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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 22 (2002)
Springer Publishing Company 2003; US$ 90.00Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes (the cumulative advantage/cumulative disadvantage hypothesis); the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities... more...
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics 5, 1985
Springer Publishing Company 1985; US$ 102.00Now entering its second decade of publication, this landmark series draws together and critically reviews all the existing research in specific areas of nursing practice, nursing care delivery, nursing education, and the profession of nursing. more...
A Time of Our Own
Fulcrum Publishing 2008; US$ 21.95The very concept of retirement is changing, especially among women. Today's mature female is a pacesetter, exemplifying a unique approach to work, service, and learning. These women, age 60 and older, find themselves entering the last third of their lives in a state of relative health, optimism, and personal freedom, and are beginning to ask, "What... more...
The Social Networks of Older People
ABC-CLIO 1996; US$ 125.00This edited volume examines the social networks of older people in nine countries from a range of perspectives in order to determine the potential of informal support structures to deliver the bulk of care in today's society. Researchers from the United States, Canada, England and Wales, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, and Israel... more...
Health Aspects of Aging
Charles C Thomas 2007; US$ 36.95This second edition of Health Aspects of Aging serves to broaden the perspectives of societal change due to increases in life expectancy, as well as the effects of age-related changes as they impinge upon the provision of health care for older persons. The growing presence of a large number of persons aged 65 and older worldwide has propelled a re-evaluation... more...
Expressive Arts for the Very Disabled and Handicapped for All Ages
Charles C Thomas 1996; US$ 54.95This new and expanded edition presents a compilation of material based on real-life experiences with disabled and handicapped people in the development of art and craft therapy at its simplest level. The book is unique in that the ideas presented are not only intended to hold the interest of children and adults but also to meet the needs of professionals... more...
Beyond Sixty-Five
Cambridge University Press 1983; US$ 26.00This book investigates the changing roles and perceptions of old age in nineteenth-century America. more...
Facing Age
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2010; US$ 21.99Facing Age examines the relationship between aging and women in a culture obsessed with youthfulness. From weight gain, to wrinkles, to sagging skin, to gray hair, the book explores older women's complex and often contradictory feelings about their bodies and the physical realities of growing older. Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted over... more...
The Gift of Generations
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 28.00A comparative study of aging and the social contract in Japan and the United States. more...
Age Discrimination
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 36.00A unique interdisciplinary analysis of the age discrimination debate in Britain and the USA. more...









