Psychology of ageing Books

Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLERA smart, research-driven case for why optimism, kindness, and strong social networks will help us live to 100.From the day her daughter was born, science journalist Marta Zaraska fretted about what she and her family were eating. She fasted, considered adopting the keto diet, and ran a half-marathon. She bought goji berries and chia seeds and ate organic food. But then her research brought her to read countless scientific papers and to interview dozens of experts in various fields of study, including molecular biochemistry, epidemiology and neuroscience. What Marta discovered shattered her long-held beliefs about aging and longevity. A strong support network of family and friends, she learned, lowers mortality risk by about 45 percent, while exercise only lowers it by about 23 percent. Volunteering your free time lowers it by 22 percent or so, while certain health fads like turmeric haven't been shown to help at all. These revelations led Marta Zaraska to a simple conclusion: In addition to healthy nutrition and physical activity, deepening friendships, practicing empathy and contemplating your purpose in life can improve your lifespan. Through eleven chapters that take her around the world, from catching wild mice in the woods of central England to flower arranging with octogenarians in Japan, from laboratories to hugging centres, Marta embarks on an absorbing, entertaining and insightful journey to determine the habits that will have the greatest impact on our longevity. Deeply researched and expertly reported, Growing Young will dramatically change the way you seek a longer, happier life.

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Book SynopsisAuster''s existential tale of Mr Blank from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: ''a literary voice for the ages'' (Guardian) An old man sits in a room, with a single door and window, a bed, a desk and a chair. Each day he awakes with no memory, unsure of whether or not he is locked into the room. Attached to the few objects around him are one-word, hand-written, labels and on the desk is a series of vaguely familiar black-and-white photgraphs and four piles of paper. Then a middle-aged woman called Anna enters and talks of pills and treatment, but also of love and promises.Who is this Mr Blank, and what is his fate? What does Anna represent from his past - and will he have enough time to ever make sense of the clues that arise?After the huge success of The Brooklyn Follies, Travels in the Scriptorium sees Auster return to more metaphysical territory. A dark puzzle, and a game that implicates both readeTrade Review"'... as much a novel about the semantics of storytelling; Mr Blank remains a perfect study of confusion and memory that says everything about Auster's brilliance.' Metro"

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Book SynopsisSteven Mintz reconstructs the emotional interior of a life stage too often relegated to self-help books and domestic melodramas. He describes the challenges of adulthood today and puts them into perspective by exploring how past generations achieved intimacy and connection, raised children, sought meaning in work, and responded to loss.Trade ReviewWe live in an age of generational turmoil. Baby-boom parents are accused of clinging on to jobs and houses which they should be freeing up for their children. Twentysomethings who can’t afford to leave home and can’t get jobs are attacked as aimless and immature. Both sides of the generational divide should take comfort from this timely, thoughtful work by Steven Mintz…Mintz argues for a new understanding of adulthood…It is a great book, and a triumph of historical writing; it shows that the past really can explain the present. -- Jane Ridley * The Spectator *[Mintz] offers some comforting news. Going back centuries in this country, ‘adults’ never particularly had their acts together… [He shows] that the 1950s model of family life, with its emphasis on early marriage and childbearing as markers of adulthood, is anything but representative of traditional values… His message—that there are many ways to wear the mantle of responsible adulthood and that the 1950s model is a mere blip on history’s radar—is deeply necessary and long overdue. -- Meghan Daum * New York Times Book Review *Mintz uses history to illustrate both the similarities and differences between adulthood in 2015 and adulthood in other times, so that readers can put their lives into perspective…Mintz is a good storyteller and his examples, particularly from centuries past are engaging. Ultimately, Mintz provides a very readable, and very interesting, history of an all too often overlooked subject. -- Catherine Ramsdell * PopMatters *This original and comprehensive book interestingly sets the far-reaching change in contemporary adulthood in historical perspective. -- E. Stina Lyon * Times Higher Education *Coming of age, argues historian Steven Mintz, is not what it used to be. Characterizing adulthood as a ‘historical black hole,’ Mintz sets out to trace the concept’s trajectory from the nineteenth century to its 1950s apex, and its disintegration in our individualistic times. He looks at shifts in intimacy, marriage, parenthood and work, noting that some 80% of today’s U.S. citizens in their late twenties have yet to tick off all the traditional indicators of adulthood, such as leaving home. Yet we need to dig deeper to redefine adulthood, he avers—not least, by reinstating qualities such as judgement to the definition. -- Barbara Kiser * Nature *Describing the cultural, economic, and social changes from the Colonial era to today’s world with a wealth of information and attention to class, gender, and ethnicity, Mintz argues that neither religious nor secular middle-class values are adequate responses to the new generation’s problems. -- N. Zmora * Choice *A thoughtful and strangely encouraging tour of an often difficult life stage. * Kirkus Reviews *Historian Mintz approaches a big subject--American adulthood--in a big way; by drawing on 400 years of social and economic history, philosophy, psychology, law, religion, literature, art, and even cinema and television…He presents a thoughtful and thorough guide through the life stages for all readers wishing to embark on these big voyages. -- Janet Ingraham Dwyer * Library Journal *In the 1950s, most men had met all of society’s markers for adulthood by their mid-20s—and most women would never fully meet them, whatever their age. In this engagingly written and thought-provoking book, Mintz explores the fascinating history of American definitions of adulthood and shows how new economic, cultural, and gender relationships have expanded and complicated those definitions in recent years. -- Stephanie Coontz, author of A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960sThe Prime of Life is a compelling story of just how much the meaning and process of attaining adulthood has changed throughout the history of the United States. Mintz does a masterful job of narration and interpretation, reminding readers why he is the preeminent historian of the life course. -- Frank F. Furstenberg, author of Destinies of the Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teenage Childbearing

