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  • Becoming Dead Right

    A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes

    by Frances Shani Parker ...
    All of us are entitled to the rewards of apeaceful, pain-free death. This book honors that with true storiesabout hospice patients and inspiring insights from theauthor. Becoming Dead Right guides us through thegeneral and "how to" information maze that preparesus for dealing with death.Improving and expanding hospice services willrequire systemic changes in healthcare institutionssoutreach to ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings

    by T.L. Brink, Peter A Lichtenberg ...
    Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings emphasizes the major research and clinical findings realized in five years of research on mental health issues in older urban medical patients, many of whom represent minority groups. Chapters cover the high comorbidity of health and mental health problems in geriatric patients, neuropsychological (or cognitive) assessment, depression, ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Handbook of Assessment in Clinical Gerontology

    Edited by Peter A. Lichtenberg ...
    New trends in mental healthcare practice and a rapid increase in the aged population are causing an explosion in the fields of clinical gerontology and geropsychology today. This comprehensive second edition handbook offers clinicians and graduate students clear guidelines and reliable tools for assessing general mental health, cognitive functioning, functional age, psychosocial health, ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

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  • Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

    Edited by Linda George ...
    Series series Handbooks of Aging
    Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Seventh Edition, provides extensive reviews and critical evaluations of research on the social aspects of aging. It also makes available major references and identifies high-priority topics for future research. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews developments in the field of age and the life course (ALC) studies and presents guidelines ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • Handbook of Theories of Aging

    Edited by Richard Settersten Jr, PhD, Vern L. Bengtson ...
    This state-of-the-art handbook will keep researchers and practitioners in gerontology abreast of the newest theories and models of aging. With virtually all new contributors and content, this edition contains 35 chapters by the most highly respected luminaries in the field. It addresses theories and concepts built on cumulative knowledge in four disciplinary areas- biology, psychology, social ... Read more

    $101.69 USD

  • Being Mortal

    Medicine and What Matters in the End

    by Atul Gawande ...
    **#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending**Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Denial of Death

    by Ernest Becker ...
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Denial of Death explores how people and cultures around the world have reacted to the concept of death from celebrated cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life’s work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker’s brilliant and impassioned answer to the “why” of human existence. In bold contrast to the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Elder Abuse

    International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

    by Jordan I Kosberg, Juanita L Garcia ...
    Here is an informative overview of the causes and consequences of elder abuse in countries around the world. This book delves into the global problem of elder abuse and identifies similarities and differences that occur from country to country. Elder Abuse: International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives increases understanding of the problem of elder abuse, helping you recognize more easily the ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • How to Age in Place

    Planning for a Happy, Independent, and Financially Secure Retirement

    by Mary A. Languirand Ph.D., Robert F. Bornstein Ph.D. ...
    The first authoritative and comprehensive guide to "aging in place"--a burgeoning movement for those who don't want to rely on assisted living or nursing home care--which allows seniors to spend their later years living comfortably, independently, and in their own home or community.For millions of Americans, living in a nursing home or assisted living facility is not how they’d prefer to spend ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Connecting through Music with People with Dementia

    A Guide for Caregivers

    by Robin Rio ...
    For people with dementia, the world can become a lonely and isolated place. Music has long been a vital instrument in transcending cognitive issues; bringing people together, and allowing a person to live in the moment. Connecting through Music with People with Dementia explains how a caregiver can learn to use melody or rhythm to connect with someone who may be otherwise non-responsive, and how ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Psychology of Aging 101

    by Robert Youdin, PhD ...
    A reader-friendly overview of geropsychology based on a wealth of evidence-based researchWritten by a renowned scholar and practitioner of gerontology and aging, this is a concise, reader-friendly overview of key concepts of geropsychology, the psychology of aging. Grounded in positive psychology, the text dispels common myths about the aging population with a wealth of evidence-based research. It ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • The Nostalgia Factory

    Memory, Time and Aging

    by Douwe Draaisma ...
    Translated by Liz Waters ...
    "An entertaining discussion" of the role memory plays in our lives as we age, including an interview with Oliver Sacks ( Times Higher Education Supplement).When we can't call to mind the name of someone we've known for years, or walk into a room and forget what we came for, we start worrying. Are these lapses just "senior moments," or something serious like dementia? In this book, a renowned ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus