Age groups: the elderly / old age Books
McGill-Queen's University Press The Right to an AgeFriendly City
Book SynopsisA detailed and timely examination, The Right to an Age-Friendly City offers both broad and tangible insights into the intermingled political, economic, cultural, and administrative changes needed to protect the rights of senior citizens to access urban space in Toronto and beyond.Trade Review"Compellingly presented and convincing in its conclusions, The Right to an Age-Friendly City is a serious and impressive look at -- and evaluation of -- Toronto's approach to providing a system of care for the city's senior citizens." Peter Kresl, Bucknell University“... a reader-friendly book [that] uses compelling narratives and research evidence to support its main arguments. The Right to an Age-Friendly City offers a fresh and valuable perspective into the largely “technical” or nonpolitical body of AFC [Age-Friendly City] literature.” Journal of Urban Affairs
£31.50
Columbia University Press Critical Issues for Future Social Work Practice
Book SynopsisDemonstrates that many of the consequences that social workers must face are made more difficult by the dominance of a market discourse that excludes a social justice framework. This book includes subjects such as constructing community support, aging and caregiving in culturally diverse families, and changing demographics of widowhood.Table of Contents1. Controversial Concepts, by Sheila Neysmith and Margaret MacAdam 2. Widowhood: Dominant Renditions, Changing Demography, and Variable Meaning, by Anne Martin-Matthews 3. Conflicting Images of Older People Receiving Care: Challenges for Reflexive Practice and Research, by Jane Aronson 4. Constructing Community Care: (Re)Storying Support, by Deborah O'Connor 5. Aging and Disability in the New Millennium: Challenges for Social Work Research and Practice, by Amy Horowitz 6. Aging and Caregiving in Ethnocultural Families: Diverse Situations but Common Issues, by Nancy Guberman and Pierre Maheu 7. Feminist Lessons from the Gray Market in Personal Care for the Elderly: So What If You Have to Spend Your Own Money?, by Sharon M. Keigher 8. Being in Health: Versions of the Discursive Body, by Anne Opie
£90.00
Columbia University Press Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book certainly fills a niche for a well-deserved population that is often ignored. -- Donna Wang Activities, Adaptation, and AgingTable of ContentsForeword: Looking Back on the Nursing Home Experience of My Mother, by Msgr. Charles Fahey Foreword, by Virginia Richardson Introduction, by Mercedes Bern-Klug 1. The Need to Extend the Reach of Palliative Psychosocial Care to Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Chronic Illness, by Mercedes Bern-Klug 2. The Structure and Process of Advanced Chronic Illness and Palliative Care in Nursing Homes, by Sarah Thompson and Lisa Church 3. Paying for Advanced Chronic Illness and Hospice Care in America's Nursing Homes, by Michael J. Klug 4. Trends in the Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Residents, by Mercedes Bern-Klug 5. Anticipating and Managing Common Medical Challenges Encountered at the End of Life, by Ann Allegre 6. Identifying and Addressing the Psychosocial, Social, Spiritual, and Existential Issues Affecting Nursing Home Residents at the End of Life, by Jean C. Munn 7. Identifying and Addressing Family Members' Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Existential Issues Related to Having a Loved One Living and Dying in a Nursing Home, by Patricia J. Kolb 8. Identifying and Addressing Ethical Issues in Advanced Chronic Illness and at the End of Life, by Charles E. Gessert and Don F. Reynolds 9. Final Discharge Planning: Rituals Related to the Death of a Nursing Home Resident, by Peggy Sharr and Mercedes Bern-Klug 10. Grief, Self-Care, and Staff-Care: Repeated Loss in the Nursing Home Environment, by Sara Sanders and Patti Homan 11. The Future of Palliative Psychosocial Care for Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Chronic Illness, by Mercedes Bern-Klug Appendix Index
£118.75
Columbia University Press Lifting Our Voices
Book SynopsisLooks at the emotional and organizational dynamics between individuals, couples, and families who provide care, and yet who are also committed to a full time career as a human service professional. This book provides an insight into negotiating social service agencies and other institutions.Trade ReviewBeckett's remarkable compilation of caregiving narratives provides insight into the diversity of caregiving experiences... Essential. Choice An engaging and accessible text... This book is a strong addition to the caregiving literature and is well recommended. -- Leslie Hempling Social Work in Health Care Two things that stand out to this reviewer are the efforts by individuals to impact policy and practice where they could and the use of tables to provide a visual of implications as they are discussed in each chapter. -- Needha M. Boutte-Queen Families in Society The great diversity of caregiving is also on display in Lifting Our Voices, which vividly illustrates the challenges caregivers of diverse ethnic/racial background experience. -- Joseph E. Gaugler Gerontologist Beckett's book will initiate meaningful discussions in Bachelor's in Social Work and Masters in Social Work courses on caregiving and aging. It should also prove illuminating to students seeking to understand the broad range of family caregiving experiences. The book provides a clarion call for more culturally competent social work practice and services. -- Debra E. Allwardt Journal of Gerontological Social WorkTable of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments List of Contributors 1. Caregiving, by Joyce O. Beckett 2. Once, Twice, Always a Caregiver: Career Caregiving for Parents Who Abused Alcohol, by Cynthia Jones 3. Responding to My Sister's Addiction: Fostering Resilience in My Nieces, by Darlene Grant 4. Caring for My Grandmother: The Birth of a Gerontological Social Worker, by Erica Edwards 5. Not an Option but a Duty: Caring for My Mother, by Yvonne Haynes 6. "My Last Born Shall Care for Me and Mine": Caring for Siblings and Mother, by Joyce E. Everett 7. Caring for My Mother: Four Phases of Caregiving, by Shirley Bryant 8. Aunt Doris's Moves, by F. Ellen Netting 9. Closing Muriel's House: Caring for My Mother, by King E. Davis 10. Social Worker Husband as Caregiver of Social Worker Wife, by Samuel Peterson 11. What Goes Around Comes Around: Career Caregiving in the Caring Village, by Joyce O. Beckett Index
£95.00
Columbia University Press Robert N. Butler MD
Book SynopsisRobert Neil Butler was a scholar, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author who revolutionized the way the world thinks about aging and the elderly. One of the first psychiatrists to engage with older men and women outside of institutional settings, Butler coined the term “ageism” to draw attention to discrimination against older adults.Trade ReviewThis is not only a personal biography of an iconic figure in the field of aging but also a biography of the discipline of gerontology. The stories fill in the blanks for us and help make sense of our own professional lives as we see more fully the role Robert N. Butler played in the development of the field. Dr. Butler was our hero, and he gave us courage. His story needs to be shared. -- Leah Rogne, Minnesota State University W. Andrew Achenbaum has crafted a biographical masterpiece about a significant contributor to the ideas and social ideals of the twentieth century. He reconstructs the life and contributions of Robert N. Butler-psychiatrist, foremost authority on aging, Pulitzer Prize winner, and activist-and in the process illuminates the practices, debates, and concerns surrounding aging in America and around the world. This book about a remarkable visionary is a must-read, reaffirming Achenbaum's position as a leading scholar and historian of aging in America. -- Scott A. Bass, American University Considering the enormous impact Robert Neil Butler had on gerontology, I am thrilled that W. Andrew Achenbaum has taken on the very fitting and formidable task of depicting and commemorating Butler's life work. Butler's career was marked by a fundamental optimism toward the aged which brought talent, rigor, and legitimacy to the field of gerontology. I look forward to the insights I am certain to gain from better understanding the life of this great pioneer. -- Ken Dychtwald, President and CEO, Age Wave This is the biography of Robert Butler we've been waiting for. For those who were privileged to know him, this book brings him vividly to life. For those who recognize his influence, it will illuminate his legacy. For all who expect to grow old, it will bring a lasting message of hope. -- Harry R. Moody, Director of Academic Affairs, AARP This is a book that should be on the bookshelf of every gerontologist today. Gerontologist Achenbaum provides much more than a biography of Butler in this beautifully crafted, historically grounded account... veteran gerontologists will treasure this exceptionally fine book... younger generations of gerontologists will benefit from this historically and conceptually grounded account of Butler. Journal of Ageing and SocietyTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Life Review 2. The Formative Years 3. A Professional Apprentice 4. Forging Washington Connections 5. Butler at the National Institute of Aging 6. Expanding the Scope of Geriatrics 7. Recasting the New Gerontology Through the International Longevity Center 8. America's Aging Visionary Epilogue Appendix: Prologue or Introduction to Life Review References Index
£49.50
Columbia University Press Walking the Night Road
Book SynopsisSpeaks to the experience of caring for a loved one with a terminal illness and the difficulties of encountering death.Trade ReviewAlexandra Butler's account of her parents' deaths is engaging and affecting. Boomers and their children will learn much from this memoir as they themselves approach the finitude of life. -- Andrew Achenbaum, Professor of Social Work at the University of Houston An honest look at marriage, aging, happiness, and survival-both wise and funny. You will walk the Night Road too. -- Barbara Walters A detailed, beautifully written, insightful account of the process of dying and of living-it's difficult to put down. Butler is able to use her words to breathe life into the people she is writing about and provide the reader with an ability to enter their lives as observers who can nearly feel the sun, shudder in the cold, and hear the creak of the floors. -- Jeanette Takamura, Dean, Columbia School of Social Work This book is Ms. Butler's passionate account of her fight to help her mother, the author of works on mental health and aging, Myrna Lewis, in her battle against a malignant brain tumor. The depth of her grief and her fury against a foe she knew must win is palpable on every page. -- Peter Pouncey, Author of Rules for Old Men Waiting Alexandra Butler's memoir of the last year-and-a-half of her mother's life is a searing, exquisitely written, brilliant work. Its honesty, insight, and poetic sensitivity left us deeply moved, far more so than anything else we've read in many years. It is truly a magnificent accomplishment. -- Lawrence K. Grossman, Former president of NBC News and PBS I read this book in one sitting last night and it is really remarkable. She captures, a la Virginia Woolf, the inner voice and experience of illness, death and grief in a way I have not seen before. Lots of talent there. -- Diane Meier, Director of Center to Advance Palliative Care The vivid, expressive intelligence of the writing made the exploding consequences of Myrna's cancer invade my mind in ways that were deeply moving and instructive. I was struck by the author's skill as a writer from the devastating start of the book, in which Myrna has already crossed the threshold into a world from which she can't return. It reads like a nightmare at first, but then settles into the pit of the stomach as not nightmare at all, not even the cultural nightmare of cancer as dread incarnate, but as our everyday, waking reality transformed into a bizarre parallel universe. Butler has composed a particular and telling vignette with implications beyond her immediate circumstances-a tragi-comic subtext to the way many of us are driven to organize our lives in unbroken chains of projects. -- Joan Retallack, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Humanities, Bard College I read it in one sitting. I laughed; I cried my eyes out; I related the whole way. And the beauty of it is that my mother does not have cancer. No one has cancer. It's the relationship and the feelings, deep to the core. This is not about cancer. It's about people, about the relationship between the people and the journey. I bet that people will relate no matter what kind of death or loss. -- Joan Siffert, Senior Vice President of Development at Gilda's Club Beautifully and skillfully written. -- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner Beautiful, heartbreaking and incisive, Butler's memoir is a brutally honest retelling of her mother's tragic battle against cancer. Her words go beyond just grief, they inspire a greater understanding of what it means to be a child, and how the lines that define familial roles are often more complex and messy than they seem. A child is never just a child. A parent never just a parent. Walking the Night Road is a cathartic tribute to anyone who has ever lost a parent. -- Will Reiser, Screenwriter, 50/50 Butler has written a moving and powerful book about the unlikely blessings that a death can bring. Anyone who has lost a loved one-or indeed anyone who has unwillingly embarked on an adventure only to find themselves in a better place-will enjoy this account. She reminds us all that hardships can sometimes be gifts wrapped in pain. We just need to see them that way. -- Dan Buettner, Author, The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People Butler gives an exceptionally full-bodied description of family life, with its enduring connections, weaknesses, cruelties and warmth. -- Terri Apter Times Literary Supplement Very well written, organized and presented, Walking the Night Road is... extraordinary and highly recommended. The Midwest Book Review Well written and engaging. Journal of Gerontological Social WorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Walking the Night Road
£70.00
Columbia University Press Walking the Night Road
Book SynopsisSpeaks to the experience of caring for a loved one with a terminal illness and the difficulties of encountering death.Trade ReviewAlexandra Butler's account of her parents' deaths is engaging and affecting. Boomers and their children will learn much from this memoir as they themselves approach the finitude of life. -- Andrew Achenbaum, Professor of Social Work at the University of Houston An honest look at marriage, aging, happiness, and survival-both wise and funny. You will walk the Night Road too. -- Barbara Walters A detailed, beautifully written, insightful account of the process of dying and of living-it's difficult to put down. Butler is able to use her words to breathe life into the people she is writing about and provide the reader with an ability to enter their lives as observers who can nearly feel the sun, shudder in the cold, and hear the creak of the floors. -- Jeanette Takamura, Dean, Columbia School of Social Work This book is Ms. Butler's passionate account of her fight to help her mother, the author of works on mental health and aging, Myrna Lewis, in her battle against a malignant brain tumor. The depth of her grief and her fury against a foe she knew must win is palpable on every page. -- Peter Pouncey, Author of Rules for Old Men Waiting Alexandra Butler's memoir of the last year-and-a-half of her mother's life is a searing, exquisitely written, brilliant work. Its honesty, insight, and poetic sensitivity left us deeply moved, far more so than anything else we've read in many years. It is truly a magnificent accomplishment. -- Lawrence K. Grossman, Former president of NBC News and PBS I read this book in one sitting last night and it is really remarkable. She captures, a la Virginia Woolf, the inner voice and experience of illness, death and grief in a way I have not seen before. Lots of talent there. -- Diane Meier, Director of Center to Advance Palliative Care The vivid, expressive intelligence of the writing made the exploding consequences of Myrna's cancer invade my mind in ways that were deeply moving and instructive. I was struck by the author's skill as a writer from the devastating start of the book, in which Myrna has already crossed the threshold into a world from which she can't return. It reads like a nightmare at first, but then settles into the pit of the stomach as not nightmare at all, not even the cultural nightmare of cancer as dread incarnate, but as our everyday, waking reality transformed into a bizarre parallel universe. Butler has composed a particular and telling vignette with implications beyond her immediate circumstances-a tragi-comic subtext to the way many of us are driven to organize our lives in unbroken chains of projects. -- Joan Retallack, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Humanities, Bard College I read it in one sitting. I laughed; I cried my eyes out; I related the whole way. And the beauty of it is that my mother does not have cancer. No one has cancer. It's the relationship and the feelings, deep to the core. This is not about cancer. It's about people, about the relationship between the people and the journey. I bet that people will relate no matter what kind of death or loss. -- Joan Siffert, Senior Vice President of Development at Gilda's Club Beautifully and skillfully written. -- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner Beautiful, heartbreaking and incisive, Butler's memoir is a brutally honest retelling of her mother's tragic battle against cancer. Her words go beyond just grief, they inspire a greater understanding of what it means to be a child, and how the lines that define familial roles are often more complex and messy than they seem. A child is never just a child. A parent never just a parent. Walking the Night Road is a cathartic tribute to anyone who has ever lost a parent. -- Will Reiser, Screenwriter, 50/50 Butler has written a moving and powerful book about the unlikely blessings that a death can bring. Anyone who has lost a loved one-or indeed anyone who has unwillingly embarked on an adventure only to find themselves in a better place-will enjoy this account. She reminds us all that hardships can sometimes be gifts wrapped in pain. We just need to see them that way. -- Dan Buettner, Author, The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People Butler gives an exceptionally full-bodied description of family life, with its enduring connections, weaknesses, cruelties and warmth. -- Terri Apter Times Literary Supplement Very well written, organized and presented, Walking the Night Road is... extraordinary and highly recommended. The Midwest Book Review Well written and engaging. Journal of Gerontological Social WorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Walking the Night Road
£19.80
Columbia University Press Home and CommunityBased Services for Older Adults
Book SynopsisAs older adults and their families opt out of nursing homes, a range of home and community-based services have risen up to provide care. This book examines existing and emerging models of these services. Emphasizing the multidisciplinary and inter-professional practice approaches used to deliver care, it is an essential learning tool.Trade ReviewPresenting a welcomed and needed comprehensive examination of home and community services—which has received insufficient attention until now—Anderson, Dabelko-Schoeny, and Fields offer a historical and contemporary understanding of this critical life space. Students, practitioners, policy makers, and other stakeholders in the health professions will learn fundamentals and gain new passion for assuring that health and care come home. -- Laura N. Gitlin, Drexel UniversityAmericans overwhelmingly desire to live at home in their communities as they grow older, especially those with chronic health conditions and daily living challenges who often fear ending up in institutions away from loved ones and friends. Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults is an essential primer for those working across the care continuum and seek to deliver person-centered support so that all of us can live well in the place we call “home." -- Gretchen Alkema, The SCAN FoundationThe authors have masterfully integrated information from a broad range of sources and distilled it into a well-researched, well-organized, well-written, and well, swell book that provides sound historical context, contemporary policy and practice implications, and a peek at the future. -- Mercedes Bern-Klug, University of IowaThis book could fill a gap in student education regarding her or his future professional opportunities and experiences. It is useful to have such depth provided on HCBS, as these are often embedded across content or covered in one to several chapters among other texts. The book is well written and accessible to readers at multiple levels of education. -- Marla Berg-Weger and Cara Wallace, St. Louis UniversityThis volume offers a timely treatment of an evolving, complex social phenomenon. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Policies Related to Home- and Community-Based Services, by Amanda J. Lehning3. The Older Americans Act and the Aging Network4. Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Practice Skills Across Home- and Community-Based Services Settings5. Family Caregiving6. Home Health Care 7. The Village Concept and Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities 8. Home-Based Primary Care 9. Assisted Living and Housing with Services 10. Adult Day Services11. Hospice in Community Settings 12. International Perspectives on Home- and Community-Based Services13. Technology in Home- and Community-Based Services Afterword: A Commentary on the Future of Home- and Community-Based Services, by Joseph E. GauglerGlossaryIndex
£27.00
Columbia University Press Visitors at the End of Life
Book SynopsisThis book is about how, when, and why our dead visit us. Allan Kellehear—a medical sociologist and expert on death, dying, and palliative care—has gathered data and conducted studies on deathbed visions across cultures.Trade ReviewA respectful examination of visitations from the dead on a deathbed and in bereavement, Kellehear adds to an emerging body of work that is of great interest. Visitors at the End of Life does an excellent job addressing this topic with an objective and serious tone. -- Kenneth J. Doka, coauthor of Death and Dying, Life and Living, eighth edition, and senior consultant, Hospice Foundation of AmericaEstablishing quickly that near-death experiences, deathbed visions, and visions of the bereaved are commonplace, Kellehear examines how these experiences exemplify established principles of social interaction and addresses perhaps a crucial question: What can these experiences offer to the dying, their family and friends, and humanity at large? A must-read for anyone with a personal or professional interest in the human dying and bereavement processes. -- Janice Miner Holden, editor of the Journal of Near-Death StudiesJust what is the social logic behind human experiences of our dead? This renowned death-studies scholar challenges us to create an ‘intellectual space’ to question simplistic answers by reframing our approach to the enigmas of experience encountered by millions across diverse world cultures. -- Douglas Davies, Durham UniversityIn Visitors at the End of Life, Allan Kellehear moves beyond whether visits from dead are real or imagined and probes the deeper question of what they mean. Illustrating with copious accounts of visitations, Kellehear makes them as understandable as any other social encounter. Visitors at the End of Life contains much wisdom and much comfort for the bereaved. -- Bruce Greyson, University of VirginiaHis description of key anthropological accounts will help interested readers frame these phenomena seriously so that they can be better illuminated and understood...Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. Conflict and Context1. Visitors Near Death: Are They “Real”?2. Hallucinations3. PerceptionPart II. Patterns of Custom and Solicitation4. Greetings and Other Customs5. Advice6. Transformation7. GiftsPart III. A Pattern Directing the Patterns8. VigilsConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£80.00
Columbia University Press Visitors at the End of Life
