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  • Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies

    Active Ageing Index and its Potential

    Edited by Asghar Zaidi, Sarah Harper, Kenneth Howse, Giovanni Lamura, Jolanta Perek-Białas ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides multinational evidence on active and healthy ageing. It generates authoritative new knowledge for mutual learning and policymaking in addressing challenges linked with population ageing. The authors discuss how to achieve better active ageing outcomes through appropriate policies including addressing life course determinants of active and healthy ageing. The chapters are ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

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  • Ageism and Mistreatment of Older Workers

    Current Reality, Future Solutions

    Edited by Patricia Brownell, James J. Kelly ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book promotes an understanding of ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, incorporating an international human rights perspective. The impact of ageism on the mistreatment of older adult workers has not to date been examined in depth through the lens of international human rights instruments, nor has discrimination against older adults in the workplace been framed as a ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Reforms in Long-Term Care Policies in Europe

    Investigating Institutional Change and Social Impacts

    Edited by Costanzo Ranci, Emmanuele Pavolini ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries. Citizens have seen their pensions, unemployment benefits, and general healthcare policies shrink as “belt tightening” measures are enforced. But in contrast, long-term care has seen a general growth in public financing, an expansion of beneficiaries, and, more generally, an attempt ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Advances in Geroscience

    Edited by Ronald Kohanski, Felipe Sierra ...
    This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the elderly population. Over the past few decades, researchers have made impressive progress in understanding the genetics, biology and physiology of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Rural Aging in 21st Century America

    by J. V. Oh Edmund ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book investigates sociological, demographic and geographic aspects of aging in rural and nonmetropolitan areas of the United States. Population aging is one of the most important trends of the 20th and 21st centuries, and it is occurring worldwide, especially in more developed countries such as the United States. Population aging is more rapid in rural than urban areas of the U.S. In 2010, 15 ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Conceptual and Methodological Issues on the Adjustment to Aging

    Perspectives on Aging Well

    by Sofia von Humboldt ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book approaches the concept of adjustment to aging and endeavors to build reader understanding of this construct through a critical review and discussion. Once the reader understands the origins and nature of adjustment to aging, a second innovation encompasses the development of a proposed empirical model of adjustment to aging and the analysis of its components and correlates. Measures to ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Collective Spirit of Aging Across Cultures

    Edited by Nancy Giunta, Gaynell M. Simpson, Halaevalu F.Ofahengaue Vakalahi ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The collective, inclusive, and intersectional framework used in this book speaks to the significance of understanding aging across diverse cultures from multiple perspectives, but still as a shared human experience. The underlying message of the book is that although we are unique and different in our aging processes, we are ultimately connected through this physical, mental and spiritual ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Cross-Cultural and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Social Gerontology

    Edited by Tannistha Samanta ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume intends to re-establish social gerontology as a discipline that has pragmatic links to policy and practice. Collectively, the chapters enrich public debates about the moral, cultural and economic questions surrounding aging, thereby ameliorating the “problems” associated with aging societies. This volume is uniquely cross-cultural, theory-driven and cross-disciplinary. It fills a gap ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Health and Cognition in Old Age

    From Biomedical and Life Course Factors to Policy and Practice

    Edited by Anja K. Leist, Jenni Kulmala, Fredrica Nyqvist ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In recent years, the aim of research on aging has shifted from prolonging life to fostering healthy and cognitively robust old age. In order to improve the quality of life of older people, we need to better understand cognitive aging as well as bodily aging.Health and Cognition in Old Age assembles the cream of research across varied medical, mental health, and social disciplines, and demonstrates ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ambient Assisted Living

    7. AAL-Kongress 2014 Berlin, Germany, January 21-22, 2014

    Edited by Reiner Wichert, Helmut Klausing ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    In this book, leading authors in the field discuss developments of Ambient Assisted Living. The contributions have been chosen and invited at the 7th AAL congress, Berlin. It presents new technological developments which support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs. As the technological innovation raises also social issues, the book addresses micro and macro economical ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Reciprocity and Dependency in Old Age

    Indian and UK Perspectives

    by Sue Thompson ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book highlights (1) the significance of reciprocity for the maintenance of self-esteem in old age and (2) the negative implications for the well-being of dependent older people when that significance goes unrecognized and, as a consequence, opportunities to give back to society, as well as take from it, are not facilitated by those in a position to do so. The discussion draws on research ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Contemporary Geriatric Medicine

    Volume 3

    Edited by Steven R. Gambert ...
    Series Book 3 - Contemporary Geriatric Medicine
    This volume is the third in the Contemporary Geriatric Medicine series. As in previous volumes, information is presented in the form of easy-to read essays to bring the reader up to date on state-of-the-art develop ments in the area of geriatric medicine. Once again, a system approach is utilized. In addition, several new topics-including alcoholism, throm boembolic disease, and decubitus ulcer ... Read more

    $49.49 USD