Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added While They're Still Here After a lifetime of strained bonds with her aging parents, Patricia Williams finds herself in the unexpected position of being their caregiver and neighbor. As they all begin to navigate this murky battleground, the long-buried issues that have divided... RRP: $31.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Psychosocial Approaches to Health and Wellbeing in Adulthood This textbook provides an up-to-date guide to theories within psychology and sociology relevant to understanding the major life transitions within adulthood and older age and demonstrates how they can be applied in practice. In doing so, it offers a... RRP: $220.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Dementia and Alzheimer Caregiver's Survival Guide This empowering guide offers compassionate, experience-informed support for caregivers facing the often-overwhelming realities of Alzheimer's and dementia. Written by Dr. Ogechi Hope, a dedicated Registered Nurse, Certified Case Manager, and Doctor of... RRP: $51.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added DEMENTIA DENIED A True Medical Mystery Memoir That Dares to Ask: What if the mind wasn't lost-just waiting to be heard?Diagnosed with terminal dementia. Bedbound. Hallucinating. Given just weeks to live. Everyone believed Ginger Smith's story was over. They were wrong... RRP: $40.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Next Years Best Years Next Years Best Years is a compelling new resource you can turn to time and again to help you begin or move to the next level of the emotional and practical aspects of this inevitable, though often poorly understood, life transition-which may represent a... RRP: $47.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Your Retirement Despite our best planning efforts, the sad reality is that the current system of retirement planning in America ends up in failure for as many as 70 percent of our nation's retirees.What does retirement failure look like? Author, radio host, and... RRP: $57.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Health Care of the Aged Focusing on the need for developing new service delivery models for the aged, Health Care of the Aged examines fiscal, political, and social criteria influencing this challenge of the 1990s. From various perspectives, this new book will help shape the... RRP: $212.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Housing Decisions in Later Life This book examines the processes by which older people make housing decisions and the impact such decisions have on the construction of their lives. Evidence is included from a major three-year research study, where older people told stories of their... RRP: $184.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Ageing in Place in Urban Environments Ageing in Place in Urban Environments considers together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side and urbanisation on the other. RRP: $373.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Dignity and Old Age Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you'll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life. You'll examine the word... RRP: $308.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Geriatric Physical Diagnosis Informed by more than thirty years of experience, this guide provides a wealth of insight into the clinical observation, diagnosis and treatment of elderly patients. Organized geographically from (literally) head to toes, it concentrates on the basic... RRP: $83.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added I'm Ralph, I'm Dad Ralph Wood was diagnosed with dementia, and over the ensuing years his daughter, a medical doctor, along with other close family members, walked that journey beside him.Through poems, drawings and brief comments, I'm Ralph, I'm Dad lovingly tells the... RRP: $26.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Fear of Crime Among the Elderly This multimethod study of crime and the elderly in a small-town setting approaches the related issues from varied perspectives and ultimately presents a different picture of fear of crime among the elderly than that which dominates the current literature... RRP: $71.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Transnational Aging This book focuses on the diverse interrelationships between aging and transnationality. It argues that the lives of older people are increasingly entangled in transnational contexts on the social as well as the cultural, economic and political levels... RRP: $111.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Religious Literacy in Hospice Care This is the first book to explore how religion, belief and spirituality are negotiated in hospice care. Specifically, it considers the significant place that spiritual care has in hospice care and claims that the changing role of religion and belief in... RRP: $105.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Werner's Syndrome and Human Aging In keeping with the traditions of deve1opmenta1 bio1ogy and geronto1ogy, there was a long incubation period before fu11 expres sion of the plans for an International Conference on the Werner Syndrome and the pub1ication of the... RRP: $92.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Clinical Disorders of Memory Memory is essential for the retention of learning. In the presence of memory deficits, new learning is impaired and performance of previously learned habits deteriorates. What is the nature of memory? Where does it reside in... RRP: $122.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Contemporary Geriatric Medicine This volume marks the first of a new series, Contemporary Geriatric Medicine, joining the ever growing "Contemporary" family. As with the other "Contem porary" volumes, our goal is to assist the reader in maintaining currency... RRP: $92.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The Genetics of Aging The Genetics of Aging is divided into several sections in an attempt to provide a logical progression from the level of the genome to the realm of human genetics. The relationship between the genetic material and aging will be... RRP: $92.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Clinical Cases in Geriatric Dermatology This concise practical guide is designed to facilitate the clinical decision-making process by reviewing a number of cases and defining the various diagnostic and management decisions open to clinicians. It is richly ... RRP: $82.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Centers for Ending Series Foreword by Rosalynn Carter.- Foreword by Saul B. Cohen.- Themes of the Book.- Becoming a Resident in a Total Care Facility.- Residents as Immigrants.- Some Aspects of Organizational Craziness.- Two Months in the Nursing Home.- Planning Programs:... RRP: $76.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality This book addresses important issues of ageing and spirituality and reflects on the impact of culture on both constructs. It includes excerpts of cultural impact on spirituality from New Zealand, Singapore, India, United Kingdom, Australia and the United... RRP: $105.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing is a practical guide that shows you how to make retirement successful, based on the most up-to-date research available. It encourages a deeper and wider view of retirement and reveals how retirement can be a time... RRP: $63.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Methods in Religion, Spirituality & Aging Since the 1971 White House Conference on Aging in the United States, the need to move from religiosity into new areas such as Spiritual Assessment and Spirituality has emerged. This movement has picked up momentum among scholars, particularly in terms of... RRP: $373.