Book SynopsisThis book is about how, when, and why our dead visit us. Allan Kellehear—a medical sociologist and expert on death, dying, and palliative care—has gathered data and conducted studies on deathbed visions across cultures.Trade ReviewA respectful examination of visitations from the dead on a deathbed and in bereavement, Kellehear adds to an emerging body of work that is of great interest. Visitors at the End of Life does an excellent job addressing this topic with an objective and serious tone. -- Kenneth J. Doka, coauthor of Death and Dying, Life and Living, eighth edition, and senior consultant, Hospice Foundation of AmericaEstablishing quickly that near-death experiences, deathbed visions, and visions of the bereaved are commonplace, Kellehear examines how these experiences exemplify established principles of social interaction and addresses perhaps a crucial question: What can these experiences offer to the dying, their family and friends, and humanity at large? A must-read for anyone with a personal or professional interest in the human dying and bereavement processes. -- Janice Miner Holden, editor of the Journal of Near-Death StudiesJust what is the social logic behind human experiences of our dead? This renowned death-studies scholar challenges us to create an ‘intellectual space’ to question simplistic answers by reframing our approach to the enigmas of experience encountered by millions across diverse world cultures. -- Douglas Davies, Durham UniversityIn Visitors at the End of Life, Allan Kellehear moves beyond whether visits from dead are real or imagined and probes the deeper question of what they mean. Illustrating with copious accounts of visitations, Kellehear makes them as understandable as any other social encounter. Visitors at the End of Life contains much wisdom and much comfort for the bereaved. -- Bruce Greyson, University of VirginiaHis description of key anthropological accounts will help interested readers frame these phenomena seriously so that they can be better illuminated and understood...Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. Conflict and Context1. Visitors Near Death: Are They “Real”?2. Hallucinations3. PerceptionPart II. Patterns of Custom and Solicitation4. Greetings and Other Customs5. Advice6. Transformation7. GiftsPart III. A Pattern Directing the Patterns8. VigilsConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£22.50
Columbia University Press Aging Behind Prison Walls Studies in Trauma and
Book SynopsisTina Maschi and Keith Morgen offer a data-driven and compassionate analysis of the lives of incarcerated older people. The book draws on extensive quantitative and qualitative research as well as national datasets.Trade ReviewI encourage strongly this critical read for geriatricians, gerontologists, and gerontological social workers. Also, correctional, probation, and parole officers; correctional health-care providers; reentry coordinators; and correctional administrators would likely benefit from this important text -- Stephanie Grace Prost, PhD * The Gerontologist *This is a brilliant piece of work. These authors show their skill in humanizing all people through a caring justice model of practice. -- Karen Bullock * Journal of Gerontological Social Work *Overall, this text is an informative and useful addition to any clinical or macro special topics social work course. It is wellorganized, with up-front summaries of what the chapter will discuss and a final summary of the information discussed at the end of each chapter to help ground the reader. -- Lauren Dennelly * Research on Social Work Practice *Aging Behind Prison Walls fills a gap in the research literature by providing both quantitative and qualitative data not available elsewhere. Enriched by extensive data and compelling personal narratives, it offers a portrait of prison life that is comprehensive and fascinating. -- Katherine van Wormer, coauthor of Women and the Criminal Justice SystemAging Behind Prison Walls makes a unique and timely contribution to our understanding of the life histories of justice-involved aging people and the trauma experienced, resiliency marshalled, and coping measures employed. Maschi and Morgen offer a persuasive call for a caring justice system to replace our existing criminal justice system. -- Margaret E. Leigey, author of The Forgotten Men: Serving a Life without Parole SentenceUsing vivid stories of trauma and resilience, Aging Behind Prison Walls is an important and thought-provoking book that deserves wide readership. Bridging theory and practice, the authors make a compelling case for a correctional policy that is redemptive in nature and better suited for those who no longer pose a threat to society. -- Ronald Aday, author of Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American CorrectionsAging Behind Prison Walls provides an unvarnished view of being both older and incarcerated. Evocative vignettes recount challenges and traumas, as well as perseverance, resilience, and contributions. The authors don’t stop at heightening awareness—they offer a framework, tools, and call to action to address this pressing human issue. -- Susan J. Loeb, The Pennsylvania State UniversityAging Behind Prison Walls offers an engaging and insightful examination of the special needs and life worlds of incarcerated older adults before and after release to the community. It offers practical advice with roots in intersectional and life-course theory consistent with the need for a paradigm shift in the management and care of aging offenders. It will become essential reading. -- José B. Ashford, Arizona State UniversityAging Behind Prison Walls is a thoughtfully constructed work that adds substantially to the literature on incarceration by exploring a particularly understudied group: inmates over 50 years old. -- G. Christensen, Stetson University College of Law * Choice *Overarching, all-encompassing and peppered with individuals' narratives on aging in prison. . . . Aging Behind Prison Walls is well suited for advanced students in criminology, social work, and psychology. Practitioners in prison systems, community corrections officers and service providers would also benefit from this text. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Mass Aging in Prison: How Did We Get Here?1. An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure2. Intersecting Perspectives on Aging, Diversity, Difference, and Justice3. Trauma and Diversity Among Older Adults in Prison4. “I Try to Make the Best of It”: A Look Inside the Resilient Minds of Older Adults in Prison5. Trauma, Mental Health, and Medical Concerns of Older Adults in the Prison System6. How Do We Co-Construct Community? A Conceptual Map for Reuniting Older Adults in Prison with Their Families and Communities7. “Coming Out” of Prison: LGBTQ+ Older Adults’ Experiences Navigating the Criminal Justice SystemPart II: Realizing a Caring Justice World8. A Caring Justice Partnership Paradigm: Transforming the World from the Inside Out9. Accepting the Gift of Life: Incarcerated Older Adults’ Prescription for Living Longer, Happier, and Healthier Lives10. Realizing a Caring Justice World: Promising Global Practices for Justice-Involved Older AdultsAfterwordAppendix 1Appendix 2NotesIndex
£118.75
Columbia University Press Downsizing
Book SynopsisDrawing on in-depth interviews with recent movers in over a hundred diverse U.S. households, David Ekerdt analyzes the downsizing process and what it says about the meaning and management of possessions. He details how households approach and accomplish downsizing, exploring the decision-making process and the effectiveness of different strategies.Trade ReviewDownsizing is a must-read; chock-full of wisdom gleaned from interviews with hundreds of older adults who have gifted, donated, or sold their “stuff” before relocating to a smaller home. Ekerdt’s masterful writing poignantly reveals why parting with cherished possessions is such a meaningful life transition. -- Deborah Carr, author of Golden Years? Social Inequality in Later LifeWith Downsizing, Ekerdt fills a significant gap in our understanding of how elders think about their lifelong accumulation of dwelling possessions and their willingness and strategies to let go of their material worlds. This book should be on the reading lists of all senior care professionals seeking in-depth understanding of what aging in the right place really means to today’s seniors. -- Stephen M. Golant, author of Aging in the Right PlaceA fascinating and humane book that speaks to all of us through its exploration of our relationship with material possessions and the paradoxes they present as we grow older. It offers an original and groundbreaking analysis that addresses the materiality of later years in an accessible and beautifully written way. -- Julia Twigg, University of KentDownsizing is a good read that advances the notion that the life course within social gerontology needs to take a material turn. It is hard to imagine a reader who could not relate to this book. -- Renée Beard, College of the Holy CrossWith sociological tools and gerontological insight, David Ekerdt tackles the vexing challenge of household downsizing. Through a thoughtful mixed-methods analysis, he explains how we accumulate and deal with our material convoy—the belongings we acquire—as we age. This book will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered why they have so much stuff and what they are going to do with it. -- Janet Wilmoth, coeditor of Gerontology: Perspectives and IssuesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Not Forever1. A Convoy of Possessions Across the Life Course2. With Aging, How Large a Convoy?3. Moving Calls the Question4. Contours of Household Disbandment5. Gifts to Others6. Selling Possessions7. Donations and Discards8. Emotion and Evaluation9. AdviceAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
£20.90
Indiana University Press The Big Move
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWe Americans prize independence, but for many elderly people, the price they pay for independence is loneliness and worthlessness. The Big Move is a fascinating attempt to marry personal experience with academic analysis to help us all reconceive of one option for later-life living. Moving to a continuing care retirement community need not be viewed as a withdrawal from life, but rather as a new platform to manage one's infirmities at the same time as one uses one's skills. * Huffington Post *This is a remarkable book about finding the right place to age. It uses a single true story, refracted through personal experience and multiple forms of expertise, to say as much as piles of data. You'll want to read it if you're looking for clear advice about the big move into continuing care, assisted living, even a nursing home. And it's appealing for anyone along the life course making "a big move." This book gives the perspective that is so often missing. It's a story not often told and too often dreaded. It tackles the broader social issue of how to age well and treat elders well on an irresistibly human scale. -- Sally Chivers, Professor of English Literature * Trent University *We have very few accounts of gerontologists who have grown old, and never before a memoir by a gerontologist who moved into a long-term care facility. This book is not only a first, but is a remarkable and riveting account of challenges all of us must contemplate. The author's own story is amplified by insights from other contributors to this volume, which altogether make it memorable and compelling. Highly recommended. -- Rick Moody, retired Vice President for Academic Affairs * AARP *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Home Places / Ruth Ray Karpen1. A Wife's Life, A Humanist's Journey, 2010-2012 / Anne Wyatt-Brown2. Coming to Care / Ruth Ray Karpen3. Lifelong Strengths Ground Later-Life Wisdom / Helen Q. KivnickAfterword: Making Oneself at Home / Margaret Morganroth GulletteEpilogue: Still on the Journey, 2012-2015 / Anne Wyatt-BrownAnnotated Bibliography Fiction / Margaret M. Gullette Mostly Non-Fiction / Helen Q. Kivnick, Ruth Ray Karpen, Anne Wyatt-Brown
£13.29
Indiana University Press The Expressive Lives of Elders
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£62.90
Indiana University Press The Expressive Lives of Elders
Book SynopsisCan traditional arts improve an older adult's quality of life? Are arts interventions more effective when they align with an elder's cultural identity? In The Expressive Lives of Elders, Jon Kay and contributors from a diverse range of public institutions argue that such mediations work best when they are culturally, socially, and personally relevant to the participants. From quilting and canning to weaving and woodworking, this book explores the role of traditional arts and folklore in the lives of older adults in the United States, highlighting the critical importance of ethnographic studies of creative aging for both understanding the expressive lives of elders and for designing effective arts therapies and programs. Each case study in this volume demonstrates how folklore and traditional practices help elders maintain their health and wellness, providing a road map for initiatives to improve the lives and well-being of America's aging population.
