Introducing a basis for dialogue across humanistic, scientific, and professional disciplines, this work addresses topics as industrial employment, retirement, life styles of older women, and biological research. It includes philosophical reflections on the ""third age"", perspectives on institutional adaptations, and an aging society.
Shows how social values impact elders in the US and how older persons, and those who advocate on their behalf, may respond to the attitudes and actions of others. This book offers a look at the challenges of ageing. It includes chapters on stereotypes, human rights, ageism, the ethics of survival, elder abuse, fear of ageing, dementia and more.
The first edition of "Family Relationships in Later Life" marked the beginning of a serious interest in the intersection of family scholarship and study of the aged. It outlined the nature of interpersonal relationships within the family of the aged, some major issues concerning families of the elderly and some policy and intervention issues. This second edition carries on the tradition of its predecessor. Each chapter synthesizes the present knowledge on the topic. Each also presents the author's most recent empirical work on the subject or suggests applications of this knowledge to policy or practice. Contributors come from a variety of disciplines. The new edition of "Family Relationships in Later Life" ia a tool for research, practice and instruction for family professionals and gerontologists.
This volume of the ARGG is devoted to the behavioral sciences, with particular attention given to topics in experimental and applied psychology. With the rapid rate of research in this field of aging, the contributors address a number of important basic and applied topics that are underrepresented in other literature..
Offers an account of the author's struggle to cope with her father when, in his last years, he changed from someone lively, charming, and independent to someone she and her family could not recognise. This book presents a woman's tale, intended for those who have taken on the care of an ageing parent or relative.
Suggesting what to look for when choosing a facility for your parent and the nursing home, this book shows how to monitor the care offered. For residents and caregivers alike, it includes appendixes that feature facts about retirement facilities and tips on how to evaluate a residential care facility.
The second volume in this long-running series presents the usual critical and intensive review chapters divided into five sections but also addresses particular topics of special interest, including drugs and their use, and misuse, among the aged; the nonmedication orientation to treatment of various disorders; the immune system; and clinical ......
Ageing has become a high priority issue on the agenda of legislators, public forums, and human service agencies. This book helps understand the processes of ageing and their impact on society as a whole. It probes the images held about them and compares these views with their actual life styles, developmental transitions and crises.
'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part of the library of every social gerontologist' -- Contemporary Sociology 'A unique contribution to cross-cultural studies in aging' -- Choice 'Worthwhile reading for any human service professional dealing with the aged' -- Social Work
