Gerontology
Author: Janet May Wilmoth
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0826102301
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An Introduction to Gerontology
Author: Ian Stuart-Hamilton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-03-31
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 1139500171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the world's population getting increasingly older, there has never been a more pressing need for the study of old age and ageing. An Introduction to Gerontology provides a wide-ranging introduction to this important topic. By assuming no prior expert knowledge and avoiding jargon, this book will guide students through all the main subjects in gerontology, covering both traditional areas, such as biological and social ageing, and more contemporary areas, such as technology, the arts and sexuality. An Introduction to Gerontology is written by a team of international authors with multidisciplinary backgrounds who draw evidence from a variety of different perspectives and traditions.
Aging in Today's Environment
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Chemical Toxicity and Aging
Publisher: National Academies
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report examines the relationships between aging and exposure to environmental agents (including natural and man-made agents, as well as life-style factors). Several relationships must be considered--the impact of intermittent or lifelong exposure to environmental agents on the rate of aging, the impact of lifelong exposure on health status when one reaches more advanced age, and the special response of the aged compared with that of the young when exposed to environmental agents.
Environmental Gerontology
Author: Graham D. Rowles, PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 082610813X
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Gerontology
Author: John C. Cavanaugh
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9780190261856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGerontology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective provides a thorough and broad-based survey of the current knowledge base and is the first gerontology text aimed at the graduate level. The authors of each chapter are leading experts in their respective fields. Each chapter reflects current trends and emerging issues, as well as a firm grounding in previous research and theory, and includes review questions and a list of additional references. The interdisciplinary nature of the text clearly reflects the state of the field and emphasizes the need to take a broader view of age-related phenomena. Ideal for master's level students in gerontology, psychology, sociology, nursing, geriatrics, and related disciplines, Gerontology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective can also serve as a core text in appropriate advanced undergraduate courses.
Geographical Gerontology
Author: Mark W. Skinner
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-27
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1315281198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnderstanding where ageing occurs, how it is experienced by different people in different places, and in what ways it is transforming our communities, economies and societies at all levels has become crucial for the development of informed research, policy and programmes. This book focuses on the interdisciplinary field of study – geographical gerontology – that addresses these issues. With contributions from more than 30 leading geographers and gerontologists, the book examines the scope and depth of geographical perspectives, concepts and approaches applied to the study of ageing, old age and older populations. The book features 25 chapters organized into five parts that cover the field’s theoretical traditions and intellectual evolution; the contributions of key disciplinary perspectives from population geography, social and cultural geography, health geography, urban planning and environmental studies; the scales of inquiry within geographical gerontology from the global to the embodied; the thematic breadth of contemporary issues of interest that define the field (places, spaces and landscapes of ageing); and a discussion about challenges, opportunities and agendas for future developments in geography and gerontology. This book provides the first comprehensive foundation of knowledge about the state of the art of geographical gerontology that will be of interest to scholars of ageing around the world.
Introduction to Educational Gerontology
Author: Ronald H. Sherron
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2013-11-12
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 1317770714
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEducational gerontology is the study of the changes in the learning process caused by old age. This new edition provides an update of developments in this field of research. The volume probes topics such as implications for education for the aging, reminiscence, methods of teaching, social exchange and equal opportunity.
The Lemon Table
Author: Julian Barnes
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0307428893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this widely acclaimed collection of short stories, the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending addresses the most poignant aspect of the human condition: growing old. "A master at work…. Sweet, sour, bitter, wistful, ruminative, comic, elegiac … A joy to read." —San Francisco Chronicle The characters in The Lemon Table are facing the ends of their lives—some with bitter regret, others with resignation, and others still with defiant rage. Their circumstances are just as varied as their responses. In 19th-century Sweden, three brief conversations provide the basis for a lifetime of longing. In today’s England, a retired army major heads into the city for his regimental dinner—and his annual appointment with a professional lady named Babs. Somewhere nearby, a devoted wife calms (or perhaps torments) her ailing husband by reading him recipes. In stories brimming with life and our desire to hang on to it one way or another, Barnes proves himself by turns wise, funny, clever, and profound—a writer of astonishing powers of empathy and invention.
Gerontology
Author: Kenneth F. Ferraro
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to theoretical and empirical research, with chapters written by experts from many disciplines. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Rural Gerontology
Author: Mark Skinner
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-12-28
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 1000338363
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides the first foundation of knowledge about the intellectual traditions, contemporary scope and future prospects for the interdisciplinary field of rural gerontology. With a focus on rural regions, small towns and villages, which have the highest rates of population ageing worldwide, Rural Gerontology is aimed at understanding what it means for rural people, communities and institutions to be at the forefront of twenty-first-century demographic change. The book offers important insights from rural ageing studies into today’s most pressing gerontological problems. With chapters from more than 65 established and emerging rural ageing researchers, it is the first synthesis of knowledge about rural gerontology, harnessing a burgeoning interdisciplinary scholarship on the rural dimensions of ageing, old age and older populations. With a view to advancing a critical understanding of rural ageing populations, this book will have an overreaching impact across the social sciences by drawing on advancements in understandings of rural ageing from social, environmental, geographical and critical gerontology to facilitate a comprehensive exploration of the diversity, complexity and implications of the ageing process in rural settings. Bringing together valuable international perspectives, this book makes a timely contribution to gerontology, rural studies and the social sciences, and will appeal to scholars and researchers across USA and Canada, UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, China and countries in Africa, South America and South-East Asia.