£26.99
Indiana University Press Aging and the Indian Diaspora
Book SynopsisAging in a transnational eraTrade ReviewThis is a book that is accessible as well as significant, fun to read and with important applications to both theory and practice in several domains. . . . Many of Lamb's informants are memorable and illustrate her point that agency remains among elders, that it is not just youth who initiate and think well about social change. The photos add to the quality of immediacy and liveliness. This is a recommended reading!February 2010 * H-Asia Reviews *Aging and the Indian Diaspora is lucidly written and solidly argued. . . . It should enjoy a wide readership among scholars of cross-cultural gerontology, as well as among those concerned with issues of family change among middle-class diasporic communities in the contemporary world. The book is also very well suited for classroom use, especially in advanced undergraduate courses on either of these topics. Vol. 112, No. 4, December 2010 * American Anthropologist *Lamb has produced a very easy to read, engaging, and good book. . . . [She] is able to capture a good deal about the culture of, and family relationships in, Bengali middle class families. * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on Translation and Transliteration1. Introduction: The Remaking of Aging2. The Production of Tradition, Modernity, and a New Middle Class3. The Rise of Old Age Homes in India4. Becoming an Elder-Abode Member5. Tea and the Forest: Making a Western Institution Indian6. Living Alone as a Way of Life7. Moving Abroad8. Changing Families and the StateAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Notre Dame Press The Evening of Life
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In this important and provocative book, the editors and authors make a compelling case for a much needed ‘ethics of aging’ that holistically addresses the unique character of the aging process and its role in defining a ‘good life.’” —Daniel B. Hinshaw, MD, author of Touch and the Healing of the World“Old age is presented as a question, asked from diverse perspectives. As readers view old age as a construction of medical policies, a philosophical puzzle, and a network of altruistic friends, they will be drawn in to ask what to call this period of life, how to respond to it, and ultimately how to live it.” —Arthur W. Frank, author of The Wounded Storyteller"Insights from The Evening of Life are both comforting and illuminating in discussions regarding the present and future of aging and the end of life." —Hastings Center Report"According to St. Paul, we will receive a transformed body that will make up for the current one's deficiencies, which are likely to be many if we have been fortunate enough to reach the old age whose gifts and challenges these authors so intelligently and sensitively explore." —Studies in Christian EthicsThose with a professional or personal interest in improving care for aging and dying adults will certainly find helpful insights within this book’s chapters. -Journal of Applied Gerontology
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University of Notre Dame Press The Evening of Life The Challenges of Aging and
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In this important and provocative book, the editors and authors make a compelling case for a much needed ‘ethics of aging’ that holistically addresses the unique character of the aging process and its role in defining a ‘good life.’” —Daniel B. Hinshaw, MD, author of Touch and the Healing of the World“Old age is presented as a question, asked from diverse perspectives. As readers view old age as a construction of medical policies, a philosophical puzzle, and a network of altruistic friends, they will be drawn in to ask what to call this period of life, how to respond to it, and ultimately how to live it.” —Arthur W. Frank, author of The Wounded Storyteller"Insights from The Evening of Life are both comforting and illuminating in discussions regarding the present and future of aging and the end of life." —Hastings Center Report"According to St. Paul, we will receive a transformed body that will make up for the current one's deficiencies, which are likely to be many if we have been fortunate enough to reach the old age whose gifts and challenges these authors so intelligently and sensitively explore." —Studies in Christian EthicsThose with a professional or personal interest in improving care for aging and dying adults will certainly find helpful insights within this book’s chapters. -Journal of Applied Gerontology
£25.19
University of California Press Aging in TwentiethCentury Britain
Book SynopsisAs today's baby boomers reach retirement and old age, this timely study looks back at the first generation who aged in the British welfare state. Using innovative research methods, Charlotte Greenhalgh sheds light on the experiences of elderly people in twentieth-century Britain. She adds further insights from the interviews and photographs of celebrated social scientists such as Peter Townsend, whose work helped transform care of the aged. A comprehensive and sensitive examination of the creative pursuits, family relations, work lives, health, and living conditions of the elderly, Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain charts the determined efforts of aging Britons to shape public understandings of old age in the modern era.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Aging and Twentieth-Century Britain 1. Experts and the Elderly: Social Research on Old Age 2. Talking with Peter Townsend: Elderly Britons at Home 3. Into the Institution: Residential Care for the Aged 4. “Making the Best of My Appearance”: Grooming in Old Age 5. Games with Time: Autobiography and Aging Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press A World Growing Old
Book SynopsisHow will our ageing populations change society?Trade Review'One of England's most imaginative and creative writers, with a preacher's talent for prophesy and a capacity for righteous indignation reminiscent of George Orwell' -- Richard Gott, Guardian'The inspirational Jeremy Seabrook beats any celebrity radical in the art of speaking hard truths through fine prose' -- Boyd Tonkin, IndependentTable of ContentsIntroduction - The ageing population of the world: demographic time-bomb or unique opportunity? 1. Ageing and the role of the elderly in the changing cultures of the world 2. Work and the elderly, in the West and the South 3. Themes and issues (i) Widowhood (ii) Witchcraft (iii) Remembering (iv) ...and forgetting (v) Sex in old age (vi) Ageing and sexual minorities (vii) Stranded in a world moving on (viii) Poverty in old age (ix) Old age in traumatised societies - war and natural catastrophe 4. North and South - sefety nets: the social security of flesh and blood and the social security of financial support. The elderly in individual countries, including USA, China, Vietnam, South Africa 5. Active Ageing; testimonies of the elderly 6. Self-Help, Mutual Help
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University of British Columbia Press Pinay on the Prairies
Book SynopsisAn investigation into the experiences of Filipino women in Canada’s Prairie provinces, which reveals much about their understanding of transnational identities, feminism, migration, diaspora, and the rubric of multiculturalism.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Gender, Migration, and Feminism2 Pinay Migration3 Welcoming Prairies4 Making Meanings: Identities and Integration5 Building Bridges: Activism and Community Engagement6 Vested TransnationalismConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Aging Playfully
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University of British Columbia Press FrontWave Boomers
Book SynopsisGillian Ranson weaves front-wave boomers' stories of life and aging before and during the pandemic into a powerful account of how to make growing old more humane, for this generation and for everyone.Trade Review"Gillian Ranson’s book about aging comes as a welcome and informative guide ... Her book has lessons for us all." -- Jane Ross * Alberta Views *Gillian Ranson interviewed over 100 fellow boomers ... Her research also encompasses a range of journalism ... grey literature such as institute and government reports, and numerous academic studies. This commendable mix of approaches and sources results in a credible, readable book. -- Ginny Ratsoy * The British Columbia Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Background on the Boomers2 Family Matters3 Friends and Communities4 Thinking Ahead5 Pandemic Portraits6 Lessons Learned7 Doing Things Differently8 Reimagining AgingNotes
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Cornell University Press Grains from Grass
Book SynopsisIn her ethnography of the Gwembe Tonga people of rural Zambia, Lisa Cliggett explores what happens to kinship ties in times of famine. The Tonga, a matrilineal Bantu-speaking society, had long lived and farmed along the banks of the Zambezi River, but...Trade Review"Grains from Grass is a rich and intimate exploration of what it means to be old and at the brink of survival in a poor rural community. Drawing on classic themes and methods of social anthropology, it provides a subtle account of sociocultural change." -- Alex de Waal, Fellow, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University"In a readable but sophisticated introduction to anthropological approaches to the lives of the African poor, Lisa Cliggett describes age- and gender-specific dilemmas and strategies for physical, social, and spiritual welfare." -- Jane I. Guyer, The Johns Hopkins University"The themes of Grains from Grass transcend Africa and anthropology. Lisa Cliggett offers wonderful methodological lessons for transgenerational cooperation and provides a useful theoretical mechanism for making visible and for disentangling a complex set of relations that traditionally go unnoticed." -- James A. Pritchett, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsList of Maps Preface 1. Aging in the Non-Western World 2. Getting Down in the Valley 3. The Space and Time of Vulnerability 4. Making a Village-Style Living 5. Mother's Keepers, Father's Wives, and Residential Arrangements of the Old 6. Ancestors, Rituals, and Manipulating the Spirit World 7. Migration and Family Ties over Distance and Time 8. Getting By "Just Like That" Notes References Index
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Cornell University Press Retirement on the Line
Book SynopsisIn Retirement on the Line, Caitrin Lynch explores what Vita Needle's commitment to an elderly workforce means for the employer, the workers, the community, and society more generally.Trade ReviewIn Retirement on the Line, Caitrin Lynch provides a welcome ethnography of the labors of old workers at Vita Needle, a family-owned factory in Needham, Massachusetts...Lynch does a superb job of attending to the voices of old workers in this factory, revealing the complex labor relations within contemporary capitalism, and complicating the discussion of exploitation. The readability of her book makes it an excellent addition to courses not only on aging but in the sociology of work, which tends to ignore old workers or see them as something 'other'—and for this reason, it also stands as a scholarly contribution for those who examine paid work. -- Toni Calasanti * American Journal of Sociology *Stressing a 'cultural anthropology' vantage point, and claiming that new understandings may arise from duly considered work in its culture-related dynamics, this book actually delivers valuable learnings on capitalism as a cultural frame. We learn from it not so much on the meanings of working at old age, but rather on old age capitalism and its meanings. Studying workers who take the accumulation of surplus-value as the measure of all values— this certainly provides a lesson on the undeniable resilience and continuance of the capitalist worldview. * Critique of Anthropology *The book is based on intensive ethnographic research undertaken by the author during 2006-2011. Working on Vita's shop floor, side by side with factory employees, enabled the author to produce a rich, nuanced, and insightful piece of anthropological writing that not only explores "what work means for people...of conventional retirement age," but also touches upon broader social issues such as aging, productivity, and work ethic in the contemporary United States...Lynch’s book expands beyond a mere case study and proposes broader reflections on the struggles and aspirations of elderly employees—a group rarely studied by sociologists of work. -- HannaGospodarczyk * Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research *Table of ContentsCast of Characters Introduction: Making Needles, Making LivesPart I: Up the Stairs Pigeonholed by Jim Downey 1. Making Money for Fred: Productivity, People, and Purpose 2. Antique Machinery and Antique People: The Vita Needle Family 3. No Chains on the Seats: Freedom and FlexibilityPart II: In the Press 4. Riding the Gray Wave: Global Interest in Vita Needle 5. Rosa, a National Treasure: Agency in the Face of Media StardomConclusion: Vita's Larger LessonsPostscriptNotes References Acknowledgments Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Aging Nation
