Age groups: the elderly books

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Gerontology: Responding to an Ageing Society

Gerontology: Responding to an Ageing Society

Author: Kevin Morgan
ISBN: 9781853021176
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Reflects developments in the field of gerontology, addressing such issues as lifestyle, health, adult education,...  Read More >>

Home Health Care: An Annotated Bibliography

Home Health Care: An Annotated Bibliography

Author: Ada Romaine-Davis ,  Ayeliffe Lenihan
ISBN: 9780313283345
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Home health care is growing in importance as Americans seek alternatives to the costs and inconveniences of institutionalized...  Read More >>

Successful Ageing

Successful Ageing

Author: Robert Gingold
ISBN: 9780195532067
Format: Paperback
$20.50

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Pastoral Responses to Older Adults and Their Families: An Annotated Bibliography

Pastoral Responses to Older Adults and Their Families:...

Author: Henry C. Simmons ,  Vivienne S. Pierce
ISBN: 9780313280399
Format: Hardback
$171.47

This bibliography lists more than 700 books, journal articles, and dissertations on religion and ageing. Detailed...  Read More >>

Aging and Retirement in a Lebanese-American Community

Aging and Retirement in a Lebanese-American Community...

Author: Dena Shenk
ISBN: 9780404194819
Format: Hardback
$206.87

A study of retirement and its effects on a specific ethnic community within the United States - namely, the Lebanese...  Read More >>

The Emotional and Sexual Lives of Older People: A Manual for Professionals

The Emotional and Sexual Lives of Older People: A Manual...

Author: H. B. Gibson
ISBN: 9780412393600
Format: Paperback
$189.95

Focusing on psychological, medical and sociological processes of ageing, this work addresses emotional and sexual...  Read More >>

Korean Elderly Women in America: Everyday Life, Health, and Illness

Korean Elderly Women in America: Everyday Life, Health,...

Author: Keum-Young Chung Pang
ISBN: 9780404194796
Format: Hardback
$227.57

This study focuses on the beliefs and practices of elderly Korean women in regard to health and illness, concentrating...  Read More >>

Families and Aging: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography

Families and Aging: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography...

Author: Jean M. Coyle
ISBN: 9780313272110
Format: Hardback
$100.00

Families have become an increasingly important source of support for the elderly, and gerontologists are directing...  Read More >>

Growing Old in the Twentieth Century

Growing Old in the Twentieth Century

Author: Margot Jefferys
ISBN: 9780415072878
Format: Paperback
$103.00

Investigates the many aspects of the current controversial debates regarding the care and provision for the elderly...  Read More >>

Aging And Ethics: Philosophical Problems in Gerontology

Aging And Ethics: Philosophical Problems in Gerontology...

Author: Nancy S. Jecker
ISBN: 9780896032552
Format: Paperback
$184.67

The Aging Self and the Aging Society Ethical issues involving the elderly have recently come to the fore. The aging...  Read More >>

Aging And Ethics: Philosophical Problems in Gerontology

Aging And Ethics: Philosophical Problems in Gerontology...

Author: Nancy S. Jecker
ISBN: 9780896032019
Format: Hardback
$157.08

The Aging Self and the Aging Society Ethical issues involving the elderly have recently come to the fore. The aging...  Read More >>

Aging, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes

Aging, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes

Author: K. Warner Schaie, PhD ,  Dan Blazer
ISBN: 9780805807806
Format: Hardback
$77.99

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Regression, Stress, and Readjustment in Aging: A Structured, Bio-Psychosocial Perspective on Coping and Professional Support

Regression, Stress, and Readjustment in Aging: A Structured,...

Author: Zeev Ben-Sira
ISBN: 9780275940782
Format: Hardback
$110.00

This volume develops a comprehensive multivariate paradigm of the process of aging, delineating the factors underlying...  Read More >>

Third Age Sampler

Third Age Sampler

Author: Elizabeth Wenzel
ISBN: 9780848808914
Format: Paperback
$20.99

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Lao Ling Hua DUI Zhongguo Di Tiao Zhan

Lao Ling Hua DUI Zhongguo Di Tiao Zhan

Author: Jihui Yuan ,  Zhongru Zhang
ISBN: 9787309006926
Format: Book
$11.88

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The Concept and Measurement of Quality of Life in the Frail Elderly

The Concept and Measurement of Quality of Life in the...

Author: James E. Birren (University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.) ,  James E. Lubben (University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
ISBN: 9780121012755
Format: Hardback
$409.20

This work presents definitions and measurement of quality of life among the elderly.  Read More >>

The Ends of Time: Life and Work in a Nursing Home

The Ends of Time: Life and Work in a Nursing Home

Author: Joel Savishinsky
ISBN: 9780897892292
Format: Paperback
$62.99

An account of life in an American nursing home. The author addresses the contradictory attitudes American society...  Read More >>

Theoretical Perspectives on Cognitive Aging

Theoretical Perspectives on Cognitive Aging

Author: Timothy A. Salthouse ,  T. A. Salthouse
ISBN: 9780805811704
Format: Paperback
$52.99

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Growing Up: Pastoral Nurture for the Later Years

Growing Up: Pastoral Nurture for the Later Years

Author: Thomas B Robb ,  William M Clements
ISBN: 9781560240723
Format: Hardback
$221.00

A discussion of maturing and growing old and the importance of faith, this book is devoted to helping older adults...  Read More >>

Relationships and Well-Being Over the Life Stages

Relationships and Well-Being Over the Life Stages

Author: Pat Keith ,  Robert F. Schafer
ISBN: 9780275934224
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Recent social trends in America guide the focus of this study, which considers personal characteristics and family...  Read More >>

Intergenerational Arts in the Nursing Home: A Handbook

Intergenerational Arts in the Nursing Home: A Handbook...

Author: Patricia A. Clark
ISBN: 9780313259654
Format: Hardback
$100.00

Because sources of funding have become less secure in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Patch Clark examines other...  Read More >>

Growing Up: Pastoral Nurture for the Later Years

Growing Up: Pastoral Nurture for the Later Years

Author: Thomas B Robb ,  William M Clements
ISBN: 9781560240730
Format: Paperback
$90.99

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Old Age in Myth and Symbol: A Cultural Dictionary

Old Age in Myth and Symbol: A Cultural Dictionary

Author: Patrick Mckee ,  Jennifer Mclerran
ISBN: 9780313278457
Format: Hardback
$96.00

Designed as a resource for artists, writers and behavioural scientists, this compilation of the myths and symbols...  Read More >>

You Are My Darling Zita

You Are My Darling Zita

Author: Glenn Busch
ISBN: 9780877227915
Format: Hardback
$135.96

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