A powerful, provocative, and genre-bending literary memoir that grapples with victimhood, recovery, and resilience In the before, Jesse James Rose is happy. She has a beautiful boyfriend with melty glacier eyes, shes on a euphoric jou...Lasīt vairāk
The need to develop connections between members of different generations is being driven by a host of trends and challenges. This handbook presents what is known about the spectrum of intergenerational initiatives in the United States and abroad. It...Lasīt vairāk
In conversation with ninety-one women over the age of eighty in California, northern Iceland, south India, and among Sisters of St. Joseph in western New York, A View from Lifes Edge explores how, in the face of death, a sense of what really...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Rutgers University Press, ISBN-13: 9781978844650)
In conversation with ninety-one women over the age of eighty in California, northern Iceland, south India, and among Sisters of St. Joseph in western New York, A View from Lifes Edge explores how, in the face of death, a sense of what really matter...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research,U.S., ISBN-13: 9798887702834)
Dementia is a serious health challenge, and by some estimates the number of people living with dementia could more than double by 2050. While Alzheimers disease is the most common type of dementia, other types also affect adults worldwide, causing...Lasīt vairāk
An internationally recognized longevity and aging expert uncovers the secret to an enduring, thriving life: meaningful social connections Contrary to popular belief, the secret to living longer is not just about eating well, exercis...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Morgan James Publishing llc, ISBN-13: 9781636986593)
Heading into the unknown world of adult orphanhood?Helping ones parents as they age and eventually leave this world can be difficult. While caring for them perfectly isnt a realistic expectation, it is possibl...Lasīt vairāk
The ninth edition offers cutting-edge, evidence-based strategies to help older adults thrive and optimize their health throughout the aging process.Health in later life involves more than just medical care, diet, o...Lasīt vairāk
Building on the work of the previous volumes in the Sex and Intimacy in Later Life series, this book explores how resexualisation may take place in later life. Drawing on transdisciplinary and international content, it provides a theoretically and ex...Lasīt vairāk
With the revolutionary technology advancement and the global population aging, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of the use of information and computer technology (ICT) among older people, and the need for ICT inclusivity to...Lasīt vairāk
A road trip through the prairies prompts acclaimed writer Sharon Butala to unearth the stories of the natural world around her, and at the same time revisit her own personal histories.After an isolating and demoralizing yea...Lasīt vairāk
The Unknown Sea: Navigating Death, Dying, and Bereavement provides a relatively compact, comprehensive text for studying social attitudes, cultural perspectives, and social-institutional factors associated with death...Lasīt vairāk
After decades of writing books for dads that changed families across the nation, Jay Payleitner is taking on grandparenting in his newest title, A Grand Way to Live: Faith, Wisdom, and Joy for Every Grandparent (A 90-Day Devotional)....Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the remarkable adaptability of the human brain in the face of aging and adverse conditions. Through the lens of groundbreaking research, personal interactions, a...Lasīt vairāk
Guo provides a comprehensive outlook of how digital media is transforming the daily lives of senior citizens in China. A valuable book for scholars and researchers in Sociology, digital media, active aging population, gerontology and China Studies...Lasīt vairāk
The collection of essays in this volume explores the significance of old age for Jews and Christians as well as Greeks and Romans in antiquity.By examining a diverse range of sources, the authors in this volume ela...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jul-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009608855)
This investigation into the experience of aging in a retirement metropolis translates research into useful information for people living and working within retirement communities, those looking to move in, and scholars of gerontology, aging studies,...Lasīt vairāk
This investigation into the experience of aging in a retirement metropolis translates research into useful information for people living and working within retirement communities, those looking to move in, and scholars of gerontology, aging studies,...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1957, The Family Life of Old People opens with the question: Are old people isolated from their families? Thereafter, the author describes the results of intensive interviews with people of pensionable age in Bethnal Gree...Lasīt vairāk
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Transnational care practices differ and are not available to everyone in equal measure. Drawing on interviews with migrants parents in Bolivia, this book considers the conditions t...Lasīt vairāk
Now in his seventies, poet and philosopher Mark Nepo explores the rhythms of aging in the second half of life. As the years go by, the question for each of us becomes more and more real: What does it mean to age? Despite the limitations that come as...Lasīt vairāk
Kate Braid has never been one to follow the beaten path. In 1977, she broke barriers by stepping or rather, stumbling into the male-dominated world of construction. With two beloved memoirs, Journeywoman and Hammer & Nail, a...Lasīt vairāk