Book Synopsispopulation, and present a balanced-and reassuring-assessment of the future.Trade ReviewJames Schulz and Robert Binstock unquestionably take places of honor among the elders of the gerontological tribe. Decades of study, teaching, civic engagement, writing, and speaking to peers, lawmakers, and informed citizens have secured their reputations as knowledgeable, judicious, respected experts on the economics and politics of aging, respectively. -- W. Andrew Achenbaum, PhD Journal of Aging and Social Policy 2008 This is a useful primer for any person who wants a sneak preview of the difficult days ahead. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2008 This timely book offers a worthwhile read for anyone interested in learning about the history of pension plans in the United States, their administration, and their economic impact on retirees. -- Marvin Pelaez Monthly Labor Review 2009 Highly recommended. Midwest Book Review 2008Table of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition1. Baby Boomers and the Merchants of Doom2. The Phony Threat of Population Aging3. The Search for Security with Dignity4. Dealing with Risk5. The Company Pension: Altruism or Self-Interest?6. The Pension Lottery: Personal Pension Accounts7. To Work or Not to Work: That Is the Question8. Health and Longevity: What Lies Ahead?9. A Gerontocracy? The Politics of Aging10. Framing the Issues for an Aging NationNotesIndex
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Stanford University Press Other Ways of Growing Old
Book SynopsisAs anthropologists, we offer this book about aging in a wide variety of human societies in the hope of its making three contributions. First, this book will help to remedy a massive neglect of old age by the discipline of anthropology. The pioneering work of Leo Simmons (1945) has remained a lonely monument since the 1940''s, for despite recent interest in the subject of aging in modern Western societies on the part of social gerontologists and sociologists, little has been done by anthropologists on aging in non-Western societies. Where it has been treated at all, it has been in the form either of a few final paragraphs in the discussion of the life cycle or of a simple ethnographic fact among other facts about a certain social system. What has been missing has been any attempt to put aging in a cross-cultural or comparative perspective, to give this vital subject the same treatment that has been accorded marriage, for example, or death or inheritance or sex roles.Second, thTrade Review'These perspectives on aging include a chapter from physical anthropology, one from primatology, and social structural studies from mile different cultures ... in the Kalahari Desert, northern Canada, Zambia, Micronesia, New Guinea, Afghanistan, Taiwan, South India, and North America's northwest coast. These studies are well-balanced in quality and coverage with respect to the organizational themes, and the authors' various styles of presentation keep the reading lively. It is an interesting book and should be useful as a text.' Science Books and Films (A.A.A.S.)Table of ContentsContents EISDORFER CARL AMOSS PAMELA T. HARRELL STEVAN WEISS KENNETH M. HRDY SARAH BLAFFER BIESELE MEGAN HOWELL NANCY SHARP HENRY S. ARSDALE PETER W. VAN COLSON ELIZABETH SCUDDER THAYER NASON JAMES D. SHAHRANI M. NAZIF HARRELL STEVAN HIEBERT PAUL G. AMOSS PAMELA T.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Making Meaningful Lives Tales from an Aging
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Making Meaningful Lives is a carefully conducted and beautifully written ethnography about existential human questions: what is a meaningful life and how can we lead it? Iza Kavedžiji explores these questions through the narratives of elderly people living in Osaka, Japan. In so doing, she adds a fresh and new perspective to the preponderance of literature on aging (in) Japan . . . [T]he book captivates not only through its detailed insights on the life worlds of the informants but also through its optimism and its fresh and new perspective on aging and on being elderly." * Contemporary Japan *"[A]n excellent and timely contribution to the literature on Japan’s aging society. It supplies a highly original ethnographic case study approach that allows the reader to view aging holistically from the inside out. Thanks to the quality and depth of documentation and interpretation, it also convincingly translates and interprets the aging experience...Making Meaningful Livesargues persuasively that aging requires a radical rethinking in terms of how society frames individually lived experiences and the human creation of meaning" * Japan Review *"Making Meaningful Lives is engrossing, beautifully written, and well-researched. It demonstrates compellingly that a book centered on aging and older persons can illuminate much broader processes." * Sarah Lamb, Brandeis University *
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LUP - University of Georgia Press My Last Eight Thousand Days
Book SynopsisLee Gutkind played a crucial role in establishing literary, narrative nonfiction in the marketplace and in the academy. In My Last Eight Thousand Days, he turns his notepad and tape recorder inward, using his skills as an immersion journalist to perform a deep dive on himself.
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John Wiley & Sons The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China
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University of Pittsburgh Press Old Age New Science Gerontologists and Their
Book SynopsisExplores how a group of American and British life scientists contributed to gerontology's development as a multidisciplinary field. It examines the foundational biosocial visions they shared. Hyung Wook Park shows how these visions shaped popular discourses on aging, directly influenced the institutionalization of gerontology, and reflected the biases of their founders.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Handbook on Ageing and Public
Book SynopsisEach of these issues are broken down further and split into six comprehensive sections:• Context• Pensions• Health• Welfare• Case Studies• Policy Innovation and Civil SocietyAcademics interested in policy challenges for mature societies will find this Handbook a highly relevant reference tool.Trade Review‘International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy gathers under one cover the collective knowledge of experts in the field who explore challenges arising from ageing populations around the world, and considers national state approaches to welfare for older people and how public and private initiatives work. College-level collections strong in public policies and aging with find this a powerful collection of in-depth articles suitable for framing inquiries and considering social structures.’ -- The Midwest Book Review‘This Handbook on ageing and public policy makes a substantial contribution in bringing together chapters spanning a -- breadth of issues in the areas of policy challenges and practitioner perspectives.’– EE Journal 1848 Social Policy & AdministrationTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Social Policy for the Twenty-first-century Demography Sarah Harper 2. Introduction to Parts I-IV: Perspectives on the Challenges of Population Ageing PART I: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – CONTEXT 3. Drivers of Demographic Change in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries George W. Leeson 4. A Biodemographic Perspective on Longevity and Ageing Bruce A. Carnes 5. Migration and Ageing Societies Sarah Harper 6. On the Mechanical Contributions of Ageing to Global Income Inequality Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue and Michael Tenikue 7. Population Ageing and the Size of the Welfare State Vincenzo Galasso and Paola Profeta PART II: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – PENSIONS 8. Global Pension Systems Robert Holzmann 9. The Design and Implementation of Pension Systems in Developing Countries: Issues and Options David E. Bloom and Roddy McKinnon 10. Understanding Pension Wealth Zhenyu Li and Anthony Webb 11. Rational Pension Reform Axel Börsch-Supan 12. National Transfer Accounts and Intergenerational Transfers Ron Lee and Andy Mason PART III: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – HEALTH 13. Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Therapies for Older People Richard Edlin 14. Population Ageing and Health Care Expenditure Growth Ed Westerhout 15. Developing Appropriate and Effective Care for People with Chronic Disease Bert Vrieheof and Arianne Elissen PART IV: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – WELFARE 16. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice in Age-related Transfers Kenneth Howse 17. Health and Social Protection Policies for Older People in Latin America Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 18. Ageing Electorates and Gerontocracy: The Politics of Ageing in a Global World Fernando M. Torres-Gil and Kimberly Spencer-Suarez 19. Working Beyond Retirement Age: Lessons for Policy David Lain and Sarah Vickerstaff 20. Families, Older Persons and Care in Contexts of Poverty: the Case of South Africa Jaco Hoffman PART V and VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES 21. Policy and Practitioner Responses to the Challenges of Population Ageing: Introduction Jaco Hoffman 22. Sustaining the Nordic Welfare Model in the Face of Population Ageing Virpi Timonen and Mikko Kautto 23. Kinship Solidarity in Southern Europe Chiara Saraceno 24. Ageing and Social Policy in Australia Jeni Warburton 25. The Pension System in China: An Overview Taichang Chen 26. How Technology is Re-shaping the Processes of Providing Health Care for Ageing Populations Robin Gauld 27. Ageing and Care Giving in America: the Immigrant Workforce B. Lindsay Lowell 28. Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Programme Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Jelena Atanackovic PART VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES – POLICY INNOVATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY 29. Intergenerational Programmes and Policies in Aging Societies Matthew Kaplan and Mariano Sánchez 30. Population Ageing and Private Sector Provision: the Case of Dependent Older Women in Latin America Nélida Redondo 31. Demographic Change and the Role of Older People in the Voluntary Sector Karsten Hank and Marcel Erlinghagen 32. The Third Sector as a Provider of Services for Older People Ewa Leś 33. State-third Sector Partnership Frameworks: from Administration to Participation? Ingo Bode 34. Microfinance, Cooperatives and Timebanks- Community Provided Welfare Ed Collom 35. Faith-Based Organizations and the Provision of Care for Older People Lori Carter-Edwards, James H. Johnson Jr., Allan M. Parnell and Harold G. Koenig 36. Lifelong Learning and Employers: Re-skilling Older Workers John Field and Roy Canning 37. Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy Annamaria Lusardi Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Age and Dignity
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Comprehensive Evidence Based Interventions for