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Political Science, Public Policy, and Aging First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. RRP: $462.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Economics of Aging First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. RRP: $308.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Safeguarding Social Security for Future Generations This book offers a unique multigenerational approach to saving Social Security. Public programs have adapted to societal aging, but fears overwhelm hopes for Social Security's future prospects. Conservatives want to privatize operations that liberals... RRP: $92.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing The United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) offers a bold new agenda for handling the issue of ageing in the 21st century. It focuses on three priority areas: older persons and development; advancing health and well-being... RRP: $333.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Dementia and Aging Adults with Intellectual Disabilities This definitive handbook assembles the most recent advances in knowledge about dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities. Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and management and care practices... RRP: $123.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Towards Human Rights in Residential Care for Older Persons People are leading significantly longer lives than previous generations did, and the proportion of older people in the population is growing. Residential care for older people will become increasingly necessary as our society ages and, we will require... RRP: $131.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Gerontological Social Work and COVID-19 The novel coronavirus and the resultant COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected older adults in terms of the number of lives lost, concerns about safety of institutional and home and community-based care, the impact of isolation and seclusion,... RRP: $373.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Is There Any Ice Cream? In 2018, the Alzheimer Society of Canada website showed over half a million people in Canada were living with dementia. That same year, the Alzheimer Association website reported that over 5.7 million in the US were living with a form of memory loss... RRP: $58.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Sexuality and Aging Despite continuing ageist beliefs that sexuality is a privilege designed only for the young and physically healthy, research continues to indicate that the majority of older adults maintain interest in sexuality and may engage in fulfilling sexual... RRP: $216.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Ageing of the Oppressed Ageing of the Oppressed: A Pandemic of Intersectional Injustice explores what it is like to grow older with accumulating and intersecting discrimination. It condemns ageism and other "isms." RRP: $138.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Spiritual Care It is now widely known that the rapid advancement of modern medicine was achieved with little regard for the spiritual thresholds associated with illness and aging. In this book Judith Allen Shelly seeks to reverse this trend by familiarizing caregivers... RRP: $38.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Budgeting for Public Managers Benefiting from the authors' many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners, here is a clear, comprehensive, practice-oriented text for public budgeting courses. Rather than presenting each budgeting concern in mind-numbing... RRP: $564.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Serving the Elderly Broadly speaking there are two kinds of professional practice skills relevant to the burgeoning field of gerontological human service: clinical modalities and macro strategies. This book identifies seven essential approaches to clinical gerontology,... RRP: $121.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Aging Families in Chinese Society Aging Families in Chinese Society focuses on the accelerated social and demographic changes in China and examines their implications for family care and support for older adults. RRP: $111.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The Becoming of Age The Becoming of Age is an examination of the ways that aging and old age are represented in popular film. Arguing that the ideas behind cinematic depictions of aging are historical and open to revision, the author looks at how movies both promote... RRP: $76.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Caregiver Defined Are you a caregiver who would appreciate a little boost for the hard work you do? Or, are you a caring family member or friend of a caregiver whom you want to acknowledge and support? Caregiver Defined is a beautifully illustrated, inspirational... RRP: $25.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing Ageing populations pose some of the foremost global challenges of this century. Drawing on an international pool of scholars, this cutting-edge Handbook surveys the micro, macro and institutional aspects of the economics of ageing.Structured in seven... RRP: $552.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Facing Alzheimer's and Dementia Head On We are two retired RNs who took care of our husbands with Alzheimer's and Brain Injury Dementia at home. This book is designed to help you through all parts of your journey, explaining what is happening in your loved one's brain as the changes occur. We... RRP: $50.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Researching Later Life and Ageing This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched groups of older people and sets out future research agendas. RRP: $116.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
sale Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The Millenium Caregiver For most people, their twenties and thirties are the busiest times of their life, a period of new careers, new friends, new cities, new families. What few count on is that they might also be called to additional responsibilities as caregivers of parents,... RRP: $44.99 $38.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Laughter in Caregiving Being a caregiver can be exhausting, frustrating, and stressful. Caregivers often sacrifice their own lives to meet the needs of others. This book aims to uplift caregivers, reminding them they're not alone. It approaches challenges with a light-hearted... RRP: $45.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The Complete Guide to Understanding Dementia for Beginners Navigating the complexities of dementia can be overwhelming for both those diagnosed and their loved ones.The Complete Guide to Understanding Dementia is an essential resource that demystifies this condition with clarity, compassion, and practical advice... RRP: $29.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Coming of Age at the Focal Point Age does not mean that a person no longer has any value. In Coming of Age at the Focal Point: How Senior Centers Enhance Quality of Life for Older Adults, author, Dr. Althia Ellis, reveals the challenges that older adults face that can potentially... RRP: $29.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Life with a Demented Drama Queen Heart-wrenching and laugh-out-loud funny account of Kayce Lassiter's efforts to care for an aging deaf mother sliding into the darkness of dementia in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.How had this become my life? When had my previously almost magical... RRP: $46.00 Add to Cart The item has been added