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  • Growing in Age and Wisdom

    de Anne Millar ...
    Anne Millar provides encouragement for older people in these inspirational reflections on the meaning and purpose found in growing older.These short, readable articles are grouped into broad topics of:• Making Meaning• Health and Harmony• Relationships and Realities• Edges and Endings• Seasons and StagesThis book will be welcomed by:• Older people• Those who work with and care for older people• ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Growing in Age: Ageing in Today’s Society

    de Anne Millar ...
    Growing in Age draws on Anne Millar's years of working with older people through nursing, counselling and pastoral care.It covers many aspects of ageing:- Society and it's attitudes- The personal journey of ageing- How relationships change: on retirement, when a spouse dies and when older people divorce and remarry- Changes and challenges of loss and grief, depression, dementia and dying- Caring ... Leer más

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    A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age

    Discover the inspiring national bestseller about aging and health that "will help us all live each year to the fullest" (Sheryl Sandberg).We've all seen the ads on TV and in magazines-"50 is the new 30!" or "60 is the new 40!" A nice sentiment to be sure, but CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees. 50 is 50, and she, for one, likes the look of it.In Disrupt Aging, Jenkins focuses on three core areas ... Leer más

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  • The Transformation of Care in European Societies

    Edición de Margarita Leon ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book aims to explore the nature and extent of the 'care deficit' problem in European societies and how effective the different care systems are in dealing with these problems through policy innovation. It combines theoretical and conceptual debates, cross-national comparisons and analytically-driven case studies. ... Leer más

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  • Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work

    Series series Global Perspectives on Aging
    Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work documents the social and material contributions of older persons to their families in settings shaped by migration, their everyday lives in domestic and community spaces, and in the context of intergenerational relationships and diasporas. Much of this work is oriented toward supporting, connecting, and maintaining kin members and kin ... Leer más

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

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

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  • The Ageing Immune System and Health

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The present book intends to provide an update on immunosenescence and how deficiencies in the immune system contribute to a higher susceptibility to infections, decline in organ function, reduced vaccination responses, age-related disease and the ageing process itself, negatively affecting longevity. Our focus is on the main changes in immune system cells and their products occurring during the ... Leer más

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  • Mechanical Properties of Aging Soft Tissues

    Edición de Brian Derby, Riaz Akhtar ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Exploring the structure and mechanics of aging soft tissues, this edited volume presents authoritative reviews from leading experts on a range of tissues including skin, tendons, vasculature and plantar soft tissues. It provides an overview of in vivo and in vitro measurement techniques including state-of-the-art methodologies, as well as focusing on the structural changes that occur within the ... Leer más

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  • Arts and Culture for Older People in Singapore: An Annotated Bibliography

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book combines in a single volume numerous studies concerning the use of arts and culture to enhance quality of life, health and wellbeing among older people, especially in Singapore. The bibliography covers not only research conducted in Singapore (both published and grey literature), but also a global body of work encompassing the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and North America. In addition to ... Leer más

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  • Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines one of the most important demographic changes facing the United States: an overall aging population and the increasing influence of Latinos. It also looks at the changing demographics in Mexico and its impact on the health and financial well-being of aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The book provides a conceptual and accessible framework that will educate and inform readers ... Leer más

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  • Ageing and Caring

    A Guide for Later Life

    de Des O’Neill ...
    Although it is something that affects all of us, directly or indirectly, ageing can all too often be perceived negatively. Ageing and Caring is an essential, positive guide for older people, their carers and their families. It seeks to outline not only the challenges that can arise from ageing but also how active and rewarding life can continue to be in old age.From practical advice on remaining ... Leer más

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  • Eternity Soup

    Inside the Quest to End Aging

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