Book SynopsisA complete guide to evidence based interventions for children and adolescents The past decade has witnessed the development of numerous interventions proved to be highly effective; several treatments are now considered to be well established or probably efficacious interventions for children. Given the range of providers working with childrenclinical psychologists, child psychiatrists, clinical social workers, school psychologists, and marriage and family therapiststhis book is designed to provide all professionals the information they now need about the use of these evidence-based interventions (EBIs), as well as the evaluation criteria used to determine their efficacy in in meeting the mental health needs of children. Alfano and Beidel have assembled a team of experts to write the disorder chapters. Each chapter begins with an overview of the disorder then delves into evidence-based approaches to treatment, the impact of parental involvement, case-by-case modificatiTable of ContentsPreface xi About the Editors xiii Contributors xv I Treatment Considerations and Contextual Issues 1 1 Development Considerations in Assessment and Treatment 3Amy Przeworski and Kimberly Dunbeck 2 Ethical Considerations in Mental Health Treatment and Interventions with School-Age Children and Adolescents 15Adam L. Fried and Celia B. Fisher 3 Controversial Therapies for Children 31Gerald P. Koocher, Madeline R. McMann, and Annika O. Stout 4 Evidence-Based Treatments for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems in Ethnic MinorityChildren and Adolescents 43Lindsay E. Holly, Amanda Chiapa, and Armando A. Piña 5 New Methods of Service Delivery for Children’s Mental Health Care 55Jonathan S. Comer, R. Meredith Elkins, Priscilla T. Chan, and Deborah J. Jones 6 Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatments for Children and Adolescents 73Michael A. Southam-Gerow, Cassidy C. Arnold, Carrie B. Tully, and Julia Revillion Cox II Disorder-Focused Interventions 91 7 Anxiety Disorders in Children 93Laura D. Seligman, Erin F. Swedish, and Thomas H. Ollendick 8 Anxiety Disorders in Adolescents 111Michael A. Mallott and Deborah C. Beidel 9 Depressive Disorders in Children 129Winnie W. Chung and Mary A. Fristad 10 Depressive Disorders in Adolescents 147Megan Jeffreys and V. Robin Weersing 11 Bipolar Disorders 163Amy E. West and Amy T. Peters 12 Evidence-Based Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperac tivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents 177Heather A. Jones and Annie E. Rabinovitch 13 Treatment of Conduct Problems and Disruptive Behavior Disorders 195Nicole P. Powell, John E. Lochman, Caroline L. Boxmeyer, Luis Alberto Jimenez-Camargo, Megan E. Crisler, and Sara L. Stromeyer 14 Autism Spectrum Disorders 213Susan W. White, Nicole L. Kreiser, and Matthew D. Lerner 15 Evidence-Based Interventions for Eating Disorders 231Peter M. Doyle, Catherine Byrne, Angela Smyth, and Daniel Le Grange 16 Elimination Disorders 243Jaclyn A. Shepard, Lee M. Ritterband, Frances P. Thorndike, and Stephen M. Borowitz III Other Interventions for Children 259 17 Treatment of Insomnia and Nighttime Fears 261Michelle A. Clementi, Jessica Balderas, Jennifer Cowie, and Candice A. Alfano 18 Problematic School Absenteeism 275Christopher A. Kearney and Emma Ross 19 Trauma-Related Problems and Disorders 287Brian Fisak 20 Bullied Children 301Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, Samantha J. Gregus, James T. Craig, Freddie A. Pastrana, and Timothy A. Cavell 21 Adherence to Medical Regimens 317Alan M. Delamater, Ashley N. Marchante, and Amber L. Daigre 22 Overweight and Obesity 335Anna Vannucci and Marian Tanofsky-Kraff 23 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Trichotillomania 353Jennifer Cowie, Michelle A. Clementi, Deborah C. Beidel, and Candice A. Alfano Author Index 371 Subject Index 389
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Great Myths of Aging
Book SynopsisShattering the tired old cliches about older people, Great Myths of Aging utilizes current research to explore the myths, generalizations, and anti-aging stereotypes associated with the elderly.Trade Review“What does the future hold for us as we age? Most of us have difficulty thinking of ourselves as aging, no matter how old we are. In this lively, engaging book, Great Myths of Aging, Erber and Szuchman remind us that we are aging every minute of every day. Almost all of us hold ageist stereotypes, even as we know that we will become a part of this often stigmatized group. Psychologists and laypeople alike are familiar with the commonly held ageist beliefs, those that involve the asexual, grouchy old man or woman living in a nursing home waiting for death. Erber and Szuchman not only identify and “bust” these more common myths, but cleverly identify at least 35 additional fallacies, replacing them with authoritative information.” PsycCritiques, June 2015Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 The Body 6 “Speak up! I can’t hear you!” 6 #1 It is best to speak to an older person as you would to a small child – loudly, slowly, and with exaggerated emphasis 7 #2 Hearing aids are beneficial for older adults in just about any situation, but many are just too stubborn to use them 9 You can’t be too careful (or … falling down and crashing cars) 12 #3 Older people worry too much about falling 13 #4 Older people get into more car accidents than younger people 15 Now that you don’t have sex anymore… 20 #5 Older people lose interest in sex 20 #6 Older women do not care about their looks 25 #7 Older people need to wear diapers, and how sexy is that? 29 #8 It’s always best for older adults to be married rather than single 32 2 The Mind 37 “I’m just having a senior moment” 37 #9 Brain power declines with age 38 #10 Older adults can’t or won’t learn new things – like technology. They would rather get a stupid phone than a smart one 42 “Did I tell you this already?” 46 #11 As people grow older, they get forgetful, and this is always a sign of dementia 46 #12 Alzheimer’s disease, dementia – they’re one and the same 50 #13 There’s no help for Alzheimer’s, so don’t waste time or money on diagnosis of memory problems 52 Older but wiser 55 #14 Wisdom comes with age, so older adults are wise 56 #15 Older adults are suckers and are easy prey for scam artists 59 #16 Older people are extra cautious when they have to make decisions 63 3 The Self 66 Older people are a disagreeable bunch 66 #17 Older people are hypochondriacs 67 #18 Older people are stingy 71 #19 Older people are grouchy 75 “Give me my lunch. Now go away.” 78 #20 Older adults prefer to be taken care of – they don’t want a lot of responsibilities 78 #21 Older people are introverted and prefer to spend time alone 81 Why try to improve your life if the future is so brief? 85 #22 Older adults have given up any hopes and dreams 85 #23 Older people are set in their ways 87 #24 Growing old is depressing; no wonder older people are more depressed than younger people 90 #25 Older adults do not benefit significantly from therapy 92 4 Living Contexts 98 Growing old can only mean there is more opportunity to enjoy the bliss of family relationships 98 #26 Older adults would choose living with kids and grandkids rather than living alone 99 #27 Older adults want to spend all their time with grandkids and they never have favorites 102 #28 Sibling relationships are stable throughout life 105 Retirement is for sissies 108 #29 Older workers are inferior to younger workers 109 #30 Older adults hardly ever have trouble getting work 111 #31 Retirement is depressing, so older adults only retire when they are forced to do so 113 #32 Retired older adults are privileged financially 117 #33 After they retire, older folks want to move to where it’s warm 122 5 Endings and Loss 124 All the good ones are either gay, married, or dead 124 #34 If older widows date, it’s to find a new husband 125 And then you die… 127 #35 A majority of older adults end up in nursing homes and stay there till they die 128 #36 Suicide is more common among adolescents and young adults than it is among older adults 131 #37 Older people have the greatest fear of death of any age group – they are the closest to it, so they should know 135 References 140 Index 161
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Great Myths of Aging
Book SynopsisShattering the tired old cliches about older people, Great Myths of Aging utilizes current research to explore the myths, generalizations, and anti-aging stereotypes associated with the elderly.Trade Review“What does the future hold for us as we age? Most of us have difficulty thinking of ourselves as aging, no matter how old we are. In this lively, engaging book, Great Myths of Aging, Erber and Szuchman remind us that we are aging every minute of every day. Almost all of us hold ageist stereotypes, even as we know that we will become a part of this often stigmatized group. Psychologists and laypeople alike are familiar with the commonly held ageist beliefs, those that involve the asexual, grouchy old man or woman living in a nursing home waiting for death. Erber and Szuchman not only identify and “bust” these more common myths, but cleverly identify at least 35 additional fallacies, replacing them with authoritative information.” PsycCritiques, June 2015Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 The Body 6 “Speak up! I can’t hear you!” 6 #1 It is best to speak to an older person as you would to a small child – loudly, slowly, and with exaggerated emphasis 7 #2 Hearing aids are beneficial for older adults in just about any situation, but many are just too stubborn to use them 9 You can’t be too careful (or … falling down and crashing cars) 12 #3 Older people worry too much about falling 13 #4 Older people get into more car accidents than younger people 15 Now that you don’t have sex anymore… 20 #5 Older people lose interest in sex 20 #6 Older women do not care about their looks 25 #7 Older people need to wear diapers, and how sexy is that? 29 #8 It’s always best for older adults to be married rather than single 32 2 The Mind 37 “I’m just having a senior moment” 37 #9 Brain power declines with age 38 #10 Older adults can’t or won’t learn new things – like technology. They would rather get a stupid phone than a smart one 42 “Did I tell you this already?” 46 #11 As people grow older, they get forgetful, and this is always a sign of dementia 46 #12 Alzheimer’s disease, dementia – they’re one and the same 50 #13 There’s no help for Alzheimer’s, so don’t waste time or money on diagnosis of memory problems 52 Older but wiser 55 #14 Wisdom comes with age, so older adults are wise 56 #15 Older adults are suckers and are easy prey for scam artists 59 #16 Older people are extra cautious when they have to make decisions 63 3 The Self 66 Older people are a disagreeable bunch 66 #17 Older people are hypochondriacs 67 #18 Older people are stingy 71 #19 Older people are grouchy 75 “Give me my lunch. Now go away.” 78 #20 Older adults prefer to be taken care of – they don’t want a lot of responsibilities 78 #21 Older people are introverted and prefer to spend time alone 81 Why try to improve your life if the future is so brief? 85 #22 Older adults have given up any hopes and dreams 85 #23 Older people are set in their ways 87 #24 Growing old is depressing; no wonder older people are more depressed than younger people 90 #25 Older adults do not benefit significantly from therapy 92 4 Living Contexts 98 Growing old can only mean there is more opportunity to enjoy the bliss of family relationships 98 #26 Older adults would choose living with kids and grandkids rather than living alone 99 #27 Older adults want to spend all their time with grandkids and they never have favorites 102 #28 Sibling relationships are stable throughout life 105 Retirement is for sissies 108 #29 Older workers are inferior to younger workers 109 #30 Older adults hardly ever have trouble getting work 111 #31 Retirement is depressing, so older adults only retire when they are forced to do so 113 #32 Retired older adults are privileged financially 117 #33 After they retire, older folks want to move to where it’s warm 122 5 Endings and Loss 124 All the good ones are either gay, married, or dead 124 #34 If older widows date, it’s to find a new husband 125 And then you die… 127 #35 A majority of older adults end up in nursing homes and stay there till they die 128 #36 Suicide is more common among adolescents and young adults than it is among older adults 131 #37 Older people have the greatest fear of death of any age group – they are the closest to it, so they should know 135 References 140 Index 161
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Integrating Expressive Arts and Play Therapy with
