Age groups: adults Books
Rockridge Press After 40: Meaning of Life Journal: Prompts and
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£15.19
NavPress Publishing Group Bible Reset, The
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£14.24
Our Sunday Visitor Building a Firm Foundation: An Invitation to
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£17.00
Sounds True Inc The Inside Story: The Surprising Pleasures of
Book SynopsisDo you fear that growing old means being trapped in a body filled with aches, pains, sags, and losses? Too many of us do-especially women. Though our youth-obsessed society is partly to blame, Dr. Susan Sands explains there is a deeper and unrecognized factor: we have never really gotten to know our bodies, to sense and feel our bodies from the inside out. With The Inside Story, she offers a much-needed guide for helping us understand, befriend, and support our bodies as we grow older. Without downplaying the real challenges we face as we age, Dr. Sands offers a wealth of case studies, interviews, and scientific findings to rewrite the common cultural beliefs that put us at odds with our own bodies. Here, she shares a wealth of powerful embodiment tools-including traditional practices such as meditation and yoga, as well as breathing methods, neural feedback techniques, guidance on diet and exercise, and more. Most of us have never been taught how to truly connect with our bodies-yet growing older can provide us a golden opportunity to heal this inner divide. "As older women, we are actually primed to experience our bodies more deeply and pleasurably," Dr. Sands says. "Our bodies are quieter and slower. Aging can open up a transformative new capacity for body awareness, allowing us to experience our whole selves for perhaps the first time with respect, tenderness, and love."
£18.89
ACU Press/Leafwood Publishers Women's Ministry with Purpose: A Vibrant,
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£14.24
Transworld Publishers Ltd There Are No Grown-Ups: A midlife coming-of-age story
*MUCH RAVED ABOUT BY CHRIS EVANS ON HIS BBC RADIO 2 BREAKFAST SHOW*EVERYONE ELSE IS WINGING IT TOO. You know you're a grown-up when... ·You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. · You’ve lost and gained the same 10lbs so many times you now regard it as an old friend. · Your parents have stopped trying to change you. · You don't want to be with the cool people anymore; you want to be with your people. · You know that 'Soul mate' isn't a pre-existing condition. It's earned over time. Does it ever feel like everyone - except you - is a bona-fide adult? Do you wonder how real grown-ups get to be so mysteriously capable and wise? When she turns 40, Pamela Druckerman - author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller French Children Don't Throw Food - wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face. Waiters start calling her ‘Madame’, and she detects a disturbing new message in mens' gazes: I would sleep with her, but only if doing so required no effort whatsoever. There Are No Grown-Ups is a midlife coming-of-age story, a hilarious quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. It's a book for readers of all ages about - finally - becoming yourself
£8.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Oneself and
