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  • - U.S. Practice and Policy
    af Sara M. Moorman
    534,95 - 1.773,95 kr.

  • - Adapting the Places Instead of the People
    af Susan Lanspery
    588,95 kr.

    Most existing housing offers a poor fit for older people and people with disabilities, and new construction adds less than 2 per cent to the housing each year. This title emphasizes the disabilities and abilities of environments instead of individuals. It integrates theoretical and practical ideas about housing adaptation.

  • - Theory, Methods, and Practical Applications
    af Wilbert Gesler
    470,95 kr.

    Describes a range of research approaches which have been used to study the health care problems of adults living in rural areas. This work shows how these approaches can be used to define health care problems, measure levels of illness and health, and evaluate health care practices.

  • - Towards new understandings of later life
    af Richard Settersten
    619,95 kr.

    Discusses the challenges of age, time, and social contexts for the study of aging and later life. Understanding aging (as a process) and later life (as a period) must be accompanied by serious attention to the life course. This title is a extension of the book ""Lives in Time and Place: The Problems and Promises of Developmental Science"".

  • - The Problems and Promises of Developmental Science
    af R. A. Settersten
    716,95 kr.

    Time and place are of significance for scientific inquiry about human lives. Their analysis is essential for developing and reforming social policies, services, and interventions aimed at improving human development and welfare.

  • - Adaptation to Aging in Life Course Perspective
    af Laurie Russell Hatch
    375,95 kr.

    Putting gender in a lifespan context, Hatch (sociology, U. of Kentucky) atypically accents the gains as well as losses of aging and sex differences in adaptation overall, to the death of a spouse, and to retirement. From the multifactored theoretical perspectives of symbolic interactionism and polit

  • - The New Critical Gerontology
     
    706,95 kr.

    Focuses on the variety of ways in which age and ageing are socially constructed, and the extent to which growing old is being transformed through processes associated with globalisation. This book provides the basis for a modern type of critical gerontology relevant to the twenty-first century.

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    1.776,95 kr.

    Aging Families in Chinese Society focuses on the accelerated social and demographic changes in China and examines their implications for family care and support for older adults.

  • af Janet M. (Syracuse University Wilmoth & Andrew S. London
    511,95 - 1.770,95 kr.

  • - Bonding the Generations
    af Theodore H. Hoff
    1.324,95 kr.

  • - Understanding Networks of Care
     
    459,95 kr.

    Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations offers current, multi-disciplinary perspectives on social support and service provision to older Americans.

  • - Understanding Networks of Care
     
    2.065,95 kr.

    Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations offers current, multi-disciplinary perspectives on social support and service provision to older Americans.

  • - Towards new understandings of later life
    af Richard Settersten
    2.173,95 kr.

    Discusses the challenges of age, time, and social contexts for the study of aging and later life. Understanding aging (as a process) and later life (as a period) must be accompanied by serious attention to the life course. This title is a extension of the book ""Lives in Time and Place: The Problems and Promises of Developmental Science"".

  • - Adaptation to Aging in Life Course Perspective
    af Laurie Russell Hatch
    924,95 kr.

    Putting gender in a lifespan context, Hatch (sociology, U. of Kentucky) atypically accents the gains as well as losses of aging and sex differences in adaptation overall, to the death of a spouse, and to retirement. From the multifactored theoretical perspectives of symbolic interactionism and polit

  • - The Problems and Promises of Developmental Science
    af R. A. Settersten
    1.686,95 kr.

    Time and place are of significance for scientific inquiry about human lives. Their analysis is essential for developing and reforming social policies, services, and interventions aimed at improving human development and welfare.

  • - Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology
    af Simon Biggs
    1.270,95 kr.

    Brings together contributors to theoretical advances in social gerontology field. This volume incorporates advanced theorizing with a focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world. Using their keen insights into substantive issues, it examines personal and structural changes affecting individuals over the life course.

  • - The Meaning of Suffering in Later Life
    af Helen Black
    1.432,95 kr.

    Older adults suffer from a variety of causes such as illness, loss, and life disappointment, to name a few. Suffering also occurs due to experiences related to one's gender, ethnic background, and religion. This book explores the multifaceted experience of suffering in old age.

  • - The New Critical Gerontology
     
    1.757,95 kr.

    Focuses on the variety of ways in which age and ageing are socially constructed, and the extent to which growing old is being transformed through processes associated with globalisation. This book provides the basis for a modern type of critical gerontology relevant to the twenty-first century.