Book SynopsisClinicians certified in the expressive art therapies the visual arts, movement, drama, music, writing and other creative processes are typically unfamiliar with some of the interventions and approaches used in play therapy.Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xv About the Editors xvii About the Contributors xix 1 The Expressive Arts Therapy Continuum: History and Theory 1Sandra L. Graves-Alcorn and Eric J. Green Introduction 1 Media Dimension Variables 3 Discerning Rationale 14 References 15 2 Play Therapy 17Athena A. Drewes and Sue C. Bratton Introduction 17 Rationale for Play Therapy 18 History and Development 18 Empirical Support 23 Procedures and Application 24 Conclusion 34 Specialized Training and Resources 35 References 36 3 Art Therapy 41Reina Lombardi Introduction 41 Art Therapy: Theory 42 Research 48 Art Therapy: Process and Procedures 50 Practical Techniques 53 Conclusion 59 Specialized Training and Resources 60 References 61 4 Drama Therapy 67Eleanor Irwin Introduction 67 Drama Therapy: Process and Procedures 69 Blending Drama/Theatre and Therapy in NADTA 72 Effects of Attachment and a Nurturing Environment on the Ability to Work and Play 75 Drama Therapy Techniques 78 Drama Therapy Techniques With Different Ages 81 Conclusion 89 Specialized Training and Resources 90 References 97 5 Integrating Play Therapy and Sandplay Therapy 101Rie Rogers Mitchell, Harriet S. Friedman, and Eric J. Green Introduction 101 Therapeutic Play 102 Sandplay in a Play Therapy Setting 104 Conclusion 118 Specialized Training and Resources 119 References 123 6 Working With Children Using Dance/Movement Therapy 125Mariah Meyer LeFeber Introduction 125 Dance/Movement Therapy: Process and Procedures 126 Case Studies 136 Conclusion 143 Specialized Training and Resources 143 References 146 7 Music Therapy 149Susan Hadley and Nicole Steele Introduction 149 Music Therapy: Process and Procedures 153 Music Therapy Methods 155 Practical Techniques for Nonspecialists 165 Conclusion 173 Specialized Training and Resources 173 References 178 8 The Therapeutic Uses of Photography in Play Therapy 181Robert Irwin Wolf Introduction 181 Historical Overview 183 Photography as a Therapeutic Modality: The Power of the Image 184 The Importance of the Unconscious 185 The Range of Processing Visual Metaphors 186 A Note of Caution 186 Technological Update 188 Special Considerations of Confidentiality 190 Suggestions for Creative Project Directives 191 Detailed Digital Editing Directions for More Advanced Projects 195 Case Studies: Clinical and Creative Uses of Photography 198 Conclusion 201 Specialized Training and Resources 201 References 202 9 Poetry Therapy 205Diane L. Kaufman, Rebecca C. Chalmers, and Wendy Rosenberg Introduction 205 Poetry Therapy: Process and Procedures 207 Practical Techniques and Case Studies 215 Conclusion 222 Specialized Trainings and Resources 223 References 227 10 Integrating Play and Expressive Art Therapy Into Educational Settings: A Pedagogy for Optimistic Therapists 231Jodi M. Crane and Jennifer N. Baggerly Introduction to Creative Experiential Learning 231 Preparation 233 Process 238 Activities 241 CEL Classroom Scenario 247 Conclusion 248 References 249 11 Integrating Play and Expressive Art Therapy Into Small Group Counseling With Preadolescents: A Humanistic Approach 253Sue C. Bratton, Dalena Dillman Taylor, and Sinem Akay Introduction 253 Integrating Play and Expressive Art Therapy Into Small Group Counseling with Preadolescents: Process and Procedures 257 Practical Application 264 Conclusion 278 References 278 12 Integrating Play and Expressive Art Therapy Into Communities: A Multimodal Approach 283Julia Byers Introduction 283 Context 285 School Community Response 288 Shattered Worldview 289 Expressive Therapies Haven 292 References 300 Author Index 303 Subject Index 311
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Great Jobs for Everyone 50 Updated Edition
Book SynopsisYou can find profitable, fulfilling work after 50! Great Jobs for Everyone 50+ provides an invaluable treasure trove of information for anyone seeking employment past the age of 50.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix About the Author xiii Introduction 1 Part I Great Jobs Chapter 1 Great Part-Time Jobs 15 Chapter 2 Great Work-from-Home Jobs 67 Chapter 3 Great Nonprofit Jobs 89 Chapter 4 Great Healthcare Jobs 101 Chapter 5 Great Tech Jobs 117 Chapter 6 Great Jobs in Education 125 Chapter 7 Great Skilled Trade Jobs 137 Chapter 8 Great Jobs to Ride the Age Wave 149 Part II The Great Jobs Workshop Chapter 9 How to Plan for Your Second Act 165 Chapter 10 Strategies for 50+ Job Hunters 177 Chapter 11 Adding New Skills 189 Chapter 12 Volunteer Your Way to a Job 197 Chapter 13 How to Prepare for Nonprofit Work 209 Chapter 14 Tips for a Great Resume and Cover Letter 217 Chapter 15 Job Hunting and Social Media 235 Chapter 16 Navigating the Job Search Boards 261 Chapter 17 Tapping Others for Help 277 Chapter 18 Great Job Interview Tips 299 Chapter 19 Special Job Circumstances 317 Chapter 20 Negotiating Pay 333 Chapter 21 Why Part-Time or Contract Work Is Worth It 343 Chapter 22 Be Your Own Boss 351 Afterword 371 Index 377
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd International Perspectives on the WellBeing of
Book SynopsisOld age represents a new frontier. The number of older people is increasing throughout the world. This changing demography affects individuals, but also families, communities and societies. The focus of this special issue is the well-being of older adults on different continents. Scientists from around the world address this issue using a wide array of research designs and methodologies to provide a broad perspective on aging. Five topics are considered: Well-Being among Older Adults; Social Support; Functional Status, Well-Being, and Successful Aging; Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study of Aging; and Research Perspectives in Aging. This volume clearly demonstrates that scientists have much to contribute to the goal of optimizing the experience of aging and creating a society for all ages.Table of ContentsIntroduction 617 Well-Being: Concepts And Measures 627 Social Support 645 Functional Status, Well-Being, And Successful Aging 715 Cross-Cultural Approaches To The Study Of Aging 767 Research Perspectives in Aging 825
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ageism 2005
Book SynopsisHumans automatically categorize others in social perception. Some categorizations race, gender, and age -- are so automatic that they are termed primitive categories. As we categorize, we develop stereotypes about the categories. Researchers know much about racism and sexism, but comparatively little about prejudice based on age. The papers in this issue highlight the current empirical and theoretical work on understanding the origins and consequences of stereotyping and prejudice against older adults. With the aging baby boomer demographic, it is especially timely for researchers to work to understand how society can shed its institutionalized ageism and promote respect for elders.Table of ContentsAgeism: Prejudice Against Our Feared Future Self. A Terror Management Perspective on Ageism. Attitudes Toward Younger and Older Adults: An Updated Meta-Analytic Review. This Old Stereotype: The Pervasiveness and Persistence of the Elderly Stereotype. Ageism and Ageist Language Across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non-intimate Interactions. Re-Vision of Older Television Characters: A Stereotype-Awareness Intervention. Perceiving Age Discrimination in Response to Intergenerational Inequity. The Social Separation of Old and Young: A Root of Ageism. Ageism and Age Categorization. Models of the Aging Self. Ageism Across the Lifespan: Towards a Self-Categorization Model of Ageing. Erratum: "Mothers and Fathers in the Workplace: How Gender and Parental Status Influence Judgments of Job-Related Competence"
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Johns Hopkins University Press Aging Together
Book SynopsisDrawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair.Trade ReviewA serious, scholarly, and sensitive book. -- Mary Gergen PsycCRITIQUES This must-read volume will inspire the reader to contemplate the call to care for others with self-giving love. Highly recommended. Choice This is not a how-to handbook but a kindly and perhaps over-optimistic general discussion that will be of interest to caregivers, particularly Americans, and particularly those coming from a religious background. The rest of us can all gain something from it too, however... Aging Together reminds us that warmth and friendship can be maintained in trying situations. -- Martin Guha International Psychogeriatrics Readable and useful...Anyone who wants to teach, practise or encourage person-centred care for people with dementia will find a lot in this book. -- Ibadete Fetahu Nursing Times This is not just a book about ageing, dementia, and friendship; it is a book that will take the reader on a journey that will, hopefully, leave them in a better place than where they started... An excellent account of travelling along the dementia road. -- Kathryn Mitchell Ageing and Society A compelling call to arms for a more caring, related society-a flourishing community-from which all can benefit, and in which all have a part to play. -- Justine McGovern LMSW Journal of Gerontological Social Work Aging Together offers a prophetic perspective by challenging our socially constructed versions of reality and our tendency to look for medical miracles and cures. Instead we should work to create communities that are hospitable to the cognitively impaired. -- Anthony B. Robinson Christian CenturyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Dilemmas of Dementia Diagnoses2. Receiving the Diagnosis3. Personhood4. What Is Friendship?5. When Our Friends Travel the Dementia Road6. Dementia Fear and Anxiety7. Beyond Fear and Anxiety8. The Flourishing Community9. Congregations as Schools for Friendship10. The Things That Abide11. Practicing Friendship in the "Thin Places"12. Memory, Forgetting, and the Present TimeDiscussion QuestionsNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Senior Living Communities
Book SynopsisThe essential guide to managing senior living communitiesnow updated!Senior Living Communities has long been considered the most comprehensive guide to revolutionizing the management practices of communities catering to seniors. Now in its third edition, Benjamin W. Pearce''s updated book lays out the latest operational guidelines, assessment tools, and intervention options to transform how to provide care and enhance the quality of life for residents.With a focus on measuring and understanding health and lifestyle progression, this edition introduces how assessment tools can establish a baseline and enable tracking of changes in residents'' health conditions. Equipped with this invaluable information, providers and primary care professionals can make informed decisions, tailor treatments, and improve the quality of life for their residents. Offering guidance on improving safety alongside advice on navigating increasingly complex lifestyle challenges, Pea
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Bristol University Press Social Class in Later Life
Book SynopsisSocial class in later life: Power, identity and lifestyle provides the most up-to-date collection of new and emerging research relevant to contemporary debates on the relationship between class, culture, and later life.Trade Review"Anyone interested in social gerontology will want this short edited volume on their bookshelves - for the references and for the substantive content of the chapters." Sociology of Health & Fitness "This eloquent, thought-provoking collection will be essential reading for scholars of ageing and all with an interest in policy linked to ageing." Professor Sara Arber, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of Surrey "A much-needed collection on social class and older age which looks critically at the constraints placed on older people and the emerging cultures of later life." Journal of Social Policy "A most welcome collection that provides a much-needed and up-to-date orientation on the open frontiers of class across the life course." Martin Kohli, European University Institute and Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences "This fascinating edited volume brings together top-notch scholars who each cast a unique lens on a rarely studied topic. A must-read for students of social gerontology, stratification, and inequalities." Professor Deborah Carr, Chair, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ "An exciting collection which successfully sets out to re-invigorate the consideration of class in gerontology. The editors have done a fantastic job of bringing the diverse positions adopted by the contributors into dialogue with each other." Professor James Nazroo, Sociology and CCSR, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Marvin Formosa and Paul Higgs; Social class structures and social mobility: the background context ~ Wendy Bottero; Ageing and class in a globalised world ~ Chris Phillipson; Measuring social class in later life ~ Alexandra Lopes; Social class, age and identity in later life ~ Martin Hyde and Ian Rees Jones Class, pensions and old-age security ~ Elizangela Storelli and John Williamson; Class and health inequalities in later life ~ Ian Rees Jones and Paul Higgs; Class, care and caring ~ Christina Victor; Social work, class and later life ~ Trish Hafford-Letchfield; The changing significance of social class in later life ~ Marvin Formosa and Paul Higgs.