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Book SynopsisTake control of your hormones and feel happier and healthier, with this practical guide to re-balancing your body and getting your life back on track____________Hormones play a crucial role in our health and well-being, yet few of us understand the toll they take on our bodies when we don''t achieve a balance.Whether you''re riding the roller coasters of puberty, pregnancy or the menopause, we''re all a slave to our hormones at some point in our lives, and they can leave you feeling tired, low and irritable.In It Must Be My Hormones, leading specialists in women''s health Dr Marion Gluck and nutritionist Vicki Edgson, show you the role that each of our major hormones plays, how a deficiency can affect our well-being, and what we can do to restore the balance.In this book you''ll discover: How to keep the weight off with thyroid boosting mega-foods Vitamins which work wonders for your skin Ho

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Book SynopsisPersons of all ages struggle to survive losses and rewrite their life stories. Self-help books abound, yet seldom do we stop to consider living resources, the wise old persons who are among us. Gerontologists Janet L. Ramsey and Rosemary Blieszner have recorded narratives of spiritually resilient German and American women and offer here a rare combination of listening, personal story telling, and professional reflection. Avoiding simplistic answers and acknowledging the ambiguity of human experience, the authors give voice to a remarkably unheard group: strong old women. In this unique book you will find unforgettable stories of courage and faith but also provocative suggestions on how to enrich your clinical and academic work through an increased emphasis on spiritual coping. The authors also emphasize the importance of acknowledging emotions in spiritual experiences, and integrating faith and close human relationships.Table of ContentsPART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO SPIRITUAL RESILIENCY An Invitation to Listen Questions of Meaning, Stories of Faith Overview of Study Methods PART TWO: THE STORIES The Gracious Encounters Begin The American Women The German Women Resiliency and Community Resiliency and Emotion Resiliency and Personal Relationships PART THREE: CONCLUSION Implications for Thinking, Being and Telling Implications for Gerontology

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Book SynopsisSpiritual Care for Persons with Dementia explores spirituality in those with dementia to enrich our understanding of the neurological and psychological aspects of hope, prayer, and the power of belief. You will discover how your ministry is vitally relevant to the clinical well-being and quality of life of people with Alzheimer''s disease. Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia provides you with a model spiritual care program for long-term facilities that supplies you with ideas you can implement in your own ministry.You will learn to avoid cognitive pastoral care method that can be hurtful to those suffering with dementia by using new approaches found in Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia. This book provides you with suggestions about how to spiritually care for people with dementia. These important recommendations include: understanding the value of pastoral contact when ministering to people with a loss of cognitive functions and memory discovTable of ContentsContents Preface Momma, Oh Momma, I Can't Remember Pastoral Care for the Person with Dementia “To See Things as God Sees Them”: Theological Reflections on Pastoral Care to Persons with Dementia Spirituality, Religion, and Alzheimer Disease Pastoral Care of Problematic Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Affected Residents in a Long-Term Care Setting Forget Me Not: The Spritual Care of People with Alzheimer's Disease Assuring Professional Pastoral Care for Every Nursing Home Resident In Memory of Loved Ones Who Have Enriched Our Lives: Helping Staff Create and Hold Memorial Services in Nursing Homes Selected Books of Interest Index Reference Notes Included

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Book Synopsis“Abuse, although often not detected or reported, existed in every facility we surveyed. It is a serious problem.”Old, weak, and often cognitively impaired, nursing home patients can be easy targets for physical, psychological, material, and financial mistreatment at the hands of those entrusted with their care, safety, and well-being. Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place examines the dark side of nursing homes, where not every employee has the commitment of Mother Theresa. This groundbreaking book applies criminological theory to help develop practical methods of controlling abuse and presents the results of the first and only nationwide study on the theft of patients’ belongings, a form of abuse too often ignored by the nursing home industry. Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes surveys employees, administrators, and family members of patients in 47 nursing homes throughout the United States. Their responses pTable of Contents Preface PART I: NURSING HOMES AND THEORIES OF ABUSE Chapter 1. The Nature of Nursing Homes Myths and Facts About Nursing Homes How Nursing Homes Got Started Nursing Homes As Bureaucracies Nursing Homes As Total Institutions Barriers to Nursing Home Abuse Research Chapter 2. Nursing Aides: The Backbone of Care in Nursing Homes Workforce Issues and Problems of Nursing Home Aides Narratives of Nursing Home Aides Chapter 3. Understanding Abuse Why Nursing Homes May Be Good for Abusers Nursing Homes and the Motivated Offender Patients and Their Possessions As Suitable Targets Guardianship in Nursing Homes Countervailing Forces Summary PART II: NURSING HOME THEFT Chapter 4. Employees and Theft Results from the Survey of Employees Conclusions About Employees Chapter 5. The Victims and Their Families Family Members’ Reports of Theft What Is Stolen? Conclusion Chapter 6. Preventing and Reducing Theft Theft Precautions for Patients Theft Precautions for Nursing Homes Reporting of Theft Theft Prevention Training Programs PART III: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MALTREATMENT Chapter 7. Physical Abuse and Neglect Abandonment, Segregation, and Neglect Government Reform Committee Types of Physical Abuse Sexual Abuse Neglect Chapter 8. Psychological Abuse and Neglect Types of Psychological Abuse Some Effects of Psychological Abuse Neglect Chapter 9. Reducing the Risk of Physical and Psychological Abuse Screening Practices Staff Education and Training Advocacy PART IV: FRAUD, REFORM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Chapter 10. Exploitation of Nursing Home Patients: Their Finances and Rights Financial Abuse Reform of Nursing Home Regulations Chapter 11. Summary and Conclusions Appendix. Methodology Data Collection Employee Questionnaires Measuring Theft Response Rates from the Survey of Employees Victimization Survey Family Members’ Questionnaire Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisIn this volume contributors examine the assumptions normally made about the elderly and offer differing sociological perspectives on becoming and being old, and on the concept of age itself. Instead of seeing the elderly in terms of needs, they offer alternative analyses in light of class, gender and race. Examining the life-cycle perspective on old age, they show how retirement from the workforce is only one aspect of becoming old, and arguably one which is important for only a minority of the ageing population.Trade Review`Stimulating and interesting... should be in libraries as a resource for a variety of tutors and students.′ - Nursing the Elderly `This is an exciting collection of papers because it brings together such a variety of research and conceptualizing and places them in a cumulative relationship to each other.... It will have a place in the serious literature and in student bibliographies for some years to come′ - Journal of Educational Gerontology `Well written and thoughtful.... Strongly recommended for all libraries supporting programs in gerontology′ - Choice `A stimulating sample of contemporary British studies of becoming and being old... a well-written set of papers providing new opportunities for the advance of theory and research′ - Ageing and Society `A stimulating and interesting text... should be in libraries as a resource for a variety of tutors and students... of particular interest to those who are undertaking further studies in community nursing whether they be health visitor, community psychiatric or district nurse students. All would find this book a useful resource to `dip′ into′ - Nursing Standard ′An interesting look at `becoming and being old′ from the viewpoint of the academic sociologist′ - Help the Aged Today `Provides a useful introduction to the variety of British research on the later stages of the life cycle. And it also highlights the importance of being aware of such factors as the economy, housing and social welfare provisions in shaping people′s experiences of aging′ - Canadian Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE: BECOMING OLD Property Rites? An Investigation of Tenure Change in Middle Age - Cherrie Stubbs Between Work and Retirement - Frank Laczko Becoming `Old′ in the 1980s Work-Ending - Tom Schuller Employment and Ambiguity in Later Life A Part to Play - Jonathan Long Men Experiencing Leisure through Retirement PART TWO: BEING OLD Transitions in Caring - Sara Arber and G Nigel Gilbert Gender, Life Course and the Care of the Elderly Poverty, Care and Age - Bill Bytheway A Case Study Differentiation in Later Life - Maria Evandrou and Christina R Victor Social Class and Housing Tenure Cleavages The Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Europe in the 1980s - Richard Wall PART THREE: OLD AGE Ageing and Old Age - Mike Featherstone and Mike Hepworth Reflections on the Postmodern Life Course Does Age Matter? The Case of Old Age in Minority Ethnic Groups - Ken Blakemore

