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  • Growing Up

    Pastoral Nurture for the Later Years

    by Thomas B Robb, William M Clements ...
    Growing Up: Pastoral Nurture for the Later Years is a sensitive volume devoted to helping older adults retain their status as meaningful members of their congregations and communities. In an honest approach, based on the foundations that old age is supposed to happen, the future belongs to the old, and vocation for people of faith is lifelong, Thomas Robb provides personal and Biblical ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • The Senior Cohousing Handbook

    A Community Approach to Independent Living

    by Charles Durrett, William H. Thomas ...
    How to make your senior years healthy, safe, social, and stimulating."Architect and author Chuck Durrett's recently released book Senior Cohousing Handbook comes at a time of high interest in greening, sustainable housing and affordable living concerns. Durrett's new book is a comprehensive guide for baby boomers wishing to continue vibrant, active lifestyles." - EPR Real Estate News"Make your ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Caregivers

    A Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love

    by Nell Lake ...
    A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers—spouses, parents, and friends of the elderly and ill—illuminating critical issues of old age, end-of-life care, medical reform, and social policy—and “providing comfort in the time-honored form of shared experience” (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune).In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 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

  • Growing in Age: Ageing in Today’s Society

    by 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 ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Contesting Elder Abuse and Neglect

    Ageism, Risk, and the Rhetoric of Rights in the Mistreatment of Older People

    by Joan R. Harbison ...
    The mistreatment of older people is categorized in many societies as “elder abuse and neglect,” yet the concept has not been subjected to rigorous critical inquiry. Instead, it has most often represented the interests of professionals, academics, and governments, while policy makers and researchers frequently overlook or disregard the complexity of issues that fall under this designation ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Aging Social Policies

    An International Perspective

    by Robbyn R. Wacker, Karen A. Roberto ...
    Our population is aging. What will we do about it?Due to population explosion and a global increase in average life expectancies, an unprecedentedly high percentage of the world′s population is aging. By the middle of this century there will be up to 2 billion individuals over the age of 65, a demographic shift never before experienced in our human history. In addition, declining birth rates in ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Evaluation in Dementia Care

    Edited by Anthea Innes, Louise McCabe ...
    This authoritative collection sets out the critical role and application of evaluation in identifying and developing good practice in a range of dementia care settings.The contributors discuss the evaluation of care at different levels and in various settings, particularly long stay care, covering evaluation methods, ethics, use of technology and the user's role in the evaluation process itself. ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Social Work Practice in Home Health Care

    by Ruth Ann Goode-Chresos ...
    Through Social Work Practice in Home Health Care, social workers will discover a unique “how-to” approach to social work practice in home health care agencies. You will find a historical perspective on home health care and clinical interventions to help you improve home health care for your patients. A wide range of clients, such as the developmentally disabled, post-hospitalization patients, the ... Read more

    $103.99 USD

  • The Art of Forgetting

    by Ivan Izquierdo ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    How do we forget? Why do we need to forget? This book intends to answer to these and other questions. It aims to demonstrate that each one is who it is due to their own memories. Thus, distinguish between the information we should keep from those we should forget is an difficult art. In this book, the author discusses about the different types of memory, the main types of forgetting (avoidance, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Family Support and Family Caregiving across Disabilities

    Edited by Patricia Conway, George Singer, David Biegel ...
    Family members provide the majority of care for individuals with disabilities in the United States. Recognition is growing that family caregiving deserves and may require societal support, and evidence-based practices have been established for reducing stress associated with caregiving. Despite the substantial research literature on family support that has developed, researchers, advocates and ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Ageing in Society

    Edited by Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben Westerhof, John Bond, Sheila Peace ...
    `Ageing in Society brings forth exciting new questions, fresh perspectives, and a necessary critical approach to key issues - this is indeed an authoritative introduction. The authors not only have made significant contributions to gerontology, but offer the reader considerations for what could be, not just what is, the design of old age in society. The book will inform students in ways that so ... Read more

    $87.29 USD