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Policy Press Ageing Meaning and Social Structure
Book SynopsisA 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.Trade Review"A much-needed integration of two relatively new but flourishing areas of ageing studies, which have developed separately up to now. I gained fresh insights from each and every chapter." Peter G. Coleman, Professor of Psychogerontology, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Jan Baars and Chris Phillipson; Connecting meaning with social structure: Theoretical foundations ~ Jan Baars and Chris Philipson; My own life. Ethics, ageing and lifestyle ~Joseph Dohmen; Rethinking agency in late life: structural and interpretive approaches ~ Amanda Grenier and Chris Phillipson; Dementia: Beyond structures of medicalization and cultural neglect ~ Margreet Th.Bruens; Self-realization and ageing: a spiritual perspective ~ Hanne Laceulle; Social ability or social frailty? The balance between autonomy and connectedness in the lives of older people ~ Anja Machielse and Roelof Hortulanus; Critical perspectives on social work with older people ~ Mo Ray; Community-based participatory action research: opportunities and challenges for critical gerontology ~ Friederike Ziegler and Thomas Scharf; Commentary: Contingent Ageing, Naturalization and Some Rays of Intellectual Hope ~ Dale Dannefer and Jielu Lin.
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Bristol University Press Ageing in the Mediterranean
Book SynopsisThis important and timely volume brings together a distinguished set of international scholars who provide rich information about the social, economic, political, and historical factors responsible for shaping ageing policy in the Mediterranean region.Trade Review"The book achieves its aim of addressing the tension between unity and variety in the Mediterranean region and is particularly effective at highlighting the complexities of migration within the region in relation to ageing." Ageing & SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Joseph Troisi and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz: Part one:Long term impact of social conceptions of ageing: Future of Demographic Regimes in South Mediterranean, Ageing and Other Implications ~ Youssef Courbage; Longevity, institutional context and family values in southern Europe ~ Pier Paolo Viazzo; Becoming Conscious of the whole "Mediterranean": Old Cleavages and Recent Developments ~ Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz: Part two: Social spectrum of ageing in the Mediterranean: The New Risk of Dependency in Old Age and (missed) Employment Opportunities. A discussion of the Southern European model in a Comparative Perspective ~ Barbara Da Roit, Amparo Gonzalez Ferrer, and Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes; Ageing and Employment in the Mediterranean: Old and New Challenges in the Global Crisis ~ Annamaria Simonazzi and Fiorenza Deriu; The Present and Future Health Status of Older People in the Mediterranean Region ~ Judy Triantafillou and Elizabeth Mestheneos Part three: Transnational migration as important incentive for the ageing experience: Migration, Retirement and Transnationalism around the Mediterranean Countries ~ Claudine Attias-Donfut; Migrant Care Work for Elderly Households: Trends and Developments in Italy on the Background of Global Developments ~ Chiatti C., Di Rosa M., Barbabella F., Greco C., Melchiorre M.G., Principi A., Santini S., Lamura G; Part four: The Diversity of Ageing Experiences in the South-eastern Mediterranean: Aging in Israel: Caring for Frail Older Persons ~ Esther Iecovich; Ageing in Lebanon: Evidence and Challenges ~ Nabil Kronfol and Abla Mehio Sibai; Ageing in Place in the Maltese islands ~ Joseph Troisi; New Approaches to Familialism in the Management of Social Policy for Old Age: Lessons from the Recent Reforms in Long Term Care in Portugal ~ Alexandra Lopes; Ageing in Turkey - The Peter Pan Syndrome? ~ Arun Ozgur; Ageing in the Southern Shore of the Mediterranean: The Tunisian example ~ Radhouane Gouiaa; Conclusion ~ Joseph Troisi and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz.
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Policy Press Return Migration in Later Life
Book SynopsisThe main objective of this edited volume is to explore the motivations, decision making processes, and consequences, when older people consider or accomplish return migration to their place of origin; and also to raise the public policy profile of this increasingly important subject.Table of ContentsIntroduction: charting the waters of return migration in later life ~ John Percival; Older immigrants leaving Sweden ~ Martin Klinthall; Place and residence attachments in Canada's older population ~ K. Bruce Newbold; Ageing immigrants and the question of return: new answers to an old dilemma? ~ Claudio Bolzman; Caribbean return migration in later-life: family issues and transnational experiences as influential pre-retirement factors ~ Dennis Conway, Robert B Potter and Godfrey St. Bernard; 'We belong to the land': older British immigrants in Australia contemplating and realising return home ~ John Percival; Diasporic returns to the city: Anglo-Indian and Jewish visits to Calcutta in later life ~ Alison Blunt, Jayani Bonnerjee and Noah Hysler-Rubin; Returning to 'roots': Estonian-Australian child migrants visiting the homeland ~ Brad Ruting; Ageing in the ancestral homeland: ethno-biographical reflections on return migration in later life ~ Anastasia Christou; 'The past is a foreign country': vulnerability to mental illness among return migrants: Gerard Leavey and Joanne Eliacin; The blues of the ageing 'retornados': narratives on the return to Chile ~ Erik Olsson; Concluding reflections ~ John Percival.
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Bristol University Press Ageing with Disability
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability.Trade Review“This book is a significant contribution to the study of ageing and disability from a life course perspective. It provides a fascinating, theoretically well-informed treatise of how older people make sense of disability.” Professor Rafael Lindqvist, Uppsala University, Sweden“This significant and original collection will change perspectives on the interplay between ageing and disability in ways that will be wholly beneficial to older people and policy making alike.” Joanna Bornat, Emeritus Professor, The Open UniversityTable of ContentsAgeing with disability – An introduction ~ Eva Jeppsson Grassman and Anna Whitaker; Time, age and the failing body. A long life with disability ~ Eva Jeppsson Grassman; Disability, identity and ageing ~ Lotta Holme; Is it possible to ‘age successfully’ with extensive physical impairments? ~ Annika Taghizadeh Larsson; Being one’s illness: on mental disability and ageing ~ Per Bülow and Tommy Svensson; In the shade of disability reforms and policy – parenthood, ageing and life-long care ~ Anna Whitaker; Ageing and care among disabled couples ~ Cristina Joy Torgé; Living and ageing with disability – summary and conclusion ~ Anna Whitaker and Eva Jeppsson Grassman.
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Bristol University Press Safeguarding Older People from Abuse
Book SynopsisThis critical and challenging book makes a strong case for the development of ethically-driven, research-informed policy and practice to safeguard older people from abuse.Trade Review"Angie Ash presents a strongly argued case for fundamental change in policy making and practice to protect older people from abuse and for a new approach that is informed by theory, critically aware and ethically driven. This book is written with clarity of purpose and perspective and deserves to be read widely." Dr Liz Lloyd, Reader in Social Gerontology, University of Bristol“This book on safeguarding of older people presents a critical and balanced overview of practice, policies and research. With Angie Ash’s ethical quest for the “right action”, inertia can no longer be accepted. This book is essential reading and will become a classic training resource.” Professor Marie Beaulieu, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, CanadaTable of ContentsContexts to safeguarding older people from abuse; The need for theory, critical thinking and practice; The abuse of older people; Adult protection, safeguarding and personalisation; Public policy implementation in street-level bureaucracies; A case study of street-level policy implementation to protect older people from abuse; Discretion and dissonance in adult protection work; Cultures and contexts of complicity; Ethics, policy and practice; Safeguarding older people from abuse: ethical futures.
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