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Book SynopsisAmerica is getting older. By the year 2010, almost one in five Americans will be 65 years of age or older. This title examines the racial and ethnic diversity among the elderly in the contemporary US in terms of living arrangements, economic well-being, and reliance on formal and family-based sources of support.Trade Review"An important contribution to the on-going national dialogue concerning the need for planning for an increasingly aged population and its impact on our social, political, medical, economic institutions." --Wisconsin Bookwatch "Based on their assessments of the levels of need for the long-term care among African-American, Latino, and non-Latino white older persons, the authors offer viable and attractive possible alternatives to institutionalization in the long-term care of the elderly." --Nurse Practitioner "A major contribution. Should be a part of every course on social gerontology, long-term care, the demography of aging, or formal/informal support networks of the elderly." --Robert Joseph Taylor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

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Book SynopsisOffers advice on care, explains how to handle inappropriate public behavior, and discusses treatments, support groups, and individual counseling.Trade Review"Well written and eminently practical guide for families struggling with the burdens of Alzheimer's disease." --Peter V. Rabins, M.D., John Hopkins University School of Medicine, author of Thirty-Six Hour Day"An outstanding book dealing knowledgeably and sensitively with a painful disease affecting millions of American familes." --Robert N. Butler, M.D., Brookdale Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

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Book SynopsisFocusing on psychological and socio-economic factors and individual differences, The Psychology of Retirement follows the journey of today’s retirees, through planning and decision-making (or lack of it), expectations, early experiences, pleasures and disappointments.Table of Contents1. THE NEW RETIREMENT 2. THE JOURNEY: TRANSITIONING FROM WORKER TO RETIREE 3. FINANCIAL SECURITY OR FINANCIAL STRESS? 4. RETIREMENT, HEALTH AND WELLBEING 5. RENEGOTIATING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS 6. RE-SHAPING IDENTITY IN RETIREMENT7. MAKING THE MOST OF RETIREMENTReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow can you make the most of retirement? How should you plan for retirement? What are the challenges of retirement and how can they be dealt with? The Psychology of Retirement looks at this life stage as a journey that involves challenges, opportunities, setbacks, periods of disenchantment and, often, exciting new beginnings. Taking a positive approach, the book explores how retirement provides opportunities to cultivate new friendships, interests and hobbies, consolidate and renegotiate long-held ones, and even re-invent oneself in a post-work environment. It also emphasizes the value of pre-retirement planning, and the importance of establishing new goals and purposes. Retirement can be a period of significant psychological growth and development and The Psychology of Retirement shows how it can herald the beginning of a vibrant and active stage of life.Table of Contents1. THE NEW RETIREMENT 2. THE JOURNEY: TRANSITIONING FROM WORKER TO RETIREE 3. FINANCIAL SECURITY OR FINANCIAL STRESS? 4. RETIREMENT, HEALTH AND WELLBEING 5. RENEGOTIATING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS 6. RE-SHAPING IDENTITY IN RETIREMENT7. MAKING THE MOST OF RETIREMENTReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Do Not Go Quietly, the Cappannelli's remind us that the road to a more conscious future passes directly through the process of harvesting the wisdom and experience of our past and participating individually and collectively in writing a new 'third act' for the future." -- Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Author of Age-ing Into Sage-ing and Founder of The Spiritual Eldering Movement"Profound, compassionate and deeply useful, this book is a guide to the genius and capacities inherent in the second half of life. It brooks no whiney nay-saying but rather offers a repositioning of the senior in our time. Seniors become the midwives of souls, the evoctateurs of self and society." -- Jean Houston, Wise woman, UN Envoy To 105 Countries and Best Selling Author"George and Sedena Cappannelli are the real deal. Their coaching work with world-class organizations and individuals gets to the heart of the matter. And when it comes to transformation, it is certainly heart wisdom that matters." -- Melina Bellows, Contributing Writer, O Magazine and The Washingtonian