Book SynopsisRising life expectancy has led to the growth of the 'Sandwich Generation' - men and women who are caregivers to their children of varying ages as well as for one or both parents whilst still managing their own household and work responsibilities. This book considers both the strains and benefits of this position. Tackling a myriad of issues such as gender, parents and parents-in-law, ethnic differences, residential status, and developing changes in the caregiving relationship such as Alzheimer's or dementia, this book highlights the complexities of the caregiving relationship. Key chapters also address potential benefits including improved relationships, skill set development and generously giving to another. Expert contributors use examples to illustrate the need for organizations to address increases in caregiving among their employees and develop supportive policies and initiatives. They further show that there is a need at the country level to integrate employees, communities, employers, businesses and levels of government to deal with this increasing trend. This timely book will prove an indispensible reference for academics and students interested in the sandwich generation, caregiving and health. Its practical approach will also benefit human resource management professionals, managers dealing with sandwiched employees and health administrators at various levels of government.Contributors include: R. Attieh, S. Austen, R. Burke, L. Calvano, C.E. Greaves, T. Jefferson, N.L. Jimmieson, A.H. Kim, S. LoboPrabhu, N. Mandell, A. Mitra, V. Molinari, A. Ollier-Malterre, R. Ong, S.L. Parker, A.H. Prokos, J. Reid Keene, C. Reinicke, C.W. Rudolph, R. Sharp, P. Ulmanen, S.I. White Means, T. Yamashita, H. ZacherTrade Review'While the ''sandwich generation'' is not a new term, this volume brings a fresh perspective and new data to an increasingly important topic. By showing that multigenerational caregiving is now a global and cross-cultural phenomenon - significantly impacted by the worldwide aging of the population and the financial insecurity of the younger generation - Burke and Calvano draw our attention to the complexities involved. They effectively demonstrate that these issues impact not only families, but also workplaces and governments, and that all three groups must work collaboratively to address the challenges of caring for the most vulnerable in our society. This book is a ''must read'' for caregivers, business leaders, and policy makers!' --(Ann Bookman, University of Massachusetts, Boston, US)Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT 1. The Sandwich Generation: Individual, Family, Organizational and Societal Challenges and Opportunities Ronald J. Burke 2. Challenges Faced by Sandwiched Caregivers Shelley I. White-Means 3. Intergenerational Relations in Later Life Families. Nancy Mandell and Ann H. Kim PART II TAKING CARE OF CAREGIVERS 4. Supporting the Caregiver in Dementia Sheilla M. LoboPrabhu and Victor A. Molinari 5. Resource Effects in the Caregiving Process Claire E. Greaves, Stacey L. Parker, Hannes Zacher and Nerina L. Jmmieson PART III THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONS 6. Caregiving and Organizational Support Hannes Zacher, Cort W. Rudolph and Claudia Reinicke 7. The Effect of Work Hours and Workplace Policies on Sandwiched Caregivers Jennifer Reid Keene, Takashi Yamashita and Anastasia H. Prokos PART IV POLICY CONTEXT 8. National Context and Employer-Driven Work-Life Policies Ariane Ollier-Malterre 9. Residential Segregation and Heath of African Americans: Challenges for the Future Aparna Mitra 10. Missing Mature Age Women in Australia’s Aged Care Sector Siobhan Austen, Rhonda Sharp, Therese Jefferson and Rachel Ong 11. Childcare and Eldercare Policies in Sweden Petra Ulmanen 12. What to Expect When the Unexpected Happens: Becoming a Caregiver Lisa M. Calvano Index
£109.25
Octopus Publishing Group You Know You're Having a Midlife Crisis When...
Book SynopsisYou know you're having a midlife crisis when... ... all your clothes are made of leather - including your pyjamas. Have you taken a sudden liking to bodycon clothing that's three sizes too small? Are you considering a sexier upgrade to your car or even your partner? Try not to panic: it's only a midlife crisis. And besides, attempting to recapture your youth can be a lot of fun! Who said there's anything wrong with growing old disgracefully?
