Age groups: the elderly books

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Frontiers in the Economics of Aging

Frontiers in the Economics of Aging

Author: David A. Wise
ISBN: 9780226903040
Format: Hardback
$180.95

A collection of papers on four topics concerning the economics of aging: the role of retirement accounts in personal...  Read More >>

The Psychology of Aging: Theory, Research, and Interventions

The Psychology of Aging: Theory, Research, and Interventions...

Author: Janet K. Belsky (Middle Tennessee State University)
ISBN: 9780534359126
Format: Paperback
$535.79

This comprehensive revision continues to approach ageing from a psychological viewpoint, not a sociological one....  Read More >>

Spirituality and Ageing

Spirituality and Ageing

Author: Albert Jewell
ISBN: 9781853026317
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Spirituality and Ageing presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation...  Read More >>

Age and Ageing Policy in Germany

Age and Ageing Policy in Germany

Author: Thomas Scharf
ISBN: 9781859731918
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This text examines the development of social policies affecting older people since the origins of the German welfare...  Read More >>

Dignity and Old Age

Dignity and Old Age

Author: Rose Dobrof ,  Robert Disch
ISBN: 9780789005342
Format: Hardback
$252.00

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Handbook on Grandparenthood

Handbook on Grandparenthood

Author: Maximiliane E. Szinovacz
ISBN: 9780313298868
Format: Hardback
$114.00

A critical review of the literature on grandparenting based on original contributions from leading scholars in...  Read More >>

Inquiries in the Economics of Aging

Inquiries in the Economics of Aging

Author: David A. Wise
ISBN: 9780226903033
Format: Hardback
$127.95

A collection of papers addressing issues that affect the well-being of individuals as they age and a society that...  Read More >>

City of Green Benches: Growing Old in a New Downtown

City of Green Benches: Growing Old in a New Downtown...

Author: Maria Vesperi
ISBN: 9780801493225
Format: Paperback
$63.23

The author recorded conversations with elderly residents, examining the cultural construction of old age in American...  Read More >>

Essential Papers on the Psychology of Aging

Essential Papers on the Psychology of Aging

Author: M Powell Lawton ,  Timothy A. Salthouse
ISBN: 9780814751268
Format: Paperback
$75.99

Contains the classic papers on the period of human development that begins with young adulthood and ends with old...  Read More >>

Social Gerontology

Social Gerontology

Author: David Redburn ,  Robert Hartmann McNamara
ISBN: 9780865692640
Format: Hardback
$131.00

An in-depth look at some of the most important fields of inquiry in social gerontology.  Read More >>

The Political Economy of Population Ageing

The Political Economy of Population Ageing

Author: William A. Jackson
ISBN: 9781852786922
Format: Hardback
$266.00

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After Stroke: Enhancing Quality of Life

After Stroke: Enhancing Quality of Life

Author: Wallace Sife ,  W. Sife
ISBN: 9780789003218
Format: Hardback
$252.00

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Mature Audiences: Television and the Elderly

Mature Audiences: Television and the Elderly

Author: Karen E. Riggs
ISBN: 9780813525402
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Riggs challenges traditional ideas about older viewers as passive, vulnerable audiences for television. She tells...  Read More >>

Aging Societies: The Global Dimension

Aging Societies: The Global Dimension

Author: Barry P. Bosworth ,  Gary Burtless
ISBN: 9780815710257
Format: Paperback
$45.99

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Greater Late Than Never

Greater Late Than Never

Author: Bob Hope
ISBN: 9781563524707
Format: Hardback
$58.08

Written by one of America's most respected promoters, this inspiring look at people who acted on their dreams and...  Read More >>

Aging Societies: The Global Dimension

Aging Societies: The Global Dimension

Author: Barry P. Bosworth ,  Gary Burtless
ISBN: 9780815710264
Format: Hardback
$131.87

By 2030, when most American baby boomers will have retired, all the large industrial economies will see a massive...  Read More >>

Out Visiting and Back Home: Russian Stories on Aging

Out Visiting and Back Home: Russian Stories on Aging...

Author: Thomas H. Hoisington
ISBN: 9780810114708
Format: Hardback
$95.04

Americans know little about how the aging process is perceived in other countries. Gathering short stories by ten...  Read More >>

Using Learning to Meet Challenges of the Older Lt (Issue 77: New Directions for Adult and Continu Ing Education-Ace)

Using Learning to Meet Challenges of the Older Lt (Issue...

Author: ACE ,  James C. Fisher
ISBN: 9780787911645
Format: Paperback
$76.56

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The 50 Year Dash: The Feelings, Foibles, and Fears of Being Half a Century Old

The 50 Year Dash: The Feelings, Foibles, and Fears of...

Author: Bob Greene
ISBN: 9780385493017
Format: Paperback
$50.16

Nationally syndicated columnist Bob Greene offers his delightful musings on a major midlife milestone: turning fifty....  Read More >>

A Good Dying: Shaping Health Care for the Last Months of Life

A Good Dying: Shaping Health Care for the Last Months...

Author: Joan Kay Harrold ,  Joanne Lynn
ISBN: 9780789005021
Format: Paperback
$113.39

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Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

Author: Fred C. Pampel
ISBN: 9780803990951
Format: Paperback
$233.00

Fred C Pampel describes how age combines with other components of inequality by comparing the influence of group...  Read More >>

Old Age Security: Pension Reform in China

Old Age Security: Pension Reform in China

Author: World Bank Group
ISBN: 9780821340776
Format: Paperback
$34.95

This work highlights two severe difficulties with China's current pension system: the problem of the pension burden...  Read More >>

Miles to Go: Aging in Rural Virginia

Miles to Go: Aging in Rural Virginia

Author: Susan Garrett
ISBN: 9780813917993
Format: Hardback
$88.00

Based on her research and experience with the Rural Elder Outreach Project, Garrett weaves larger issues of ageing...  Read More >>

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