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Book SynopsisLearn about the key issues when assessing and treating older adults with mental health problems:Trade ReviewAn important and timely book with a stellar roster of contributors to address key topics regarding mental health practice with older adults. This book offers a wealth of practical guidance for those new to professional geropsychology and to seasoned clinicians who want to increase their competencies. This book is an invaluable read and a superb addition to the field. Highly recommended!;Daniel L. Segal, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO, USA;This book is a valuable resource for clinical geropsychologists, social workers, or those working in a clinical capacity with older adults. It is also a useful guide for those in school to become clinicians working with older adults. One could envision this being used as a primary text in a graduate course on mental health and later life or specific chapters being used as supplemental readings for other gerontology-related courses. The book provides clinicians with a holistic view in order to understand the complexities of working with an older adult population and describes evidence-based interventions to use when working with older adults. In addition, this book has several significant strengths including the expert knowledge, the extensive use of case examples, and the emphasis on cultural competence throughout the text.;Reviewed by Amy M. Schuster, PhD, Clemson University, SC, in Journal of Applied Gerontology (2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to Working With Older Adults: A View From the Field by Nancy A. Pachana and Larry W. Thompson Chapter 2: Assessment Approaches for Psychiatric and Cognitive Syndromes by Viktoriya Samarina, Madhuvanthi Suresh, Matthew Picchiello, Julie Lutz, Brian Carpenter, and Sherry A. Beaudreau Chapter 3: Theoretical Support and Practical Strategies for CBT With Depressed Older Adults by Ann M. Steffen, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, and Larry W. Thompson Chapter 4: Case-Based Approaches With Older Adults: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Laura Gallego-Alberto, Maria S. Pedroso- Chaparro, Andres Losada, Maria Marquez-Gonzalez, Lindsey Jacobs, and Gregory A. Hinrichsen Chapter 5: Therapeutic Approaches for Anxiety and PTSD in Late Life by Alisa O'Riley Hannum, Danielle N. Berkel, Rachael Spalding, and Nancy A. Pachana Chapter 6: Working Successfully With Older Persons on the Dementia Continuum, and Their Informal Caregivers by Dolores Gallagher-Thompson and Larry W. Thompson Chapter 7: Working With Older Adults in Long-Term Care Settings by Hillary Rouse and Victor Molinari Chapter 8: Determining Decisional Capacity Across Settings and Clinical Presentations: A Systematic Approach by Shane S. Bush and Stacey Wood Chapter 9: Elder Abuse: Navigating Ethical and Legal Responsibilities by Kyle S. Page and Nabeel T. Yehyawi Chapter 10: Psychological Interventions Developed Specifically for Use in Palliative Care: A Lifespan Developmental Perspective by Rebecca S. Allen, Julia Kasl-Godley, and Candice D. Reel Chapter 11: Psychological Palliative Care and Bereavement Interventions: Psychopathology and Family Contexts by Julia Kasl-Godley and Rebecca S. Allen Appendix 1: Pikes Peak Geropsychology Competencies: Attitude, Knowledge, and Skill Competencies for Practice in Professional Geropsychology Appendix 2: Pikes Peak Evaluation Tool: Pikes Peak Geropsycholo

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Book SynopsisFirst Published in 2017. This volume is a totally candid account about the facts and feelings surrounding the diagnosis of and battle against lung cancera battle the author waged with every ounce of his being. It has an enlightening quality because he shares how he transformed his previous knowledge of family dynamics, coping strategies, and empowerment into wisdom. He shares his journey of taking the knowledge from the Before Cancer phase of his life, and like an alchemist, converting one raw materialhis life and his diagnosis and battleinto an element quite unlike the original. Robbery and Redemption: Cancer as Identity Theft is chock-full of wisdom that has been learned the old fashioned, visceral wayfrom lived experience and keen reflection. This personal, upfront, rubber-hit-the-road treatise is a gift from the author to each reader. It is his wise interpretation of his own experiences of integrating values, problem solving, and coping strategies.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Read the Introduction now CHAPTER 1 The Dream CHAPTER 2 Through the Looking Glass CHAPTER 3 The Cancer Journey and Detours Along the Way CHAPTER 4 Resolving to Battle the Bully CHAPTER 5 Communicating with Cancer CHAPTER 6 Trying To Be An Exceptional Patient CHAPTER 7 A Cancer Apprentice: Lessons in Redemption EPILOGUE: Remembering Craig Index

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to Grandparenting in the United States, edited by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak of Syracuse University, use a variety of quantitative and qualitative data sets to assess how grandparenting, and its impacts, vary by living arrangements, economic status, education, gender, race, ethnicity, and other stratifying variables. Some papers assess how the provision of financial assistance, particularly during economic downturns, may be easily absorbed or financially detrimental. Others demonstrate how immigrant grandparents navigate multiple sets of cultural expectations to provide childcare to their grandchildren. Some show how Hispanic grandparents acculturation level is linked to childcare and financial transfer across generations. Others emphasize the extent to which schoolchildren with disabilities are more likely to receive grandparent care, particularly if the mother is single. Some reveal how custodial grandmothers are significantly more likelTable of Contents1. Grandparenting in the United States Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak Part I: Grandparenting 2. Race and Ethnic Differences in Grandchild Care and Financial Transfers with Grandfamilies: An Intersectional Resource Approach Merril Silverstein and Yooumi Lee 3. Grandmothers’ Financial Contributions and the Impact on Grandmothers Madonna Harrington Meyer 4. Health and Grandparenting among 13 Caribbean (and one Latin American) Immigrant Women in the United States Ynesse Abdul-Malak 5. Grandparent-Provided Childcare for Families Raising Elementary School-Aged Children with Disabilities Peter D. Brandon Part 2 Co-residential and Custodial Grandparenting 6. Portrait of American Grandparent Families Lynne M. Casper, Sandra M. Florian, C. Brady Potts, and Peter D. Brandon 7. Multigenerational Relationships in Families with Custodial Grandparents Rachel Dunifon, Kimberly Kopko, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, and Lauren Wakschlag 8. An Exploration of the Health of Adolescents Raised by Grandparents Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab 9. Young Adults’ Perceptions of Living with Their Grandparents During Childhood Laura D. Pittman, Micah Ioffe, and Christine R. Keeports 10. Noncaregiving Grandparent Peers’ Perceptions of Custodial Grandparents: Extent of Life Disruption, Needs for Social Support, and Needs for Social and Mental Health Services Bert Hayslip, Jr., Rebecca J. Glover, and Sara E. Pollard