£6.99
Reaktion Books Broken Dreams: An Intimate History of the Midlife
Book SynopsisThe midlife crisis has become a cliché in modern society. Since the mid-twentieth century, the term has been used to explain infidelity in middle-aged men, disillusionment with personal achievements, the pain and sadness associated with separation and divorce, and the fear of approaching death. This book provides a meticulously researched account of the social and cultural conditions in which middle-aged men and women began to re-evaluate their hopes and dreams, reassess their relationships, and seek new forms of identity and fresh pathways to self-satisfaction. Drawing on a rich seam of literary, medical, media and cinematic sources, as well as personal accounts, it explores how the crises of middle-aged men and women were shaped by increased life expectancy, changing family structures, shifting patterns of work, and the rise of individualism.Trade Review"Medical historian Jackson examines in this thought-provoking scholarly study the social and cultural factors that made the midlife crisis 'a key feature of private lives and public debate in the mid-twentieth century. . . . Jackson’s expansive range and nuanced readings of popular culture more than make his case. This is a pinpoint dissection of an influential if slippery concept." * Publishers Weekly *“In what will surely be recognized as the classic account of how the midlife crisis became the lens through which we perceive and experience middle age, Jackson uncovers the cultural, demographic, economic, and social scientific factors that led us to see midlife as a uniquely problematic life stage. Whether you consider midlife as a point at which discontented women and men compulsively seek to preserve their youthful dreams and vitality or as an opportunity for reinvention and renewal, Broken Dreams will prompt you to view middle age in a fresh light: as a stage that is perhaps life’s most complex and challenging.” -- Steven Mintz, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin, author of "The Prime of Life: A History of Modern Adulthood"“Synthesizing his account from a wide variety of source materials, Jackson demonstrates convincingly that even though midlife itself resists neat definition, it nevertheless transcended biomedical, social, and cultural domains from the early twentieth century onwards. Covering a diverse range of themes, but focusing particularly on gender, this important book will serve as a touchstone for all historians concerned with ageing, family, sex, and the life course.” -- James F. Stark, Professor of Medical Humanities, University of Leeds, author of “The Cult of Youth: Anti-Ageing in Modern Britain”
£23.75
Bonnier Books Ltd A Life for a Life The Worlds Most Evil Serial
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£8.99
Berghahn Books Coming of Age in Times of Uncertainty
Book Synopsis Adulthood is taken for granted. It connotes the end of childhood, the resolution to the “storm and stress” period of adolescence. This conception is strongly entrenched in the sociology of youth and the sociology of the life course as well as in the policy arena. At the same time, adulthood itself remains unarticulated; journey’s end remains conceptually fixed and theoretically uncontested. Adulthood, then, is both central to the social imagination and neglected as an area of sociological investigation, something that has been noted by sociologists over the last four decades. Going beyond the overwhelmingly psychological literature, this book draws on original qualitative research and theories of social recognition and thus presents a first step towards filling an important gap in our understanding of the meaning of adulthood.Trade Review “…this book will be useful for scholars and students who want to explore and grasp the meaning of being an adult today. What is especially interesting is how the author expounds his main premise. Blatterer’s arguments are grounded on the work of traditional sociology theorists (e.g. Durkheim, Weber), and he also critically explores theories of individualization, the life course, and biography of modernity (e.g. Bauman, Beck, Giddens, Honneth).Within this theoretical framework, the author engages in a discussion of emerging social trends and compares them to the traditional and normative model that precedes them.” · Sociology “[This book] constitutes a novel and sophisticated approach to the study of age in and beyond the Western context primarily analysed by Blatterer… [and] will appeal not only to scholars interested in age studies, but also to a wider readership, in and beyond academia, with an interest in understanding the ways in which neoliberal transformations affect and impinge on the life of people in novel and unprecedented ways…this book is a timely and informed addition to an emerging critical scholarship of neoliberalism.” · JRAI "Impatient with popular and academic hand-wringing over 'prolonged adolescence' (or young people's unwillingness to grow up), Blatterer in this overdue sociological treatise on the changing nature of adulthood in Western society counters that such judgments unfairly draw on obsolete norms of adulthood… Blatterer's writing is eloquent…his arguments are well considered, important, and thought-provoking." · ChoiceTable of Contents Acknowledgements Preface Peter Beilharz Introduction Chapter 1. Representations of Adulthood Chapter 2. Adulthood, Individualization, and the Life Course Chapter 3. Adulthood and Social Recognition Chapter 4. From Adulthood as a Goal to Youth as a Value Chapter 5. New Adult Voices I: The Meaning of Adulthood Chapter 6. New Adult Voices II: Without a Center that Holds Conclusion: Redefining Adulthood Epilogue Bibliography
£89.10
Free Association Books Introduction to the Psychology of Jean Piaget
Book SynopsisConceived as a manual, this book introduces the reader directly to the concepts and fundamental contributions of the work of the Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget. The terms of 'adaptation', 'accommodation' and 'intelligence', structured together with the 'periods' and 'stages' of cognitive development, are explained with an explicit pedagogical objective for students. The author works on the stages of the first period or 'sensory motor period', and on the transformations that children's play undergoes, the imitation and the notion of object throughout the next stage or 'pre-operational period'. It analyses the period of 'concrete operations' and their sub-periods, and then concludes with the next level, that of the 'formal operations' of the representative intelligence, when abstraction and logical resolution of operations, are possible. Lopez-Corvo tries with this book, as he puts it: "to summarise Piaget's contributions within evolutionary psychology, in such a way as to facilitate the reader -above all students- the understanding of the theory and at the same time appreciate its logic and style".
