Public Policy Opinion and the Elderly, 1952-1978

John E Tropman, Gershom Morningstar

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• John E. Tropman examines older Americans and public policy opinion between 1952 and 1978 in order to see just where elder citizens fit in the overall ... Savoir plus

Centenarians

Belle Boone Beard

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• Successful survivors speak for themselves in this exhaustive study of the lives, attitudes, and lifestyles of more than 500 centenarians. A product of... Savoir plus

Shared Housing for the Elderly

Dale J. Jaffe

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• This book is the first collection of original essays on the topic of elderly shared housing. The approach is multidisciplinary and reflects a rare com... Savoir plus

Environment and Aging Theory

Rick J. Scheidt

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging | n° 26
• Noted scholars of environment-aging relations and environmental psychology examine the value of selected classic, contemporary, and in one instance, c... Savoir plus

North American Elders

Betty Havens, Eloise Rathborn- McCuan

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• This collection of essays provides an analysis of Canadian/U.S. social policy toward aging. The first chapter presents a continental view of demograph... Savoir plus

Suicide Among the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities

Nancy J Osgood, Barbara A Brant, Aaron Lipman

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• This is the first large-scale study of suicide in a population of institutionalized older adults. From their findings, the authors identify the most a... Savoir plus

Population Aging in the United States

William J Serow, David F Sly, J Michael Wrigley

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• This incisive work reviews the salient aspects of the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the aging of the population of the United S... Savoir plus

Social Policies for the Elderly in the Third World

Martin Tracy

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• This volume proposes a clearly structured method to study social programs for the elderly in economically developing nations. Martin B. Tracy approach... Savoir plus

Power and Poverty

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• Despite calls since the 1970s for more research into the history of old age, there is still a relative dearth of historical studies on the elderly, es... Savoir plus

Perceptions of Aging in Literature

P Vn Dorotka Bagnell, Pat Spencer Soper

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• The various norms and values of aging that have been created by humans in the course of history have been largely ignored by gerontologists, who are t... Savoir plus

Senior Centers in America

John a Krout

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• Senior Centers in America presents the most comprehensive and current examination of this important topic available today. Written by one of the leadi... Savoir plus

Problem Employee Management

Willa M Bruce

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• Written for human resources managers and executives, this book takes a pragmatic approach to a problem all organizations face, but is often neglected ... Savoir plus

Aiding and Aging

John Mogey

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• Citizens of all societies age both as biological beings and as members of households in the open community. Through joining a series of essays and sur... Savoir plus

Uprooted in Old Age

Howard Litwin

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging | n° 25
• Unique linkage of first-hand empirical research with practical suggestions for social networking to support elderly immigrants. Savoir plus

Passages of Retirement

Richard S Prentis

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• This innovative volume presents the personal aspects of retirement--the feelings, pleasures, and problems of this life event, expressed in the words o... Savoir plus

Religion, Health, and Aging

Jo Ann Ploch Gonzales, Harold G Koenig, Mona Smiley

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• This book presents a comprehensive and scientific review of the research during the past fifty years on the relationship between religion and health i... Savoir plus

The Chronically Disabled Elderly in Society

Merna J Alpert

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• This timely work increases awareness of and knowledge about problems of societal living among the chronically disabled elderly, with implications for ... Savoir plus

Elder Mistreatment

Tanya F Johnson

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• Mistreatment of the elderly became recognized as a serious and growing problem in the late 1970s, as a result of governmental investigations and resea... Savoir plus

Philanthropy and Gerontology

Ann H L Sontz

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• As pressures on public resources increase, more consideration is given to the role of private foundations in responding to the needs of the elderly--o... Savoir plus

Hispanic Elderly in Transition

Steven Applewhite

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• An outstanding examination of the cross-cultural apsects in social work practice and service dealing with Hispanic elderly, in particular Puerto Rican... Savoir plus

Residential Care for the Elderly

Sharon Baggett

• Livre relié | Anglais | Contributions to the Study of Aging
• Although residential care and assisted living for older adults has expanded rapidly in recent decades, it has done so in a policy environment beset by... Savoir plus