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Book SynopsisThis book explains clearly how aging is not inevitable, as not everyone gets to grow to an old age. Aging is therefore an opportunity which we must cherish. This book clearly presents the four interdependent factors which can influence and enhance our aging.Trade Review''One excellent way to improve memory is through stories', Prof. Friedland states in his book. And this book is not short of stories about our own, human, story. These enjoyable and informative stories stem from Prof. Friedland's vast clinical and neuroscience experience, shared in an entertaining and yet highly scientific manner. He encourages us to be an active participant in our own care and fierce in the pursuit of what's best for us and our health. In unrevealing the complex story of ageing and demystifying the ageing process, we are served with simple, scientifically based tips how to un-age. Please use them throughout your own (ageing) life and build your own stories each day.' Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska, University of Leicester'[A] comprehensive health guide to maintaining fitness in mind and body through the decades.' Diane Cole, A Wall Street Journal Best Book about Aging and RetirementTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables; Preface; Part I. Foundations: What Do We Need to Know About Optimal Aging?: 1.1 Aging is not inevitable, it is an opportunity; 1.2 The theory of the multiple reserve factors; 1.3 The Brain is not an organ, it is the Master; 1.4 Memory and cognition; 1.5 The neurodegenerative diseases of aging; 1.6 Stroke and vascular cognitive impairment; 1.7 Other dementias; 1.8 Our microbiota and how to do gene therapy in the kitchen; 1.9 The health of the body and your physical reserve factor; 1.10 Depression, anxiety and what good is feeling bad?; 1.11 Genetics aren't everything; Part II. Applications: What Can We Do About the Opportunity of Aging?: 2.1 Overview; 2.2 Physical activity; 2.3 Whole body health; 2.4 Mental activity; 2.5 Psychological measures; 2.6 Social factors; 2.7 Dealing with stress; 2.8 Sleep; 2.9 Diet; 2.10 Microbial considerations; 2.11 Dental care; 2.12 Dealing with Doctors and Drugs; 2.13 Hazardous behaviors; 2.14 Toxic exposures; Part III. Conclusions; 3.1 Considerations for Society and the Future of Aging; 3.2 Our Attitude and the Opportunity of Aging; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Endnotes; Index.

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Book SynopsisAward-winning authors Marcy Houle and Elizabeth Eckstrom have teamed up again following the success of their critically acclaimed book The Gift of Caring, winner of the 2016 National Christopher Award. This new book blends frontline science with inspirational stories and insights from wise elders for aging with health, joy, and purpose. The book explains how our bodies and brains age, defining what can be expected with aging and what is unusual. It demonstrates ways we can significantly increase our chances for a positive aging experience into our 80s, 90s and 100s. It offers key strategies for meeting the challenges of aging, informs us of issues of inclusion and equity, and advises on handling legal and financial affairs. The Gift of Aging illustrates how we can make the third act of our lives meaningful and fulfilling, ensuring we as elders can make a difference in our world.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Map and Compass; Part I. Caring for Your Mind: 2. A goal higher than joy; 3. Why does having purpose matter? Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 4. An open and determined mindset; 5. Autonomy: impossible without adaptability Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 6. Dance, Lucille, dance; 7. The golden spurtle; 8. Is retirement bad for my health and well-being? Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 9. Humanitude-why human connection is vital for everyone; 10. 106-proof; 11. Killing us quietly. Why social isolation is as bad for us as smoking Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 12. Brain health across the life span. What can I do now to prevent dementia later on? Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; Part II. Caring for Your Body: 13. Protect your bones throughout your life Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 14. Why your bladder, kidney and perineal health matters Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 15. Help! My blood pressure is going up, I'm dizzy when I stand, and every doctor tells me something different about my cholesterol! What do I do? Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 16. Our muscles throughout the life span: build resilience now to prevent frailty later Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 17. The wonderful world of microbiota and the value of the Mediterranean diet Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 18. What happens to our immune system as we age? Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 19. The problem with pain and what we can do about it Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 20. Don't give in and live with pain. First, give physical therapy a try Darla Philips, PT, DPT, ATC, OCS; Part III. Caring for Yourself and Your Family: Practical Planning: 21. Who needs an estate plan? Everyone Wendy K. Goidel, Esq; 22. Financial planning through the decades Wendy K. Goidel, Esq; 23. An ethical will: leaving your legacy to loved ones Wendy K. Goidel, Esq; 24. You've become a caregiver. Now what? Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 25. So many living arrangements. Which one for you? Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 26. Do this one simple thing and add 7.5 years to your life! Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; Part IV: Caring for Your Soul: 27. I don't want to go downstairs!; 28. How not to be afraid of dying and ensure that your family remembers your death as a peaceful one Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 29. Only two things; 30. Grief and loss: normal parts of aging. not to be missed Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 31. Living to make a difference; 32. The great leveler; 33. View from the mountain; 34. The healing power of nature Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 35. The best place in the world to grow old Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 36. From revolution to pandemic; 37. The power of positivity Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH, MACP; 38. An incredible journey; Afterword; Acknowledgements; Elizabeth's original Mediterranean diet recipes; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for elevating a just organization of care for unpaid family caregivers and underpaid home care workers assisting older adults. In doing so, Hooyman invites readers to envision a society that fully values the essential work of care.The book is distinctive in its analysis of the interrelationships among both types of care laborers, who often face structural constraints on their decision to care and whose work is devalued and marginalized. Their care work affects every member of society, but it is generally invisible to others, and its economic value is rarely recognized by policymakers. How care work is organized and unrewarded typically has the most financial, physical, and emotional costs for women, people of color, and immigrants across the life course. Inequities for care workers by race, immigrant status, class, and sexual orientation are rooted in systemic