£25.00
Greenleaf Book Group LLC Whatever the Hell You Want
Book SynopsisInWhatever the Hell You Want, Kelly and Keri share the big and little moments intheir lives when they defied the status quofrom quitting their corporate jobsto starting their own company to Keri's Elvis-themed wedding in Vegas toKelly's empowered choice of not having children.
£14.85
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Economics and Ageing: Volume IV: Political
Book SynopsisThis upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in health economics and economics of ageing, but policy makers, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences, and social care.This volume introduces topics in the economics of happiness, quality of life, and well-being in later life. It also covers questions of inequality and poverty, intergenerational economics, and housing. Other areas described in this book include behavioural economics, political economy, and consumption in ageing societies.Table of ContentsI Economics of happiness and quality of life1 Conceptualisations and measurement1.1 Utility1.2 Welfare1.3 Subjective and objective well-being1.3.1 Subjective well-being1.3.2 Objective well-being1.4 Psychological well-being1.5 Optimal well-being1.6 Happiness1.7 Human development1.8 Quality of life1.8.1 CASP-191.8.2 Long-term care1.8.3 Health care1.8.4 Community quality of life2 Theories and empirical findings2.1 Comparison theories2.2 Easterlin paradox2.3 Set-point, adaptation-level, and the hedonic treadmill2.4 Personality traits and genetics2.5 Needs-based theories2.6 Inequality and happiness2.7 Happiness along the life cycle3 Happiness and policy3.1 Gross National Happiness3.2 National Accounts of Well-being3.2.1 Time-based national well-being accounts3.3 Happy life expectancy or happy life years3.3.1 Inequality of Happiness3.4 Closing thoughtII Inequality and Poverty4 Inequality4.1 Introduction4.2 Distribution and moral theory4.2.1 Value claims4.2.2 Moral desert4.2.3 Utilitarianism4.2.4 Libertarianism4.2.5 Contractualism4.2.6 Capabilities4.2.7 Consequentialist and deontological approaches4.3 Measurement of distribution and inequality4.3.1 Inequality of whom?4.3.2 Inequality of what?4.3.3 Measures of inequality4.4 Population ageing and distributional issues4.5 Intergenerational transmission of inequality5 Poverty, deprivation and social class5.1 An embarrassment of definitional riches?5.1.1 Equivalisation5.1.2 Absolute poverty5.1.3 Relative poverty5.1.4 Multidimensional approaches5.1.5 Mortality-adjusted poverty rates5.1.6 Subjective poverty5.1.7 Financial distress5.1.8 Financial security5.1.9 Chronic or persistent poverty5.2 Theories of Poverty5.2.1 Individualist approaches5.2.2 Structuralist approaches5.2.3 Intergenerational income elasticity5.2.4 Equal burden-sharing5.2.5 The Great Gatsby curve5.2.6 Anti-poverty role of pension income in low-income developingcountries5.3 Social class and later life6 Some questions of intergenerational economics6.1 Intergenerational transfers6.2 Intergenerational mobility6.2.1 Multigenerational mobility6.3 Justice between generations6.3.1 Prudential lifespan6.3.2 Fair innings6.4 Equity, solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence6.4.1 Generational equity6.4.2 Generational interdependence and solidarity6.4.3 Generational contract6.4.4 Intergenerational ambivalence6.5 Indices of intergenerational fairness6.5.1 The Intergenerational Fairness Index6.5.2 Intergenerational Justice Index7 Ageing, house prices, and economic crises7.1 Introduction7.2 Residential mobility in later life7.2.1 Ageing, moving, and house prices7.2.2 Housing-related financial products7.3 Housing and poverty in later life7.3.1 Housing and risk in later life7.4 Housing and pensions7.4.1 Housing income and public spending on older people7.4.2 Housing and the retirement decisionIII Behavioural Economics and Ageing8 Behavioural economics and individual ageing8.1 Prospect theory8.2 Framing effects8.3 Anchoring effect8.4 Priming8.5 Sunk cost effect8.6 Mental accounting8.7 Myopia8.8 Lack of willpower8.9 Complexity8.10 Same findings, other approaches9 Behavioural economics and policy9.1 Libertarian paternalism9.1.1 