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Second Wind
Human Kinetics 2009; US$ 15.95Second Wind: The Rise of the Ageless Athlete is an absorbing account of a growing subculture of Americans who are challenging the notion of what it means to grow old. more...
Human Growth and Development
SAGE Publications 2010; US$ 55.00Much more engaging than the average introduction to social and psychological development, the First Edition of this book quickly became a bestseller due to Chris Beckett's much complimented, jargon-free writing style. more...
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 11, 1991
Springer Publishing Company 1991; US$ 90.00"Overall this issue is well organized and informative, a welcome addition to research literature available in the field of aging.". - Educational Gerontology: Learning Resources ;: Introduction. Contributors. Forthcoming Contents, Volume 12.; Implicit Memory: An Expanding Picture of Cognitive Aging, Darlene V. Howard; Learning, Memory, and... more...
Case Studies in Geriatric Medicine
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 71.00This case-based approach to geriatric medicine is suitable for all health professionals and trainees who provide care for the elderly. more...
Remember When?
Scientific American 2013; US$ 3.99We don?t often marvel at the process of remembering?that is, until we forget. What allows us to remember, and how do we forget? Most importantly, why do we remember certain things and not others? In this e-book, Remember When? The Science of Memory, we explore what science can tell us about memory, starting with an introductory section defining what... more...
Designing and Delivering Dementia Services
Wiley 2013; US$ 98.95Dementia is increasingly and widely recognised as a serious health and social challenge, in the developed world as well as in the developing world. The need therefore to design and implement dementia care services of high quality is becoming more and more vital, particularly given the likelihood of ever increasing demand in a world, which likely sees... more...
Fit ins Alter
Springer 2006; US$ 47.99Von Geburt an tickt die Uhr unseres kalendarischen Alters. Unser biologisches Alter lässt sich jedoch beeinflussen, um Gesundheit, Vitalität und Lebensfreude trotz zunehmenden Alters zu erhalten und damit "biologisch jünger" zu bleiben. Das Geheimnis dieser Strategie liegt im Prinzip "use it or lose it", das eine Aktivität in allen Lebensbereichen... more...
Generation 50 plus
Springer 2006; US$ 27.99Vor gar nicht allzu langer Zeit galt ein Mensch jenseits der 60 als "alt". Heute wissen wir, dass mit "66 noch lange nicht Schluss" ist. Dank der Erkenntnisse der modernen Medizin ist es den meisten Menschen vergönnt, sich mit den kleinen und größeren Beschwerden des Alterns anzufreunden. Dieser Ratgeber zeigt, wie wir mit den dazugehörigen körperlichen... more...
Animals, Aging, and the Aged
University of Minnesota Press 1981; US$ 67.50This volume explores the significant contributions of animals to our understanding of aging, to improving geriatric medicine, adn to providing companionship and assistance to the elderly. Leo L. Bustad discusses what can be learned from animal life-span s more...
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 12 (1992)
Springer Publishing Company 1992; US$ 90.00This edition of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics brings together, in one convenient volume, the results of many of the studies supported by the Hartford Foundation. The first two chapters of this volume set the stage for the specific research reports that follow. In the first chapter, Burke, Jolson, Goetsch, and Ahronheim review current... more...









