 9781847422705
Format: Paperback
$63.95

This book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods, offering...  Read More >>

Awakening to Aging: Glimpsing the Gifts of Aging

Awakening to Aging: Glimpsing the Gifts of Aging

Author: Myrtle Heery ,  Gregg Richardson
ISBN: 9780976463870
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Family practices in later life

Family practices in later life

Author: Pat Chambers (School of Social Relations, Keele University) ,  Graham Allan (School of Social Work and Family Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
ISBN: 9781847420534
Format: Hardback
$176.95

This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The...  Read More >>

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: Place attachment and social exclusion

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: Place attachment and...

Author: Allison E. Smith
ISBN: 9781847422712
Format: Hardback
$176.95

This book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods, offering...  Read More >>

The Making of an Elder Culture: Reflections on the Future of America's Most Audacious Generation

The Making of an Elder Culture: Reflections on the Future...

Author: Theodore Roszak
ISBN: 9780865716612
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Forty years later, the ""audacious generation"" takes on the unfinished business of their countercultural youth....  Read More >>

Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children

Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children...

Author: Andrew D. Blechman
ISBN: 9780802144188
Format: Paperback
$39.60

In his critically acclaimed work, Blechman delves into life in a gated retirement community and offers a hilarious,...  Read More >>

The Poetics and Politics of Tuareg Aging: Life Course and Personal Destiny in Niger

The Poetics and Politics of Tuareg Aging: Life Course...

Author: Susan Rasmussen
ISBN: 9780875806242
Format: Paperback
$48.95

An ethnographical study of the people of the Kel Ewey confederation of Tuareg. It explores age and aging in an African...  Read More >>

Pathways of Human Development: Explorations of Change

Pathways of Human Development: Explorations of Change...

Author: Jay A. Mancini ,  Karen A. Roberto
ISBN: 9780739136867
Format: Hardback
$179.95

This collection uses theoretical perspectives from developmental, social, and behavioral sciences to examine the...  Read More >>

Predictors of Nursing Home Placement for Home Care Consumers

Predictors of Nursing Home Placement for Home Care Consumers...

Author: Nelson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
ISBN: 9783838311517
Format: Paperback
$192.72

What are the factors that contribute to nursing home placement for individuals seeking formal long- term care services?...  Read More >>

Who Am I... Now That I'm Not Who I Was?: Conversations with Women in Midlife and Beyond

Who Am I... Now That I'm Not Who I Was?: Conversations...

Author: Connie Goldman
ISBN: 9781932472929
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Middle-aged and elderly women discuss the challenges, as well as the opportunities, of refashioning their identities...  Read More >>

Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace: China's Youth in the Rustication Movement

Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace: China's Youth...

Author: Yihong Pan
ISBN: 9780739140925
Format: Paperback
$63.95

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Growing Older: Perspectives on LGBT Aging

Growing Older: Perspectives on LGBT Aging

Author: James T. Sears (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781560237891
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book presents a diverse group of scholars, activists, social service providers, and researchers from around...  Read More >>

Growing Older: Perspectives on LGBT Aging

Growing Older: Perspectives on LGBT Aging

Author: James T. Sears (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781560237884
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book presents a diverse group of scholars, activists, social service providers, and researchers from around...  Read More >>

Wrinklies: The Laughter Lines: You're Never Too Old for Fun!

Wrinklies: The Laughter Lines: You're Never Too Old...

Author: Mike Haskins ,  Clive Whichelow
ISBN: 9781853757266
Format: Hardback
$52.67

Features 192 pages of great jokes, observations and quotations.  Read More >>

Family practices in later life

Family practices in later life

Author: Pat Chambers ,  Graham Allan
ISBN: 9781847427335
Format: Electronic book text
$316.80

This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The...  Read More >>

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: Place attachment and social exclusion

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: Place attachment and...

Author: Allison E. Smith
ISBN: 9781847422729
Format: Electronic book text
$316.80

This unique book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods...  Read More >>

Unequal ageing: The untold story of exclusion in old age

Unequal ageing: The untold story of exclusion in old...

Author: Paul Cann ,  Malcolm Dean
ISBN: 9781847427915
Format: Electronic book text
$303.60

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Cicero

Cicero

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
ISBN: 9781459063914
Format: Paperback
$23.36

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million...  Read More >>

Measure of the Heart: Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's

Measure of the Heart: Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's...

Author: Mary Ellen Geist ,  Oliver W Sacks
ISBN: 9780446699709
Format: Paperback
$36.93

Mary Ellen Geist decided to leave her job as a CBS Radio anchor to return home to Michigan when her father's Alzheimer's...  Read More >>

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