Nudge9.2 Constitutionally constrained paternalism9.3 Autonomy-enhancing paternalism9.4 Asymmetric paternalism9.5 The Save More Tomorrow TM programmeIV Political Economy10 Economics and the political economy of ageing10.1 Introduction 10.2 Political economy of ageing -the orthodox economicsview10.2.1 Population ageing and the median voter model10.2.2 Elderly power and fiscal leakage10.2.3 Interest group models11 Gerontological views11.1 Political gerontology11.2 Social gerontology and the political economy of ageingV The silver economy12 The silver economy12.1 Introduction12.2 The ageing’ consumer12.2.1 Demand-driven market segmentations12.2.2 Other market segmentations12.3 The retirement-consumption puzzle12.4 Ageing and the consumer society12.4.1 Successful ageing and the consumer society12.4.2 Affluenza
£52.49
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Vieillissement Et Classes Sociales
Book SynopsisQuelles réalités recouvre l'image, souvent uniformisante, des transformations récentes des conditions de vie des retraités ? Certes, la pauvreté a reculé chez les personnes âgées, leur état de santé s'est amélioré et la retraite ne rime plus avec exclusion sociale. Pourtant, dans les coulisses des tendances générales, d'anciennes vulnérabilités persistent et de nouvelles inégalités émergent. Mêlant contributions théoriques et empiriques, cet ouvrage porte sur un aspect largement occulté en sociologie de la vieillesse, celui des inégalités sociales dans la dernière étape du parcours de vie. Il interroge notamment les nouveaux modèles du bien vieillir et du vieillissement actif en portant l'attention sur les conditions de réalisation socialement situées de ces modèles. Il propose également un regard réflexif sur les travaux sociologiques dans le domaine du vieillissement en questionnant, du point de vue historique, leur rôle dans le processus d'invisibilisation des effets de classe dans ce champ d'étude et en montrant comment les perspectives issues des études de genre ouvrent la voie à un renouveau des analyses en terme de classes dans le cadre des approches intersectionnelles.
£30.64
Kohlhammer Entwicklungspsychologie Des Erwachsenenalters
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£20.61
Kohlhammer Gerontologie - Einfuhrung Und Geschichte
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£25.60
Kohlhammer Altern Mit Geistiger Behinderung: Grundlagen Und
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£33.15
Kohlhammer Das Lange Leben Leben - Aber Wie?:
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£17.10
Kohlhammer Gesund Alterwerden: Wunsche, Fakten,
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£19.80
Kohlhammer Zukunftsvisionen Des Alters: Fragen Und Antworten
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£19.80
Kohlhammer Schlaf Im Alter: Leistungen, Storungen, Losungen
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£19.95
Kohlhammer Wo Wollen Wir Alt Werden?: Wie Wir Unsere Stadte
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£21.60
Kohlhammer Leben in Wachsenden Ringen: Sinnerfulltes Alter
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£18.70
Peter Lang AG Kindheit Und Mystik Im Mittelalter
Book SynopsisDiese Untersuchung stellt einen Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kindheit dar. Es werden die Kindheiten und Phantasien von deutschen mittelalterlichen Mystikerinnen und Mystikern untersucht. Autobiographische Texte und zeitgenössische biographische Beschreibungen des Lebens dieser Religionsvirtuosen bilden die Grundlage der 17 Einzelfallrekonstruktionen. Mystiker erleben in religiösen Visionen und Auditionen geradezu körperlichen Kontakt mit Phantasmen, erleiden Traumen und Verzückungszustände, sie kasteien und beschädigen ihre Körper. Dieses mystische Erleben wird rekonstruiert, wobei die Verbindung zur Kindheit des jeweiligen Mystikers untersucht wird. Zur Erklärung mystischer Phantasien wird ein psychodynamisches Modell von Erlebnisstrukturen ausgearbeitet und empirisch überprüft. Die Entstehung von mystischem Erleben beruht auf traumatischen Kindheitserfahrungen so die Hypothese, die in dieser Arbeit vertreten wird.
