Age groups: the elderly books

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Gender, pensions and the lifecourse: How pensions need to adapt to changing family forms

Gender, pensions and the lifecourse: How pensions need...

Author: Jay Ginn
ISBN: 9781861343376
Format: Paperback
$59.95

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Aging Bodies: Images and Everyday Experience

Aging Bodies: Images and Everyday Experience

Author: Christopher A. Faircloth
ISBN: 9780759102361
Format: Paperback
$52.95

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Gender, pensions and the lifecourse: How pensions need to adapt to changing family forms

Gender, pensions and the lifecourse: How pensions need...

Author: Jay Ginn
ISBN: 9781861343383
Format: Hardback
$176.95

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Aging Bodies: Images and Everyday Experience

Aging Bodies: Images and Everyday Experience

Author: Christopher A. Faircloth
ISBN: 9780759102354
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Western thought traditionally divides the human being into a body-mind dualism; the first examines the physical...  Read More >>

Residential Choices and Experiences of Older Adults: Pathways to Life Quality

Residential Choices and Experiences of Older Adults:...

Author: John A. Krout ,  Elaine Wethington
ISBN: 9780826119544
Format: Hardback
$186.00

Based on the Pathways to Life Quality longitudinal research study, this book explores the ways in which older adults'...  Read More >>

Resilient Widowers: Older Men Adjusting to a New Life

Resilient Widowers: Older Men Adjusting to a New Life...

Author: Alinde J. Moore ,  Dorothy C. Stratton
ISBN: 9781591020820
Format: Paperback
$42.99

Based on a study of a diverse group of 51 older widowers, this book sets widowhood within the context of life experience...  Read More >>

The Senior Survival Handbook: A Legal Guide to Safeguarding Your Money, Health, and Freedom

The Senior Survival Handbook: A Legal Guide to Safeguarding...

Author: Peter J. Strauss ,  Nancy M. Lederman
ISBN: 9780816048045
Format: Paperback
$50.03

This guide to the legal and financial rights of the elderly and the disabled is aimed at those over the age of 55,...  Read More >>

Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia: The Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature

Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia: The Gilgamesh Epic...

Author: Rivkah Harris
ISBN: 9780806135397
Format: Paperback
$50.60

Rivkah Harris's cross-cultural and multidisciplinary approach breaks new ground in assessing Mesopotamian attitudes...  Read More >>

The Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune: The Joys of Reaching a Certain Age

The Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune: The Joys...

Author: Willard Scott
ISBN: 9780786868926
Format: Hardback
$81.71

From expressions of delight in senior citizen discounts to sage advice on life's challenges, a wide range of people's...  Read More >>

Old Age in the Roman World: A Cultural and Social History

Old Age in the Roman World: A Cultural and Social History...

Author: Tim G. Parkin (Elizabeth and James Tatoulis Chair of Classics, The University of Melbourne)
ISBN: 9780801871283
Format: Hardback
$158.40

In this text, Tim Parkin considers issues related to ageing and the aged in the classical Roman world. Drawing on...  Read More >>

Aging in Today's World: Conversations between an Anthropologist and a Physician

Aging in Today's World: Conversations between an Anthropologist...

Author: Renée Rose Shield ,  Stanley M. Aronson
ISBN: 9781571814203
Format: Hardback
$356.40

Aging is an issue in today's world as never before. In this title, an anthropologist and a physician explore the...  Read More >>

Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context

Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context

Author: David Cheal
ISBN: 9780802085054
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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The Ultimate Safe Money Guide: How Everyone 50 and Over Can Protect, Save, and Grow Their Money

The Ultimate Safe Money Guide: How Everyone 50 and Over...

Author: Martin D. Weiss ( ) ,  Weiss Ratings, Inc.
ISBN: 9780471430476
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This clear and comprehensive guide provides trusted financial guidance for those approaching or over the age of...  Read More >>

Group Activities with Older Adults

Group Activities with Older Adults

Author: Vicki Dent
ISBN: 9780863883422
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Provides the tools you require to develop and implement a range of activities for older adults. Structured around...  Read More >>

Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections

Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections

Author: Ronald H. Aday
ISBN: 9780275971236
Format: Paperback
$89.63

An analysis of the ageing offender and prisoner in the US criminal justice system. Focusing on the health needs...  Read More >>

Why Survive?: Being Old in America

Why Survive?: Being Old in America

Author: Robert N. Butler, MD (President and CEO, The International Longevity Center-USA, Ltd.)
ISBN: 9780801874253
Format: Paperback
$72.99

The author questions the value of long life for its own sake, arguing that modern medicine has ironically created...  Read More >>

Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections

Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections

Author: Ronald H. Aday
ISBN: 9780275971229
Format: Hardback
$211.07

An analysis of the ageing offender and prisoner in the US criminal justice system. Focusing on the health needs...  Read More >>

The Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune: The Joys of Reaching a Certain Age

The Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune: The Joys...

Author: Willard Scott ,  Ray Dash
ISBN: 9781401397388
Format: Audio
$50.11

The popular weatherman from NBC's ""Today"" show presents a collection of sometimes surprising, often hilarious...  Read More >>

On Global Aging: Old-Age Income Systems in the EU and Other Major Parts of the World

On Global Aging: Old-Age Income Systems in the EU and...

Author: Jan B. Kune ,  Jan B. Kune
ISBN: 9783790800302
Format: Paperback
$116.16

Nonetheless aging will pose major policy challenges on the well functioning of the economy and the society as a...  Read More >>

Old People are a Problem

Old People are a Problem

Author: Emyr Humphreys
ISBN: 9781854113313
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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Aging in the New Millennium: A Global View

Aging in the New Millennium: A Global View

Author: Terry Tirrito
ISBN: 9781570034855
Format: Paperback
$40.70

Due to advances in medical technology, health care, and improvements in lifestyle habits, the 21st century brings...  Read More >>

Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America

Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
ISBN: 9780309084345
Format: Hardback
$152.99

Helps broaden our understanding of the mistreatment of the elderly and recommends specific research and funding...  Read More >>

A Different Shade of Gray: Mid-Life and Beyond in the Inner City

A Different Shade of Gray: Mid-Life and Beyond in the...

Author: Katherine S. Newman
ISBN: 9781565846159
Format: Hardback
$47.99

In a book that Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, called ""provocative and insightful . . . combining...  Read More >>

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