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Gerontology

  • Alzheimer's Disease, Media Representations and the Politics of Euthanasiaby Megan-Jane Johnstone

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    Drawing on extensive data this book explores the 'Alzheimerisation' of the euthanasia debate, examining the shift in recent years in public attitudes towards the desirability and moral permissibility of euthanasia as an end-of-life 'solution' for people living with the disease - not just at its end stage, but also at earlier stages.... more...

  • The Social Work Interviewby Alfred Kadushin; Goldie Kadushin

    Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 49.99

    For twenty-five years, The Social Work Interview has been the textbook of choice in social work and other human service courses, as well as an essential professional resource for practitioners. This new edition, the first in seven years, is thoroughly updated-revised, expanded, and reorganized for more thorough coverage and for more effective teaching... more...

  • Gerontological Supervisionby Ann Burack Weiss; Frances C. Brennan

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 61.95

    The growing population of aging Americans is bringing with it thousands of new workers into agencies serving the elderly each year. Now, the need for supervisors to administer and train staff in programs for older persons is increasing as well. This is a practical, "how-to" guide for the supervision of case managers, personal care providers, and interns... more...

  • Old Ageby John Vincent

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95

    Recent decades have seen a fundamental change in the age structure of many western societies. In these societies it is now common for a fifth to a quarter of the population to be retired, for fewer babies to be born than is required to sustain the size of the population and for life expectancy to exceed eighty years old. This book provides an overview... more...

  • Ageing, meaning and social structureby Jan Baars; Joseph Dohmen; Amanda Grenier

    The Policy Press 2013; US$ 99.00

    A wide range of contributors focus on major issues in ageing such as autonomy, agency, frailty, lifestyle, social isolation, dementia and professional challenges in social work and participatory research. more...

  • Gerontologyby Kenneth Ferraro; Janet Wilmoth

    Springer Publishing Company 2013; US$ 75.00

    This newest edition of a core graduate level textbook has added six new chapters to further enrich the "gerontological imagination," and encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the study of aging. Academically rigorous yet clear and accessible, the text provides the most current findings from leading gerontological researchers and practitioners.... more...

  • Whistling Womenby J Dianne Garner; Cheryl Claassen

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95

    ?I didn?t know we were lesbians. We lived together 13 years!? Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectives?from growing up during the Depression and... more...

  • Gay and Grayby John Phd Dececco

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95

    In the absence of accurate information, American culture has upheld a distorted view of what it means to be an older gay man. Gay and Gray is the first and only scholarly full-length treatment of older gay men in America today. It breaks the stereotype that older gay men are strange, lonely creatures and reveals that most older gay men are well-adjusted... more...

  • Preparing Participants for Intergenerational Interactionby Melissa Hawkins; Kenneth Backman; Francis A Mcguire

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 50.50

    Preparing Participants for Intergenerational Interaction: Training for Success examines established intergenerational programs and provides the training methods necessary for activity directors or practitioners to start a similar program. This book contains exercises that will help you train colleagues and volunteers for these specific programs and... more...

  • Television in the Nursing Homeby Wendy J Hajjar

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00

    Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents is a three-stage ethnographic study of media use by the elderly in long-term care facilities. This research concludes that watching television is the most prevalent and pervasive activity for patients. Activity directors can now learn... more...