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Book SynopsisOvercoming Depression and Low Mood in Older Adults joins the bestselling Routledge Overcoming Series, which includes publications that have the seal of approval by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and highly commended by the British Medical Association. This workbook outlines how to use the Five Areas model of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to equip older adults experiencing low mood or depression with key life skills to overcome these conditions. Addressing the common challenges faced by older adults during times of low mood and depression, the book provides educational life skills and resources to increase mental wellbeing in the care home, day hospital, and social support networks of this population. Chapters cover topics such as understanding and changing behaviours; behavioural activation and tackling avoidance; noticing and changing extreme and unhelpful thoughts; rebalancing relationships; building assertiveness; and problem solving. Substantially featured throughout are worksheet resources using interactive questions that can be photocopied for use by practitioners with older adults or in their routine business as a therapist or health/social care practitioner. This is a valuable text for any healthcare or mental health professional working with older adults including psychological therapists, social care workers, residential home staff, psychiatrists and practice nurse and health visiting staff. The workbook is also an approachable resource for older adults themselves.Trade Review‘It is now widely recognised that older adults should have access to a range of evidence-based interventions for depression and low mood. Professor Williams and colleagues have been at the forefront of advocating and developing effective tools to achieve this. The resources here provide staff and individuals direct access to expert-written life skills resources that can allow older adults to learn effective strategies they can use to make changes that can quite literally be life changing. Overcoming Depression and Low Mood in Older Adults provides a wide suite of resources that address all the most common areas of need of older adults and their carers. I warmly welcome and highly recommend this excellent set of resources.’ Stephen Curran, BSc (Hons), MB ChB, MMedSc, MRCPsych, PhD, Professor, trained in Leeds and was Lecturer in old age psychiatry at the University of Leeds until he took up his current post as Consultant in old age psychiatry in Wakefield, UK. He has published many peer view publications and nearly 20 books on depression, dementia and psychopharmacology in older people and more recently on medical management for doctors. He is co-author of Practical Psychiatry of Old Age (5th Edition).Table of ContentsForeword by Professor Stephen Curran Part 1: Getting Started and Understanding why you feel as you do 1. Starting out ... and how to keep going if you feel stuck 2. Understanding why you feel as you do Part 2: Tackling problems and rebalancing relationships 3. Practical problem solving 4. Being assertive 5. Building relationships with your family and friends 6. Information for families and friends—how can you offer the best support? Part 3: Making changes to what you do 7. Doing things that make you feel better 8. Using exercise to improve how you feel 9. Helpful things you can do 10. Unhelpful things you can do Part 4: Noticing and changing unhelpful thinking 11. Noticing unhelpful thinking 12. Changing unhelpful thinking Part 5: Improving sleep, tackling alcohol and drug misuse, understanding and using antidepressant medication 13. Overcoming sleep problems 14. Harmful drinking and you 15. Understanding and using antidepressant medication Part 6: Planning for the future 16. Planning for the future

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Book SynopsisRethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing is a practical guide that shows you how to make retirement successful, based on the most up-to-date research available. It encourages a deeper and wider view of retirement and reveals how retirement can be a time of transition, renewal, and re-imagination.Written by career coach Dr Denise Taylor, it considers the psychological factors that impact a successful adjustment to retirement and offers a deeper analysis of how people can find meaning and purpose after full-time work. It examines retirement as an event that often brings about great changes in a person's personal and social life, and how to move forward with meaning in life. Illustrated with interviews, activities, and case studies, and with exercises and questions for reflection, it covers key topics including identity, health, well-being, finances, and relationships.This insightful guidebook is for all prospective and current retirees as well as employers, carTrade Review'Dr. Denise Taylor provides you a roadmap along an unexplored path from relationships to health, self and wealth that allows you to be open to discover meaning in the process of re-imagining retirement.'Kerry Hannon, workplace futurist, Yahoo Finance senior columnist and bestselling author of In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work'This practical and inspirational book couldn’t be more timely. With the changes we have seen in recent times to pensions, health and the world of work, we urgently need to set our outdated assumptions of what retirement should be aside if we are to truly make the most of twenty-first century life expectancies.'Catherine Foot, Director of Longevity Think Tank, Phoenix Insights'Dr Denise Taylor has written an outstanding blueprint with practical ideas to help you navigate your journey in later life. A personal roadmap designed for you.'Lynda Smith, Longevity Advocate, South AfricaTable of Contents1. Introduction Part 1 – Reflect 2. Transitions – The Process of Retirement 3. Where Are You Now? 4. Who Are You? (Psychological Factors) Part 2 - Review 5. Why We Work and Filling the Gap 6. Health and Well-Being 7. Relationships 8. Financial Well-Being Part 3 - Renew 9. Meaning. Mattering, and Generativity 10. Search for Knowledge 11. A Change In ‘Time’ 12. Who Am I 13. The New You

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Book SynopsisWhat physical and psychological changes can I expect when going through the menopause? How can I protect my wellbeing during menopause? How can I ensure a good menopause experience?The Psychology of Menopause provides a useful and positive guide to understanding the psychological, social, and sexual changes that occur during and following menopause. Going beyond hot flushes and HRT, it focuses on how to enhance psychological wellbeing by looking at the science behind women''s lived experiences of perimenopause and post-menopause. The book explores key psychological issues during this transition, such as the risk factors associated with mood and anxiety, the changing social and personal roles for women at midlife, the impact on relationships, and the reasons for brain fog.By putting women's psychological wellbeing at the heart of this stage of life, The Psychology of Menopause provides a much-needed examination into the psychological, social, cultural, and

