Care of the elderly books

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Reconstructing Old Age: New Agendas in Social Theory and Practice

Reconstructing Old Age: New Agendas in Social Theory...

Author: Chris Phillipson
ISBN: 9780803979895
Format: Paperback
$128.00

Reconstructing Old Age outlines the changing contexts and experiences associated with later life, and provides and...  Read More >>

Thirteen Chronic Diseases, in Particular Stroke: A Survey of the Elderly

Thirteen Chronic Diseases, in Particular Stroke: A Survey...

Author: Jaap Buis
ISBN: 9789051703740
Format: Undefined
$73.92

Study of the incidence of chronic diseases among the elderly in Northern Europe.  Read More >>

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 >>

From Poor Law to community care: The development of welfare services for elderly people 1939-1971

From Poor Law to community care: The development of...

Author: Robin Means ,  Randall Smith
ISBN: 9781861340856
Format: Paperback
$59.95

Based on extensive research on primary sources and interviews, this book explores the changing perceptions of the...  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 >>

Privatizing Social Security

Privatizing Social Security

Author: Martin Feldstein
ISBN: 9780226241012
Format: Hardback
$193.95

A consideration of the privatization of social security that covers retirement benefits in systems based on individual...  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 >>

Long-Term Care and Ethnicity

Long-Term Care and Ethnicity

Author: Namkee G. Choi ,  Abraham Monk
ISBN: 9780865692329
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Based on two national datasets, this is an analysis of long-term care needs, patterns, and determinants in-home,...  Read More >>

Last Rights: Death Control and the Elderly in America

Last Rights: Death Control and the Elderly in America...

Author: Barbara J. Logue
ISBN: 9780669273700
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Describes the economic, social and demographic forces that are propelling us toward controlling who dies, and when....  Read More >>

Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents

Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the...

Author: Wendy J Hajjar
ISBN: 9780789002938
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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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 >>

Older People at Home: Practical Issues

Older People at Home: Practical Issues

Author: E. Burns ,  Professor Graham Mulley
ISBN: 9780727912589
Format: Paperback
$145.07

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Environment and Aging Theory: A Focus on Housing

Environment and Aging Theory: A Focus on Housing

Author: Rick J. Scheidt ,  Paul G. Windley
ISBN: 9780313283895
Format: Hardback
$90.00

Noted scholars of environment-aging relations and environmental psychology examine the value of selected classic,...  Read More >>

Senior Residences: Designing Retirement Communities for the Future

Senior Residences: Designing Retirement Communities...

Author: John E. Harrigan ,  Jennifer M. Raiser
ISBN: 9780471190615
Format: Hardback
$223.95

A comprehensive framework for capitalizing on the growing market for Continuing Care Retirement Communities. Senior...  Read More >>

Managing Residential Care

Managing Residential Care

Author: John Burton
ISBN: 9780415164887
Format: Paperback
$46.99

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Managing Residential Care

Managing Residential Care

Author: John Burton
ISBN: 9780415164870
Format: Hardback
$96.99

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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 >>

The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East

The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East

Author: Stol ,  Vleeming
ISBN: 9789004108967
Format: Leather / fine binding
$396.00

Assyriologists and Egyptologists study the strategies used in the Ancient Near East to provide oneself a carefree...  Read More >>

Healthy Aging, Healthy Treatment: The Impact of Telling Stories

Healthy Aging, Healthy Treatment: The Impact of Telling...

Author: Thomas Peake
ISBN: 9780275959227
Format: Hardback
$110.00

A prescription for health care for older adults and their families by using life stories to treat the ""third age""...  Read More >>

Pensions and Population Ageing: An Economic Analysis

Pensions and Population Ageing: An Economic Analysis...

Author: John Creedy
ISBN: 9781858988023
Format: Hardback
$266.00

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Caregiving Daughters: Accepting the Role of Caregiver for Elderly Parents

Caregiving Daughters: Accepting the Role of Caregiver...

Author: Rick Briggs
ISBN: 9780815330271
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Aging and Diversity: An Active Learning Experience

Aging and Diversity: An Active Learning Experience

Author: Stephen Fried ,  Chandra Mehrotra
ISBN: 9781560324751
Format: Hardback
$170.28

Continuing diversification demands that students of gerontology and service providers for the elderly learn how...  Read More >>

Dementia and Minority Ethnic Older People: Managing Care in the UK, Denmark and France

Dementia and Minority Ethnic Older People: Managing...

Author: Naina Patel ,  etc.
ISBN: 9781898924333
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Residential versus Community Care: The Role of Institutions in Welfare Provision

Residential versus Community Care: The Role of Institutions...

Author: Raymond Jack
ISBN: 9780333665183
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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