£50.94
Peter Lang AG Mentale Fitness im Golf: Sportpsychologische
Book SynopsisMentale Fitness spielt im (Hoch-)Leistungssport eine entscheidende Rolle, auch im Freizeitsport wird diesem Faktor zunehmend Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Ergänzend zu den sportartübergreifenden Überlegungen aus dem Band Mentale Fitness im Tennis finden sich spezifische psychologische Hinweise für aktive Golfspielerinnen und Golfspieler jeglichen Leistungsniveaus, die ihre mentale Fitness verbessern wollen. Die wesentlichen Aspekte werden anschaulich auf den Punkt gebracht, zudem werden viele praktische Übungen zur Steigerung der individuellen mentalen Fitness vorgestellt. Das Werk basiert auf den Ergebnissen wissenschaftlicher empirischer Forschung und langjähriger Erfahrungen des Autors in der sportpsychologischen Beratung von Golfspielerinnen und Golfspielern aus dem Nachwuchs- und professionellen Bereich.
£20.85
Editorial Planeta Mexicana S.A. de C.V. La Nueva Menopausia Todo Lo Que Necesitas Saber
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£14.99
University Press of Southern Denmark Communication, Collaboration & Creativity:
Book SynopsisResearching adult learning combines the very best presentations from the Third Nordic Conference on Adult Learning. This volume covers the broad field of adult education. The contributions come from researchers in Northern Europe and include a South African perspective in the field of adult learning.
£22.50
Aarhus University Press Geropsychology: The Psychology of the Ageing
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£30.00
Peeters Publishers The Prime of Their Lives: Wise Old Women in Pre
Book SynopsisThe contributions to this volume show that, in pre-industrial Europe, women in their prime, women, that is, who had reached maturity and were beyond fertility, but not yet in old age, constitute a separate category for historical and literary analysis. These wise old women, or WOWs, took on tasks in society which were essentially different from the ones they had taken on before, mainly in the household. The case studies presented here show that some of these women entered a second phase of creativity and productivity and were even able to fulfil their desires at the age of forty. Being able, at last, to find their authentic selves, they acquired a female voice of their own. For some of them, for example, Christine de Pizan, the age of forty even functioned as a trope of female authorship.
£53.56
HarperCollins India How to be Happy
Book SynopsisThis is a book that carries decades of experience on how to be contented, how to lead a fulfilling life, how to inhabit the delightful world of books and stories, and most of all on how to be happy!
£14.00
HarperCollins Publishers India A BOOK OF BOOKS
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£17.99
HarperCollins Publishers India HOW TO BE YOU
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£17.99
Author Solutions Inc The Word That Loves You
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£28.76
Independently Published Dog Heaven: A Book of Hope for Children Who Have Lost Their Pet / A Visit to an Animal Paradise
£9.93
Independently Published Extraordinary Ministers Holy Eucharist
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£16.03
Independently Published Mindfulness and Mental Health: Staying Balanced
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£10.10