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Book SynopsisLife and Death considers ageing and mortality from a psychoanalytic perspective and from the point of view of the individual, the couple, and the family.Andrew Balfourâs approach focuses on understanding the challenges of late life and what might help us to continue to live our lives, and inhabit our relationships, as creatively as possible. The book grounds a psychoanalytic approach to understanding later life as a key point of developmental challenge for us all, through closely written accounts of the experiences of older people, as well as wider social-contextual issues. It locates itself at the interface of internal and external realities, exploring the lived experience of some of the most difficult things we can face in old age, such as dementia and other age-related illnesses and losses.Life and Death will be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellors, and psychologists in practice and in training. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in ageing and the challenges of late life.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book provides a review across methodological approaches and data-collection methods commonly used with older adults in real-life settings. It addresses the role of normative age-related sensory, cognitive, and functional changes, as well as the influence of generational cohort (age-period-cohort). Fully updated, this second edition reflects recent changes in gerontology and includes more information about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, the use of virtual research methods, discussion about the researcherâs reflexivity, the role of theory in research, qualitative research developments, an expansion of secondary analysis of data and the use of Artificial Intelligence in research. Features include: Descriptions, evaluations, and applications of a wide range of methodological approaches, and methods used to collect data about older persons (quantitative, qualitative, mixed, and emergent methods: photovoi

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the implications and significant ethical, social, economic and health challenges that an ageing world population presents. It provides valuable insights on concerns related to providing, organizing, planning and managing care of older persons in both formal and informal settings.As the number of older persons increases rapidly around the globe, caring for them is a very important aspect of all ageing and aged societies. While in most countries care of older persons is provided informally by family members, the changing social scene, family structures, work and employment patterns are leading many nations to create provisions for formal care through institutions or paid services of caregivers. This book offers perspectives on formal and informal care from countries such as Japan, Netherlands, USA, India, South Africa and Poland, among others. The essays in this book underline a rights-based approach and focus on ethical, social, economic, health and legal as

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the concept of retirement, how it has changed, and what the future holds for the next generation of retirees.The book analyses government data and university surveys of more than 1,000 retirees in Australia and 4,000 retirees in Sweden, as well as in-depth interviews with retirees in each country. It demonstrates that while both countries have differences in their retirement policies and practices, as well as the outcomes for retirees, the process of retirement is undergoing change in both countries as people retire at a range of ages, but often then re-enter the workforce for various reasons. The book proposes four distinctive post-retirement orientations: Stayers, Leavers, Blenders and Disengaged retirees. It then discusses how individuals, employers and governments are responding to the challenges of âretiring in a new ageâ, suggesting policies and a new social contract for retirees that addresses their needs for economic security, physical and mental health, as well as engagement with the wider community. A book of keen interest to scholars of employment and work relations, human resource management, as well as labour economics. Policymakers and students interested in employment issues that affect economic and social equality will also find the bookâs framework fit for use. A full set of interview transcripts and discussion questions is available on the Routledge webpage for download: www.routledge.com/9781041118329

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Book SynopsisThis exceptional collection draws on the most recent demographic data and combines classic research with cutting-edge approaches to provide an invaluable overview of the developmental psychology of the adult years. Covers a wide range of topics within adult development and aging, from theoretical perspectives to specific content areas Includes newly commissioned essays from the top researchers in the field Takes a biopsychosocial perspective, covering the biological, psychological and social changes that occur in adulthood Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Preface xvii Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Martin J. Sliwinski Part I Foundations 1 Theoretical Perspectives: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Positive Aging 3 Elliot M. Friedman and Carol D. Ryff 2 Demography of Aging: Behavioral and Social Implications 25 Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Stacey B. Whitbourne 3 Late Life: A Venue for Studying the Mechanisms by Which Contextual Factors Influence Individual Development 49 Denis Gerstorf and Nilam Ram 4 Methodological Issues in Research on Adult Development and Aging 72 Scott M. Hofer, Philippe Rast, and Andrea M. Piccinin Part II Physical Changes and Health 5 Physical Exercise and Health 97 Leslie I. Katzel and Gregory M. Steinbrenner 6 Behavioral Stability and Change in Health Across the Adult Life Cycle 118 Ilene C. Siegler and Adam Davey Part III Cognition 7 Processing Speed 135 Judith Dirk and Florian Schmiedek 8 Working Memory 154 David P. McCabe and Vanessa M. Loaiza 9 Memory and Aging 174 Brent J. Small, Kerri S. Rawson, Sarah Eisel, and Cathy L. McEvoy 10 Everyday Cognition 190 Jason C. Allaire Part IV Personality 11 Personality Development in Adulthood 211 Nicky J. Newton and Abigail J. Stewart 12 Socioemotional Perspectives on Adult Development 236 Jennifer Tehan Stanley and Derek M. Isaacowitz 13 Personality and Aging: Cognitive Perspectives and Processes 254 Eileen Kranz Graham and Margie E. Lachman Part V Abnormal Aging 14 Affective Disorders and Age: The View Through a Developmental Lens 275 Jennifer R. Piazza and Susan Turk Charles 15 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias 293 Joshua R. Steinerman and Richard B. Lipton 16 Personality Disorders in Later Life 312 Daniel L. Segal, Richard Zweig, and Victor Molinari 17 Assessment of Older Adults 331 Christine E. Gould, Barry A. Edelstein, and Lindsay A. Gerolimatos Part VI Social Processes 18 Self-Regulation and Social Cognition in Adulthood: The Gyroscope of Personality 357 Cory Bolkan and Karen Hooker 19 Partners and Friends in Adulthood 381 Rosemary Blieszner and Karen A. Roberto 20 Intergenerational Relationships and Aging 399 Kira S. Birditt and Elvina Wardjiman 21 Retirement: An Adult Development Perspective 416 Mo Wang Part VII Well-Being and Creativity 22 Effects of Remaining Time for Psychological Well-Being and Cognition 433 Boo Johansson and Anne Ingeborg Berg 23 Successful Aging 459 Colin A. Depp, Ipsit V. Vahia, and Dilip V. Jeste 24 Creative Productivity and Aging: An Age Decrement – or Not? 477 Dean Keith Simonton Author Index 497 Subject Index 527

