Age groups: the elderly books

This collection of essays covers such topics as bolstering and undercutting use of the elderly stereotype through...  Read More >>

In this book, the author examines the life-course and daily experiences of elderly residents of El Barrio. This...  Read More >>

Widely recognized experts present the first comparative analysis of recent developments among six Eastern and Western...  Read More >>

In this book, the author examines the life-course and daily experiences of elderly residents of El Barrio. This...  Read More >>

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This multi-method study of crime and the elderly in a small town setting approaches the related issues from varied...  Read More >>

Explores the practice of self health care in later life. This book brings together literature from the areas of...  Read More >>

Contains key selections by major researchers on the everyday aspects of growing older. Breaks down stereotypes...  Read More >>

aeo Contains key selections by major researchers on the everyday aspects of growing older. aeo Breaks down stereotypes...  Read More >>

A photodocumentary that captures the faces and memories of the senior statesmen and women of the gay and lesbian...  Read More >>

Explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. This book focuses on how villagers'...  Read More >>

Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying...  Read More >>

Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying...  Read More >>

Promotes disciplinary cooperation in aging research and practice. This book assumes that the aging individual and...  Read More >>

Divided into two sections - the Western perspective and the Eastern perspective - the contributions examine the...  Read More >>

This volume presents an intimate and compassionate portrait of elderly black and white women who speak, in their...  Read More >>

At the turn of the millennium more people are living into their seventies, eighties, nineties and even beyond. Is...  Read More >>

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This book is an historical exploration of the U.S. pensioner movements of the late 1920s through to the early 1950s,...  Read More >>

A study of the ways in which the elderly fashion their memories through personal narrative. It involves the reader...  Read More >>

Create programs that make good use of the leisure time of the elderly, and of those who care for them!Caregiving...  Read More >>

This rich ethnography explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. Sarah Lamb focuses...  Read More >>

Why is it dangerous for a retiree to miss her condominium owners' association meeting? She might be elected president....  Read More >>