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Book SynopsisAging and Work in the 21st Century, 2nd edition, reviews, summarizes, and integrates existing literature from various disciplines with regard to aging and work, but with a focus on recent advances in the field. Chapter authors, all leading experts within their respective areas, provide recommendations for future research, practice, and/or public policy. Fully revised and updated, the second edition takes up many of the same critical topics addressed in the first edition, and incorporates twelve new authors across the volume and three brand new chapters on recruitment and retention, legal issues, and global issues in work and aging.The intended audience is advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers in the disciplines of industrial and organizational psychology; developmental psychology; gerontology; sociology; economics; and social work. Older worker advocate organizations, such as AARP, will also take interest in this edited book.Trade Review"This book brings together a comprehensive perspective on aging and work in the 21st century. Leading scholars provide the reader with current insights of the many individual, organizational and public policy related aspects of an aging workforce. The book will be a great resource for all who have practical or scholarly interest in demographic change and the workplace."—Kène Henkens, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI); University Medical Center Groningen; University of Amsterdam"A forceful and comprehensive book examining the advances and coming challenges facing older individuals, organizations, and societies around the world. A must-read for students, practitioners, and policy makers concerned with workforce aging and the experience of aging related to work."—Ruth Kanfer, Georgia Institute of Technology"This Second Edition is an excellent resource on major issues of adult and older adult employment. Each chapter captures the evolution in thinking regarding major topics in aging and work and includes implications for practice and future directions for research."—Harvey L. Sterns, The University of AkronTable of ContentsSeries Foreword Preface Contributors 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Recruiting and Retaining Older Employees: Planning, Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Programs 3. Diversity Issues for an Aging Workforce: A Lifespan Intersectionality Approach 4. An Expanded View of Age Bias in the Workplace 5. Legal Issues and the Aging Workforce 6. Employee Age and Performance in Organizations 7. Age(ing) and Work Attitudes 8. Employee Development and Training Issues Related to the Aging Workplace 9. Career Embeddedness and Career Crafting Among Older Workers 10. Aging and occupational Health 11. Age and Technology for Work 12. Age and Work-Family Issues 13. Retirement from Three Perspectives: Individuals, Organizations, and Society 14. Global Issues in Work, Aging, and Retirement

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Book SynopsisThe Aging Mind offers an accessible introduction to what research has revealed about how our bodies and brains age, and how these changes affect our everyday experiences and lives. This second edition is fully updated with contemporary studies and neuroscientific findings, to offer an engaging exploration of 25 facets of the physical and mental aging processes.Written by eminent gerontologist Patrick Rabbitt, who interprets research through his own personal daily experiences, it explores what aging really is and how to accept and manage it. It explores why our sensory and cognitive experiences change as we get older, and what these developments mean for our overall physical and emotional well-being. Key topics explored include memory, intelligence, attention, sleep, vision and hearing, taste and smell, touch and balance, anxiety, depression and perception of the passage of time. It also discusses how far we can keep and develop the skills we have mastered over our liTable of ContentsChapter 1 Talking About Old AgePart I What is Aging?Chapter 2 Why and How Do We Age?Chapter 3 How Fast Do We Change?Chapter 4 How Well do We Understand What is Happening to Us?Chapter 5 Biological Signs of Brain AgingPart II MemoryChapter 6 What is Memory For?Chapter 7 Remembering and Planning to Do ThingsChapter 8 Who Said That?Chapter 9 Losing and Finding Words and NamesChapter 10 Remembering the Beginnings of Our LivesChapter 11 Remembering the Rest of Our LivesPart III SensesChapter 12 SeeingChapter 13 HearingChapter 14 Taste and SmellChapter 15 Fumbling and StumblingPart IV Intelligence, Skills and WisdomChapter 16 General SmartsChapter 17 Keeping the Skills We Have LearnedChapter 18 Reading Others’ MindsPart V Living with AgingChapter 19 Those Old Blues: Depression and AnxietyChapter 20 The Speed of ThoughtChapter 21 Paying AttentionChapter 22 Good Times and Bad TimesChapter 23 SleepChapter 24 Time PassingPart VI Aging WellChapter 25 What Can We Do About All This?

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Book SynopsisGrandparenting: Contemporary Perspectives is one of the first books of its kind to offer a dedicated account of the social and psychological research on this important life stage. Reflecting the contemporary positive approach to ageing, it covers many of the issues that impact the grandparent experience today, such as care-giving and changing family structures, to reveal the health and wellbeing benefits of the grandparent role. It examines biological, psychological, social/ familial, gender, cultural and economic dimensions to map out the current landscape in this emerging field.Moore and Rosenthal draw on quantitative and qualitative, experimental, survey, observation and case study research, including unique data on grandfathers. They examine how people respond to the challenges and possibilities of grandparenting, and how this influences intergenerational relationships and adapting to growing older. The book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date evidence base for stTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Grandparenting: the third act? 2. Becoming a Grandparent: Transitions and Bonding 3. Psychological Benefits of grandparenting 4. Roles and relationships 5. Grandparents and Primary carers 6. Diverse Family structures 7 Health and wellbeing 8. The experience of grandfathers 9. Laws, policies and programs 10. Grandparenting: an agenda for the future; references

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